Broken Dryer
My electric clothes dryer broke yesterday, rompting me to finally put up a clothesline. I have been meaning to do this since I moved in here about a year ago, but somehow never got around to it. My craigslist dryer has been holding up quite nicely, so why bother?
Since a brand new dryer is not currently in the budget, it’s back to the basics for us. I am lucky that it is nearly Spring and this weekend was fairly warm and windy. I could even dry towels out there. I also have a large basement where the washer and dryer located, so I could hang a lot of things up there.
I stretched a clothesine from beam to beam along the ceiling in the basement, and hung up all the shirts on coat hangers. They dried in about 24 hours, even the heavier tee shirts. I was kind of suprised. I don’t know why I haven’t done this all along. the dryer is a huge energy-sucker. This is a money-saving basic. It’s just too easy to get lazy when the dryer is right there.
I also forgot how much I actually enjoy hanging things outside on the clothesline. It’s one of those slow down and focus on life things.
So when I find another great Craigslist deal on a dryer, I am still going to do it this way. Maybe I will really see the difference in the electric bill!