tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4653762633838436129.post8589283692925942780..comments2009-03-16T11:09:57.221-07:00Comments on This Is My Story, This Is My Song!: Saving Money - laundryLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17698255650599166296noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4653762633838436129.post-48016281089890503682008-08-29T20:58:00.000-07:002008-08-29T20:58:00.000-07:00I hate ironing, too. I hang Dan's dress shirts rig...I hate ironing, too. I hang Dan's dress shirts right on the hanger and thread it through the metal loops that the clothes line runs through. Then I can usually bring them right in and hang them in the closet without having to iron. I also try to buy the "easy care" shirts that don't have as many wrinkles to begin with.<BR/><BR/>Josiah is totally potty trained! I'm so thankful not to have to buy diapers! I did cloth for a while, and enjoyed it. I just never got around to buying the next size after he outgrew the first ones we had.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17698255650599166296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4653762633838436129.post-27174990763793944012008-08-29T20:08:00.000-07:002008-08-29T20:08:00.000-07:00I make my own laundry soap, and hang out my clothe...I make my own laundry soap, and hang out my clothes too! :-) But I don't have a big enough clothesline to do a week's worth of clothes, so I try to stay on top of things so I don't have to use the dryer. I only use the dryer for Chuck's dress clothes (I hate to iron -- I admit it -- I'm lazy that way) and for the diapers, which I hope to be less and less (I'm potty-training Seth). He doesn't like stiff diapers, and I don't blame him!<BR/><BR/>-Kathy PetersenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4653762633838436129.post-43823202750390719962008-08-07T14:56:00.000-07:002008-08-07T14:56:00.000-07:00Hey Lisa, I'm afraid I would have to agree with Ke...Hey Lisa, I'm afraid I would have to agree with Kelly, but only b-cuz we live in FL and it could rain at any time. Glad to see you're blogging again!His Mercy Endureth Foreverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357750066018559781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4653762633838436129.post-14855874869964374322008-08-05T08:21:00.000-07:002008-08-05T08:21:00.000-07:00I do like hanging out clothes. My mother had an i...I do like hanging out clothes. My mother had an inside and outside clothes line makeshift. On the back porch (which was screened in. She had two metal rods hanging from the ceiling by a chain on either end, and she would hang shirts and stuff on hangers then hang on those rods. She had one in the house in the laundry room too for when it rained or was too cold out to hang them outside.<BR/><BR/>I just wish we had room for one at our appartment here.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139891987615911595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4653762633838436129.post-25255692866444611042008-08-04T20:40:00.000-07:002008-08-04T20:40:00.000-07:00Okay, so ya'll don't like my landry tips. Oh, well...Okay, so ya'll don't like my landry tips. Oh, well. Making the soap really doesn't take long. I did it all in about 20 minutes while we watched a movie the other night after Josiah went to bed. Most of the time was in waiting for the soap to melt, but I just chopped it instead of grating it. I think it will melt faster if I grate it next time.<BR/><BR/>I still like hanging out clothes. I probably wouldn't have a few years ago, but Josiah loves being outside. When I do laundry inside he always has to be right in the middle of everything, unfolding clothes faster than I can fold them. When I do it outside he stays out of my way! :-)<BR/><BR/>When I first started hanging out clothes one of my neighbors didn't like it. The funny thing is that she now hangs out clothes, too!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17698255650599166296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4653762633838436129.post-44830986254792960902008-08-04T16:42:00.000-07:002008-08-04T16:42:00.000-07:00All I have to say is the childhood nightmares of h...All I have to say is the childhood nightmares of hanging clothes to dry came flooding back as I read this blog! I am SO THANKFUL that our HOA deed restrictions prohibit clothes lines! I am very thankful for my enery star dryer that saves enough money for me to justify using it! <BR/><BR/>No offense to your recommendations, I just remember LOATHING hanging all the clothes out to dry... especially during mosquito season! :)Kelly Spezzanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099958814823472535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4653762633838436129.post-9312758588964434512008-08-04T13:34:00.000-07:002008-08-04T13:34:00.000-07:00When do you have time to make detergent? That one...When do you have time to make detergent? That one seems to be more trouble than it would be worth.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139891987615911595noreply@blogger.com