Too many towels in the bathroom floor?

Once you young moms have more puppies (or babies or whatever) the towel mountains in the bathroom floor or the towel collections in the bedrooms will grow! Some years ago when all 7 of mine were home the towel moutains got totally out of hand. (Five of them are still here and we are still battling this problem!) It occurred to me one day that if we just put an extra shower curtain rod up in front of the one that holds the shower curtain, we could keep more towels UP and kids wouldn't be pulling down everyone's towel from the single rod when they pulled the shower curtain back and forth. It worked really well! We also had my mom put her computerized mammoth sewing machine to use to embroider first names on towel sets for everyone in our family. That way, there was no fighting over which towel belonged to someone. Our towels are very worn now... I think it's time for replacements! Hmmm.. good Christmas present!

Storing linens

Somebody taught me this in a homemaking meeting (yes, before the days of Enrichment Meeting). Fold your sets of sheets together and place the sheets and second pillow case altogether inside the first pillow case. They will lay flat in your linen closet and fold nicely to the shape of half a pillow case. When you need a set, they are all right there together! Saves time and makes for faster bed changes in the middle of the night when little ones get sick or wet the bed.