one of the easiest ways i have found to actually enjoy (or make more bearable) laundry is to line dry. i am not really sure why it never "clicked" before....i mean we live in arizona my clothes dry faster outside during the summer months than using my dryer!
i just bought rope and clothespins attached to each side of our arizona room and voila a $2 clothesline.
by line drying it is estimated to save you anywhere from $40-$100 a month (5 loads/week). i have the energy saving plan at home and i would always have to rush or wait to do laundry so it wasn't during peak hours. now i do a load everyday, hang it, and actually put them away. line drying is helping me get a firm grasp on our laundry and learning to be disciplined to what i preach.
i have to tell you too....it actually relaxes me!! that shouldn't surprise me though. my grandma has a clothes line and i would beg to put the cloths out on it when i was younger....what kids actually enjoys doing laundry????
(see my neighbors have a legit one ;)
my little helpers ♥
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I should try that! Don't your clothes come out all scratchy and wrinkly though? Guess I shouldn't care since I always forget my laundry in the dryer and they get wrinkly anyway. LOL
Good job! I can't line dry because of my allergy suffering hubby. (One downfalls to living in the Ozarks!) So I always partially dry our clothes in the dryer then hang them on hangers in the house to finish drying. Not as frugal, but better.
My goal this year is to get rid of paper waste in our kitchen. I got sick of buying and tossing paper towels and napkins. I'm making simple cloth napkins to use at the table and washcloths and towels for everything else.
We line dry our clothes & have the dry scratchy problem. Not as frugal but after the clothes are about dry I throw them in the dryer for 10mins. I have a bounce dryer bar & they come out about as soft as if they were dryer dried all the way.
Very cleaver :)
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