....than using your clothes line after a long, snowy winter!
The next two days are supposed to be sunny AND in the 60's. The snow has finally disappeared enough for me to get out of the cellar and to my clothes line. I AM SO STOKED!!!!! I have not hung anything outside since December. I have missed hanging especially my sheets and tablecloths.
Goodbye dryer and hanging laundry inside on the rolling wardrobe. You've served me well the last few months, but there is a new way to dry in town (finally). Thank you spring!
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Monday, March 8, 2010
The simple happiness of a clothes line
Spring has popped its head up the last couple of days. To say that I've enjoyed it would be a total understatement. This winter has not felt as dark, gray & long as last winter, but it has come with its own kind of rottenness. Ongoing money issues with very little snow has made a financially difficult time of year even more so. We are surviving though and we have much to be thankful for.
I am longing to get outside. I am looking forward to planning out and planting my herb garden in the front of the house and of course, the vegetable garden has been a pet of mine the last few years. This will be the 2nd year we will make it bigger and hubby has promised to soil test it and amend it accordingly so that our crop will be as good as it can be under my less than expert hands.
Since it isn't quite time to garden yet, we did the next best thing this weekend. We bought some lumber & rope and built a clothes line. I am thrilled. Oh yes, I mean that sincerely. It boggles my mind on how happy this has made me.
I have NEVER had a line. I had never WANTED a line. I hated 'crunchy' clothes. I didn't want my undies out for all to see. Frankly, growing up with my Dad, we used a dryer. I mean, sometimes my clothes got hung out when I stayed at my aunt's or when I spent a week with my grandmother or something, but the only thing I ever thought should be hung out were bed sheets & bathing suits still wet after going in the pool. There really wasn't anything better than sheets hung on a line and well, bathing suits hung out just made sense.
So last year our neighbors gave us a brand new front loader. We have the biggest capacity front loader made, but our appliance guy told us that having another one would actually be a good idea since we have a large family. It would cut down on wear and tear. Great! Hubby finally hooked it up so I could use both washers, but the problem is that I only have one dryer. So I brought my cheap rolling wardrobe up from the basement and started hanging clothes on that in the kitchen/dining room in front of the woodstove. I mean it works, but looks kind of funny when you have company. Eventually, I moved it into a corner of our living room. On top of looking funny, it also was not large enough to hold a ginormous amount of clothing so I ended up hanging things in the upstairs bathroom as well.
After last week's stomach bug, I think every article of clothing & bedding was being washed so I had no choice, but to hang things from every single open spot I could in the house EXCEPT the bathroom since that was still being used heavily. While it certainly helped control the dryness we usually are dealing with while running the woodstove, it looked like I was running a Chinese laundry.
So today, I hung out clothes for the first time as a married mom of six. They were dry quickly in the warm, but windy weather. I brought them in to fold and I was immediately in love with the outdoor smell. The only question I have is why didn't I think of this sooner?!
I am longing to get outside. I am looking forward to planning out and planting my herb garden in the front of the house and of course, the vegetable garden has been a pet of mine the last few years. This will be the 2nd year we will make it bigger and hubby has promised to soil test it and amend it accordingly so that our crop will be as good as it can be under my less than expert hands.
Since it isn't quite time to garden yet, we did the next best thing this weekend. We bought some lumber & rope and built a clothes line. I am thrilled. Oh yes, I mean that sincerely. It boggles my mind on how happy this has made me.
I have NEVER had a line. I had never WANTED a line. I hated 'crunchy' clothes. I didn't want my undies out for all to see. Frankly, growing up with my Dad, we used a dryer. I mean, sometimes my clothes got hung out when I stayed at my aunt's or when I spent a week with my grandmother or something, but the only thing I ever thought should be hung out were bed sheets & bathing suits still wet after going in the pool. There really wasn't anything better than sheets hung on a line and well, bathing suits hung out just made sense.
So last year our neighbors gave us a brand new front loader. We have the biggest capacity front loader made, but our appliance guy told us that having another one would actually be a good idea since we have a large family. It would cut down on wear and tear. Great! Hubby finally hooked it up so I could use both washers, but the problem is that I only have one dryer. So I brought my cheap rolling wardrobe up from the basement and started hanging clothes on that in the kitchen/dining room in front of the woodstove. I mean it works, but looks kind of funny when you have company. Eventually, I moved it into a corner of our living room. On top of looking funny, it also was not large enough to hold a ginormous amount of clothing so I ended up hanging things in the upstairs bathroom as well.
After last week's stomach bug, I think every article of clothing & bedding was being washed so I had no choice, but to hang things from every single open spot I could in the house EXCEPT the bathroom since that was still being used heavily. While it certainly helped control the dryness we usually are dealing with while running the woodstove, it looked like I was running a Chinese laundry.
So today, I hung out clothes for the first time as a married mom of six. They were dry quickly in the warm, but windy weather. I brought them in to fold and I was immediately in love with the outdoor smell. The only question I have is why didn't I think of this sooner?!
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