08/17/2026
If there is one appliance you REALLY do not want to lose in this line of work, its the washer + dryer.
And Last week, our dryer completely went out.
When you are taking mountains of baskets filled with sheets, towels and blankets home every day, a broken dryer becomes an operational emergency pretty quickly. Ours was supposed to be repaired within a couple of days, so in the meantime, we loaded everything up and headed across town to West Side Washateria to keep things moving...
This turned out to be a HUGE blessing. ✨️
While we were there, we happened to meet the sweet owner, Meghan, who also owns + operates The Laundry Ladies of Parker County. And after watching just how much laundry we were working through, she very kindly looked at me and said, 'Why dont you just let us take care of that for you?'
And I am SO glad she did.
For more than six years, we have taken Flora’s laundry home every single day. Load it up, take it home, wash it, dry it, fold it, load it back up, take it inside, and repeat. Even on the days I was not needed to personally come into the studio the topic of laundry was constantly on my brain...
It has been a huge part of our routine for so long that I dont think we fully realized how much time and energy; both physically and mentally it was taking until someone took it off our hands.
And I just want to say Meghan and her team have been absolutely AMAZING. They have gone above and beyond to take care of us, and everything about working with them has been easy, kind and incredibly helpful. It has taken such a HUGE load off of us that we are officially spoiled now. They pick it up. Take care of it all. AND drop it back off.
Now for the first time, we are actually seeing the numbers in real time. We have learned Flora goes through nearly 1,000 pounds of laundry monthly.
Nearly HALF A TON. Every month. 🧺
I knew we did a lot of laundry, but I had absolutely no idea it was THAT much. Looking at that number after more than six years of hauling it back and forth ourselves really puts into perspective how much work has been wrapped up in this one part of running the studio. And now. We are spoiled.
Of course, outsourcing around three hundred pounds of laundry weekly is also a new expense for our small business, so we are carefully looking at how we can shift things behind the scenes to make this a permanent part of our operations.
But, this is exactly the kind of local-business support cycle we love: you support Flora, then Flora gets to support another wonderful local business— AND we get more of our time and energy back to pour into taking care of you.
With your continued support, the goal now is to make some changes in our operations so the Laundry Ladies can continue taking care of us.
This is just a little reminder that sometimes it takes having something taken off your plate to realize just how much you have been carrying.
We are incredibly grateful our little laundry emergency happened to lead us here! 💗