reply to Rachel Ann's comment

Or should it all be disposable, and landfill will be the dishes we had dinner on last year and our kids' clothes they ruined in the playground. You know what they say about death and taxes, at least men say it. But women say dishes, laundry and dust.

You may not realize it, but I used to wash diapers. With a washing machine and being properly organized with diaper pail and all, it wasn't that complicated. But when we were in England for two years I shlepped them to a laundramat, and I was always afraid that someone would complain about what I was putting into the machines.