If this is your first time doing your laundry, I applaud you. Rule #1 is do not forget your cat in the washing machine. Let’s run you through the step by step process of doing laundry and more importantly how to do it properly. 1. Gather all your dirty laundry. 2. Separate the whites from the colored clothes. When you have color-fast clothes in your laundry, it can stain your whites and you end up having to go shopping again. 3. After separating the whites and the colors,