Memo from Mama

The first in a multi-part series wherein I dispense the knowledge, advice and (more often than not), complete nonsense handed down to me from my mother and other assorted old ladies I have known.


Never wash clothes on New Years Day or you'll wash somebody out of your family.

Nana tells me this every year. Apparently throwing a load of dirty towels into the Maytag on January 1st is tantamount to murdering a loved one. Who knew?

Is this just another superstitious old wive's tale? Of course it is. But it will get you out of doing laundry at least one day a year so I say embrace it as gospel.