Money saving tips

My dryer went out (the heating element). Oldest DD was in between moving so she loaned me hers out of storage. She came and got it so now we are without a dryer until DH fixes ours.

Well I'm seriously thinking about not fixing it since it uses alot of electricity. Instead I'm trying to talk DH into putting my clothes line poles back up. We would have to chain up our dog while the clothes were on the line. I have missed being able to hang clothes out, we took them down when we redid the house. Here are some tips:

~use liquid fabric softener (free or really cheap of course)

~shake the clothes before hanging to reduce wrinkles

~double up thin items such as hankies, pillow cases, underwear (if you hang yours out) to give yourself more line space

~hang shirts from the tail and jeans from the legs

~some people have bags for their clothes pins but I prefer a pouch (like the car hops wear at Sonic or the workers at Subway) that ties around your waste. That way you can bring your pins inside out of the elements, it keeps the wooden pins from rusting or rotting and the plastic ones from getting brittle.

~hang out your whites when you have the most sun exposure

~alot of complaints about towels being "scratchy" so if you have a dryer put your towels in for a few minutes before you hang them out.

~if your clothes line is further out in the yard invest in a little red wagon it will save your back! Think garage sales or thrift stores.

~choose the most windy day if you can for the least amount of wrinkles

They say you can save $100.00 or more a year hanging out your clothes. With energy costs rising it just makes sense to let nature do the work for you.

Now back to convincing DH to get out in the 97 degree weather and put up the poles!!