We had a laundry disaster toward the end of the school year--I'm out of practice. It was a blue crayon. I was able to recover about half of the load by washing it in hot water with about a quart of Simple Green and a cup of bleach. Alice cleaned the dryer. Lost one pair of navy blue uniform shorts, Scott’s, that turned purple, so we'll save them for Lauren if she wants them. She lost 3 pairs of khaki long pants (again, uniforms) but only had 3 more weeks of school and it's getting too hot to wear them anyway; she'd have outgrown them by September.

I can't think of too many other things I've laundered, besides pens and crayons, that have been so disrupting. Lots of money gets cleaned. Kleenex can be pretty bad. Usually I figure if a piece of clothing can't take my neglect and abuse, it's not worth wearing.