Dryer sheets

It's laundry day.  In a way, I like to do laundry.  Dirty clothes go in, clean clothes come out.  Bingo!  It's rewarding.  I feel like I've accomplished something when everything is neatly folded or hung and put away. 

I'm allergic to so many things, that I have to be careful what soap I use.  Powders tend to stay in the clothes no matter how much you rinse and they make me itch.  So I look to liquids.  On the surface, they seem more expensive, but since they are concentrated, we get more for a smaller portion.  I use a lot of stain removers, too.  I like the spray ones, but just recently, there's a bleach pen that I used to get a stain out and it was wonderful. 

In Mexico, we hung most of our clothes outside.  It was wonderful.  There's nothing like the scent of sun-dried sheets and pillowcases.  And the towels!  Just like old time Turkish towels . . .super absorbent and just a tiny bit scratchy.  They feel like they are doing something. Of course, the sun and wind tend to damage the clothes sooner than the dryer and some things fade quickly.  I guess the cost savings is a trade-off.  I still like hanging out the linens.

A month ago, I bought fabric softener sheets.  I really felt they were kind of stupid and unnecessary, but I thought I'd try them.  I'm hooked.  The clothes smell so good!  And they are softer.  I'm a very tactile person, so it's like heaven for me. It's kind of fun to hug nice-smelling, warm things just out of the dryer.  Now I'm wondering how many different scents there are for those sheets?  I just grabbed the ones with a name I recognized. 

I think I'm going shopping!