Hollyboll's Nibbling the Dinosaur: The Only Way (It can be done) is Forwards ...

Hollyboll

Frugalfamily3 wrote: »

Hi Hollyboll. Thank you for popping into my diary today. Lovely to meet you. Have just read your diary. Impressed

Subscribed!

FF x

Thanks FF - have to admit I spent a good while last night thinking how impressed I am that you are onto this so young …. :T

Hollyboll

gallygirl wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

"unfriends Hollyboll"

:rotfl: yes, I thought of you as I typed it … and NattyPants (miss NP whose diary I found early on this board …)

I'd never heard of internal light before reading about them here. Still not entirely sure I understand the point, but I do lust after one a bit now … I have chosen to reframe this as a Very Kind Challenge Set by Gally to help me learn to differentiate between what I NEED and what I WANT :T:T

So pleeeeeeeeeez don't leave!

Hollyboll

Pearla*Merle wrote: »

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PS. Cheers for the reminder about RM surveys! I've finally been accepted! It must have been the moving house that helped. :rotfl:

PPS. Mountains of good luck for your journey! xx

Thanks PM … I'd never heard about RM surveys until reading this board … I'm full of hope I've actually been accepted - thought I had but then from Goldie's experience think I may just be on a trial or training or something … oooh, I've started reading your diary but not got to moving house yet, but look forward to it, hope you love it :beer:

Hollyboll

Frugalfamily3 wrote: »

I use an upright clothes maid to dry washing. If I have the radiators on I stand it near one, and put the towels on them to get them started. I have a td but tend to use it for bed linen cos they trail on the floor if I hang them on the maid

ali-t wrote: »

I dry mine on a clothes and a hanging stand thing that holds coathangers. Once it is nesrly dry i put it in the tumble dryer for 10 mins to remove any chance of clothes getting that foosty smell about them that happens if they go away before being totally dry.

Pearla*Merle wrote: »

I would be inclined to give things a quick blast in the TD to finish them off too. I don't have one (alas!) but would definitely do this during winter if I did.

I have a couple of clothes horses, including one with a tall handing bar that I can put clothes on coat hangers which helps keep things out the way. I think this year I might invest in a heated one to help things along.

I also bought a dehumidifier, for some reason my flat is quite humid and the wet clothes aren't helping. It has an setting for helping to dry clothes (added bonus is that it pumps out hot air so I don't need to turn the heating on as well :dance:)

Thank you all very much … that's really helpful. I do sometimes give linen/towels a start in the TD or it takes forever (and the day in the winter sun still didn't dry it last week ) but I hadn't thought of giving them an end blast … that's a great idea and will try it.

One quick question though - do you then iron / need to iron things? At serious risk of being unfriended by Tilly too, I generally don't believe in ironing and find hanging things on my clothes horse thingy works OK for creases … Tilly, please don't leave, I can't lose you both :rotfl::rotfl:

PM - mine is actually a washer dryer, no room for 2 things but when my WM died, I managed to get this in sales for not too much more than just washer, and given the challenges I know the winter brings here I thought it was worth it. I'm in a basement flat … Hardly ever use it though, but will start the quick end blast thing.

But thanks for the great ideas … I'm definitely going to look out for both a more vertical airer thing and a dehumidifier … got my existing airer in Black Friday on Ama3on which I guess isn't too far away

xx

Hollyboll

Jevvers wrote: »

Just wanted to say well done Hollyboll, sounds like you've made a great start, very inspiring!

Thank you Jevvers. Have just popped to see some of your threads and lovely to know that there are others out there with scary big IO wondering about the best way forwards … will look forward to a proper read anon.

I'm finding the diary really helps with focus, and itching to be in a position where I can start tackling this with some real income / savings …

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

No ironing ? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

What is the world coming to :rotfl:

Tilly x x

lulabelle1

I'm with you on the no ironing thing..... I use my tumble dryer for every load of washing that i do and apart from the odd item here and there, I never need to iron anything! Everything comes out of the dryer perfectly dry, fluffy and crease free so I hang it up and that's the end of that!
Oh, and my dryer has an internal light too!
And, in terms of electric use, it's a heat pump one and is therefore rates A++ Happy Days!!

greent

lulabelle1 wrote: »

I'm with you on the no ironing thing..... I use my tumble dryer for every load of washing that i do and apart from the odd item here and there, I never need to iron anything! Everything comes out of the dryer perfectly dry, fluffy and crease free so I hang it up and that's the end of that!
Oh, and my dryer has an internal light too!
And, in terms of electric use, it's a heat pump one and is therefore rates A++ Happy Days!!

I find things which have been tumble dried need ironing and even more so then if they were line-dried - and that the creases are harder to get out! (Mind you, I iron pretty much everything apart from underwear anyway )

Hollyboll

Thank you all ...

Tilly - for not abandoning thread despite such shocking behaviour. I've always believed life is too short for ironing - used to travel loads and even then just hung things over hot bath Reading about your doings makes this harder to believe, given the mountains of ironing among mountains else you do ... but then again I'm sure at one stage you pulled weeks out of the garden :rotfl:

greent - that's exactly what I was worried about - and why I've always done blast at start to hang out creases after, I'll have an experiment ... thanks to you I've cooked a coconut curry this week but I don't think miracles will stretch to my ironing

lulabelle1 - thanks for popping in and for making me not the only creased MFW'er around. Will google my dryer's energy rating later and see if I can further justify more tumbling .... And do you think the light is essential for keeping creases out? :rotfl:

Hollyboll

On way to a freebie talk although likely to have to pay for some food later. Cross with myself as forgot waterbottle again AND when I stopped to buy some a chocolate bar jumpted off the shelf, rugby tackled me and insisted on coming with me and being eaten ...