Tuesday 14/10/08 What small dfw things have you done today???

MrsAudus2b

Good afternoon everyone!:j

Princess Loki - I know excatly what you are going thru...the heating is one thing me and OH do not agree on...I say lots of tea and cuddles will be fine and he says lots of tea and cuddles but please lets have the CH on full blast and the gas fire on too! :mad:

Anyway, today I have

• Gone to work
• Charged mobile at work
• Ate packed lunch
• Fed tortoise free cabbage given to me
• Store cupboard meal
• Won lovely moonstone pendant on ebay...will be lovely birthday present for my friend and was only £4 with P&P
• Washing at 30

And I will

• Stay in tonight
• Check out Quidco and Freecycle for xmas presents

Question: I want to be a good DFW and dry my clothes on airer rather than tumber dryer. But whenever I do they always end up so crispy. Does anyone know how to stop this happening?

xxx

painted_lady

I will
- package some ebay parcels and maybe get some more ready
- plan some stuff for work tomorrow (money saving because i dont want to get the sack)
- use my leftovers from lastnight for DS tea, maybe add an egg to it
- wash on 30 later
- use store cupboard for me and OH tea

Andus2b - do you use fabric softener? i use fabric softener and dont leave them on there too long to over dry and mine are usually OK, I give them a hard shake before I put them on to help take crease out and then they dont need ironing as much.

Pippilongstocking

Get rid of tumble drier then you have no choice!!! (only kidding)

Agree with Painted lady, bit fabric softener, bit of a shake and I find its easier to have the drying thingmy near the radiator rather than put everything on the radiators - otherwise we do sometimes dry to crispiness - it helps us stand up straight in the mornings until the loosen up a bit. We have some of those over the radiator things - know what I mean (2 for 1.99 or something) they work very well.

Don't think my kids have even seen a tumble drier dont have one - bad mother, bad mother - guess they might have seen them at other folks houses!!! The poor wee mites......

I miss towels in them though - lovely and soft and flluffy. Goodluck!!

MrsAudus2b

Thank you painted lady and fayjmck...I shall buy some cheap fabric softner and give it a go tonight!

Fayjmck...I like the idea of crispiness making me stand up straighter....do you think it will make me look slimmer as well?! :rotfl:

painted_lady

When our machine machine broke beyond repair (incidently the same day I gav ebirth to DS) we replaced it with a model that didnt include a tumble dryer. I dont miss it at all, that was 18 month ago.
Fabric softner - my fave is lenor sping fresh (or something like that, yellow cap) and MSE option for me is Lidl one called "doussy" in blue bottle. We only use about a tablespoonful each wash, white label ones irritate my partner who gets psoriasis. We use ariel powder straight into the drum (about 1/3 a cup per wash) and have never had problems. I rarely iron.

Andy1970

Today I have:

Made my own sandwiches for lunch.
Signed up to this forum!
Not been to the pub after work.

Pippilongstocking

I always look slimmer in the mornings so I guess so!! Or maybe its cos I am not awake

Tea made, rice and chicken and bits
soup made with stock from tea (chicken noodle yum)
Boxed up extra rice for a rainy day - thanks OS board! I always cook more now
Pal bought a cake - yum

sophiesmum_2

Andy1970 wrote: »

Today I have:

Made my own sandwiches for lunch.
Signed up to this forum!
Not been to the pub after work.

Welcome to the thread Andy1970:D - good start:D

mickey_mouse

gooooooooooooooood evening:D

hope everyone is well

today I have ...

- done clicks
- done comps
- took lunch to work
- picked up penny i found on street:D

Lemon_Tree

I've finished updating my accounts post holiday and come back on here after 2 weeks away from the site.
Also eating left overs for tea, still not turned on the heating, added to the flexi time, in the vain hope that it may build up again sufficienty for boss to decide to pay me the hours to clear it. I have a feeling there'll be lots more hours to do to catch up with everything.