That’s me, hanging out laundry in our own backyard.
The baby steps challenge for June is to air dry the laundry. And as you can tell by the smile on my face, I LOVE hanging out the laundry. I’m joking. It was okay, but I’m not smiling with glee over it. That would be a little bit too much excitement over laundry. My husband is taking the photo and I’m laughing at something he said.
I was skeptical when people said they loved hanging the laundry out to dry. It reminded me of how my dad always says he doesn’t like sweets. It was more like he’s convinced himself he doesn’t like sweets. And I think I thought people who said they loved hanging out their clothes to dry were convincing themselves in this same way. But I can see how they might actually come to love the meditative, deliberate quality of it. Especially if their sheets were fresh-smelling, which I’m afraid I can’t claim.
This was really easy. My husband had the toughest part, putting up the line. Other than when it rains, I don’t think it’s going to be a problem at all. My only tiny complaint is that with just the one line, I have to do two rounds per load. So that takes a little more time and attention than just throwing it in the dryer. But we only have 3 or 4 loads a week, so I think this will be easy. I still don’t like the aesthetic, and will have to get used to taking down the line between washings.
Okay, I’m ready for my next challenge. Bring it on. I’m wrestling with an imaginary foe: “is that all you got?” I may even tackle composting next month. Leave me your thoughts about air drying the laundry in the Comments section.
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