Little things make me happy. Today was a good day. Today I hung out my clothes on the line for the first time this year. That made me smile. It was still a bit chilly but there was a breeze, no snow on the ground and a new clothesline just put up by my husband. So I lugged out my big basket and hung out two loads. I hate using the dryer, not only because I am cheap, but also I think hanging clothes out on a line is a lost art and nothing beats the smell of freshly hung-out -to-dry laundry.
There is a trick to hanging out clothes on the line. I actually read an article in the newspaper about this once. In the piece it mentioned that not many hang out their laundry anymore. You can drive by home after home and not see the laundry in the back flying in the breeze like you would say 15 years ago. The article went on to say that you should carefully choose how to place the laundry on the line....and I'm thinking...."I do that." Scary, ya but hey, it makes my day. Things like placing all your big items on the outside and all your delicates ( you know what I mean) on the inside so the whole neighborhood isn't talking about whether your husband wears boxers or briefs.
One chore I never ask my husband or boys to do is to hang out the clothes. They are soooooo bad at this. I find the clothesline looks like a mess with clothes halfway flung up flapping all over the place. Jeans are hung over by the waist folded over the line and it doesn't get dry in that folded crease; shirts and sweaters hung up with the arms tucked up into the sleeve so that when I take them down the sleeves are still wet, as I pull them out, even after a full day of drying . And underwear? They have no clue.
While I don't mind hanging the clothes out, it's more of a chore for me to bring them in. That's when I used to delegate the boys to bring it in for me. After all two thirds of the laundry just so happens to be theirs anyhow. Now that they are all away, my laundry chore is very light. I probably do only two or three normal loads a week. If that. I was pretty much doing that daily before.
So now after hanging out these two loads today.......I think I'll rummage around the house looking for any blankets to be washed. Ahhhhh nothing like a fresh air dried blanket to put on the bed. It's been a long winter.
Spring has finally arrived!! Happy Spring everyone!!