Neither do I, Aball, but my MIL does! I may have finally convinced her that they simply are NOT a good choice for me! I hardly EVER wear them, just for that reason. And the one time I did, Faythe (bless her precious soul!!!) spilled the communion grape juice all over me :roll: !!!
I guess it would be different if we werent stay at home moms, and we actualy had to get dressed up?? --- on the other hand, why tourture our selves they sell clothes that are "wrinkle free fabric". My husband would be thrilled for me to iron his clothes, but he is happy to have clean matching socks, and his work clothes hung up!
I use Cheer for my laundry and dryer sheets (brand depends on what's on sale). I use Oxy clean in some loads, but not all. I usually use it for a pretreater for tough stains. I also use Zout for stains. It gets a lot out and is a great pretreater on most things. I have some dry clean only, but to be honest, I don't pay attention to the labels and wash them anyway just on the gentle cycle. Nothing bad has happened yet. Or, I handwash them in the sink.
I have an iron, but only use it about once a year - I hate ironing!! It is to time consuming for me. I don't use the dryer sheets either. I did have a friend who was a firemen and shared a story about his wife running the dryer and then leaving for a little bit. She came home just in time to find the dryer had just started to catch on fire. Had she been just a few minutes later the whole house would have been lost. He was very upset as he had told her never run the dryer if she wasn't going to be home, as he had seen so many homes burned down from dryer fires. Since hearing him tell that, I never run the dryer unless I'm home the whole time, and if I have to leave I shut it off. I hope this tid bit helps prevent a fire. We do check the lint trap after every use.
Okay I guess I am the old fashioned one here. I wash with Tide and use fabric softner in the wash. I hang my clothes out. I do use and iron. I love my towels and sheets off the line.
:lol:....I bought an iron at a yard sale because I thought every home needed one. I haven't used it yet. In fact, when we first got married someone gave us an iron. We were hard up for money so I took it back to the store still in the box after about a year. I don't look at care instructions before I guy either. My mom bought us a comforter for the bed. Well, she bought a dry-clean only one and for two years my dd would get sick on it.:roll: (why do children think they need to run into mom and dad's room just to throw up???) Anyone ever use Dryel? Just wondering if it works.
I tried hanging clothes to dry. I had a line between two trees out back. Didn't work; the dog would play tug-of-war with them.
I did the same thing with an ironing board. I use the iron, but I never pull out the ironing board. It's easier to iron on the floor.
Trish, you're not the only old-fashioned one here. We also hang our laundry out (no dog!). we also like the fresh smell, but we also like keeping money out of the hands of the local gas company, especially now that gas rates are increasing at least 40%. I also iron. Hubby works in downtown Chicago and needs to look respectable once in a while. We tried having them done, but when we picked them up I decided I could do a much better job than the cleaners. Even so, I only iron about a hour and a half every two or three weeks. Carol
My MIL hangs her laundry out. I don't only because we live near a factory and the smell can get a little icky every once in awhile and I don't want my laundry smelling funny.
Our air must stink,lol, because I don't like the smell of sheets when they are hung out to dry. I do like the smell of them though when they were washed with Downy and come out warm from the dryer. I'm weird I guess.
I own an iron but rarely use it. The main time I use it is when my dd makes designs with plastic beads on those pegboards ans asks me to iron it so they fuse together! Do people really use irons for clothes?! My kids each have a laundry basket (the stand up kind with a lid) in their rooms. My 12 yo ds and 8 yo dd bring them to the laundry room. We have 4 regular laundry baskets set out on laundry day--1) lights 2)whites 3)blue and green 4)black, brown and purple. They sort their laundry and I sort dh's and mine. Then one of us puts the first load in the washer. They know where to set the dial, and how much liquid detergent to use (we always use liquid, and we only use 1/3 of the listed amount). When that's done we take turns switching the loads, then pulling it out of the dryer. We hang it on our couch, and when all the loads are done we get together and separate it again into my dh's and mine, my dd's, and my ds's, then we each fold our own (except I fold my dh's usually). My 14-yo does his own laundry, and does a good job. My 12-yo actually just turned 12, and is starting to do his own laundry now, but hasn't launched into it fully yet. Yes, I have used Dryel and it has worked well for me. I still have some clothes that say dry clean only, and I really like them, so I tried that and like it! This is a great topic, and very interesting!
I forgot a thing or two. When my husband gets home, he does whatever needs to be done--laundry, dishes, etc. so the house stays neat! I am sooo glad he is organized and helps like that!!! I don't want to think of what it would look like if he didn't help out! Just an added note: My kids do a great job at helping out now, but it's taken some work over time. We make the chores part of family living. They need to help out because they're a part of the family. Before they can eat breakfast they need to have their bed made and their room straightened. That helps a lot to get that chore done!
Hmmmm...Dryel works....have to check it out. We do the same thing here with family chores. 9yo ds usually does the vacuuming--with a sometimes, but obedience is the focus, right? His attitude is much better now....over time is the exactly right, Deena. 6yo dd folds laundry and does general cleaning. Both kids have been responsible for their own beds and rooms since the age of 4. I'm the one that took the longest to get into a routine :roll: .
Me too! Once I'm consistent, they fall into line very well! I think it's great to have them do daily little chores that they're responsible to do well! It teaches them a lot of good things that help them immensely as they get older! They realize there is work to running a family smoothly! Yep learning obedience, whether you feel like it or not, is very important! That way, as they get older, it's easier to follow what God wants for their lives, cuz they're used to responding and doing, despite their initial reaction. I wish I would have been taught that sooner!
ONCE I'M CONSISTENT.....Now THAT'S the key!!! Deena, one question. When I did have my DSSs at home, it did get to the place where the oldest was doing his own laundry (Result of a "confrontation". One thing said was that I was not responsible enough to do his laundry without losing it. The shirt in question at that point later turned up AT HIS MOTHER'S HOUSE.... Gee, I wonder how it got THERE?) Anyway, wouldn't it take a lot more water, detergent, etc. to have them all do their own? The way I figure it, one big load would be cheaper than three little ones. I find the colors for sorting interesting. For a while, I had a reds pile, but it now has anything "bright" in it...bright greens, oranges, yellows, sometimes purple if it isn't too dark.... Pale pastel pinks and yellows go with the lights. Sometimes I have a pile for grays/light browns, because they look so dark with the lights and so light with the darks. I also do my jeans seperate, mostly because there's so much denim.
Carol, I iron as needed. If Vicki is going to where a pair of pants and shirt I will iron it that day. I have just made it habit to do that.
I iron as needed as well. I just ordered a small size over the door ironing board because I hate to drag out the really big one every time. This way I hope I will be more likely to iron something. We can hope can't we???
