Does anybody read those laundry tags? They’re supposed to be instructions for washing a garment, but they need their own set of instructions. Thankfully, About Laundry has a detailed guide to laundry symbols with large pictures so you can learn them one at a time. Even better, they are split into categories: washing, bleaching, drying, ironing, and dry cleaning.
 
It’s a resource and a lesson.
 

Let Crystal Paine tell you about one of her days. This particular day was frustrating. Crystal had some catching up to do after a trip, and the kids were not acting helpful.
 
Crystal kept an eye on herself and noticed she was getting more frazzled as she clawed for control. If she didn’t do something, she was likely to get snappy. So instead, she decided to drop the stress and have fun together.
 
I think the important thing to learn here is that while things need to get done, you have to consider all of your values as you run your home. Cleanliness is a value. But Crystal made sure that letting her stress push her over the edge wouldn’t hurt her more important values of modeling serenity, fair leadership, and safe authority.
 
Read Crystal’s story at Money Saving Mom.
 

 
Lauren Singer blogs on Trash is for Tossers. Margaret Badore blogs on TreeHugger. Together they form an inspiring team to show off Lauren’s cupboards and cabinets. You see, Lauren is running a zero-waste home. The contents of each cupboard are a useful lesson on how to avoid creating garbage in different parts of the house.
 
Take the tour.