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Do You Line Dry Your Clothes?
June 16, 2009 at 4:45 PM by Cafe Cynthia - Comments (14)
I grew up in the country, and one of the many things I miss is my mom's clothes line. There's nothing like the feeling of crawling into a just-made bed of sheets dried with fresh air and sunshine.
I can still remember the smell, the feeling of drifting off to sleep on a breeze.
I don't have the room for a line now, and I must admit, the dryer is a godsend in toddlerhood.
Because it is a little extra work to hang out clothes on a line, mee2007 came up with an incentive program to get her back in the hanging mood this summer.
Now that her twins are two, she no longer has to entertain them all the time. They are old enough to play by themselves while she hangs out the laundry nearby. So, since May 1, she's been putting 10 cents in a cup every time she hangs a load out on the line, and takes 10 cents out every time she gets lazy and uses the dryer.
"At the end of the summer, I'll take my little cup of change and buy myself a treat," mee2007 says. "It may only be a few dollars, but I can always go for a nice drink from the drive-through coffee place. Plus, I'll feel like I really earned that little treat rather than feeling guilty for spending a few dollars on myself!"
Other moms in the Stretch Your Budget group are joining the program.
If you have a clothes line, do you enjoy the task? Would you hang out your clothes if you could?
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Comments:
Hanging clothes and more often towels and blankets on the line is one chore I do not mind. Any time of year there is something hanging on our wash line.
I do as long as it is sunny out.x
wish i could. i really miss having a clothesline. but right now student apartment housing complex, 2nd floor, no private yard, nowhere to put clothesline....unless...hey!! how about the soccer field across the road! lol
NO I NEVER HAD TO...BUT I DONT THINK I WOULD MIND HAVING TOO
I love my clothesline!
I have always line dried, up until the last couple years (no space in my yard). But would do it again in aheart beat if I had the space!!
Recently. my dryer bit the dust so I was forced to line dry. I live in South Texas so the sun isn't a problem. Line drying knocked $30.00 a month off the electric bill and allowed me to have interesting discussions with the kids while taking the laundry down and putting it up.
i love line dried clothes, but i stopped because i live in the middle of nowhere so the ticks are real bad here, and i was finding them in my clothes. bugs in clothes no thanks.
we recently added one and... so far i can't wait for a whole day of sun lol, this weather has been so nuts that my clothes have almost dried and then got soaked all over again, lol. with that said it is still worth it, now all i need is a machine to wash the clothes lol =-)
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I wish more than ANYTHING I could line dry our clothes and my son's diapers. His allergies are way too bad. :(
aurorabunny Jun. 16, 2009 at 5:04 PM