My week in pink...

I have discovered a new talent of mine. It has surfaced in the last few weeks. Not even a useful one. Maybe I will call it a magic trick. 

Ladies and gentlemen, 

I can turn white and light colored items for your home pink in the 

washing machine. 

Yes, it is true. No, this is not an illusion. 

There is no going back from pink. Perhaps a gradual fade, but without a disintegrating bath in bleach, these towels and rugs will be changing my whole design direction. 

Nice. 

Seriously. 

Maybe it is something in the water. In the past, I have been the soul of discretion when it came to laundry. 

3 categories: light, medium and dark. 

My current state of "whatever phase this is" has changed all that. Now it goes like this: 

"White, medium, and oh there is a dark red potholder that has probably never been washed. Now that should really have a swim in this 

boiling hot water. 

It deserves to be disinfected like all the rest." 

So yes, this does result in everything in the water turning a light shade of potholder red. 

But what really gets me is that while I was trying to get the towels nice and clean with nice scalding water, what was really happening is the setting of the dye. 

Yea, heat is a great way to make dye stay. 

Forever. 

Pink towels. 

But hey, at least they are clean. Its a start...