Hello all you city folks that are dazzlingly jealous of my fresh crisp laundry! No ironing needed, btw!
This is the clothes-line that my sweet lover built for me. I’ve been wanting one for years and have had the wires hung up at different places, just draped here and there. It looked a little like white-trash (BTDT…. lol!) but I don’t care. It is sure nice to let the clothes dry in 45 minutes of clean, fresh, desert air, than it is to let them dry in 45 minutes of either our previous electric or now gas heated dryer. IT’S SO SO MUCH NICER.
So, we’ve been her for a few years without a line and I threatened to wrap the wires around the vinyl posts of the back patio. I threatened more than once or twice but never did it. This set-up with the poles is much nicer and won’t damage the posts. I’m thankful Wes had the time and materials to do some welding. Doesn’t it look great!?
The down-side to not having a manicured lawn is that if the wind blows any clothes off the line they get PRETTY dirty on the dusty, sandy ground. We do get some gusts too. Twice the wind has lifted our trampoline off the ground and set it down somewhere else. Yeah, I know! Unbelievable! I’m totally serious though. And yes it’s a full-sized trampoline.
So! I was thinking today about the things we buy out of convenience, since I don’t need dryer sheets anymore. I wondered how many things we could really do without, make do with what we have, or make ourselves with our already available resources. Such as lotion, shampoo, soap, laundry detergent, paper towels, tissue, and toilet and other paper products for the home. I wondered how difficult it would be to incorporate more cloth items like feminine pads and diapers and baby wipes.
This laundry line is a baby step toward being more efficient with our resources, and more self-sufficient. I have many plans in the works and will share them as I go. Thanks for reading and pop in again.
That is nice! I’ve been thinking about our laundry line today and trying to come up with a way to make it bigger. I quit using dryer sheets last year and it’s weird that I don’t miss them. Makes me wonder why I thought I needed them? Some things that we can make ourselves is more of a hassle but better quality – like soap. I wonder how many things we can just quit using without much sacrifice, like dryer sheets.
Comment by smallnotebook — April 9, 2008 @ 7:35 pm |
Nice!! I love my line for drying clothes, and like you, I am all out for finding ways to cut out what I *have* to buy. If I can make it or do it myself… why wouldn’t I??? Great going my friend… and I still get amazed at the ‘no grass’ yard… Shannon (my dh) just finished mowing the lawn yesterday and said… Well, I guess it is that time again.
Have a great day!
Love,
Chas
Comment by Chas — April 10, 2008 @ 5:13 am |
Very nice. I want a clothes line!
Comment by Lisa — April 11, 2008 @ 7:17 pm |
I have a clothes line but hubby needs to tighten up the wire a bit before I can use it..better get him on it..lol! I just switched to cloth diapees and wipes (along with making our deodorant..hehe and lotions etc coming soon) and NEVER have to go to Walmart anymore…I even stopped buying paper towels and sponges and use dishrags and dishtowels…my life is much easier this way
As soon as AF returns I will be using cloth for myself as well…I think ;-p
Comment by Amber — April 19, 2008 @ 8:59 pm |