Photograph Credit: Flickr (Casey Fleser)
Around the blogosphere, many bloggers share their perspective on life. As I contemplate these many ideas (and some are really out there), sometimes I’m not sure what I think.
During this week of What Do You Think?, I share a topic and give you my 2¢. Please share your opinion.
The topics chosen will follow the posting schedule. Thanks in advance for your contributions on this journey to Using Time Wisely!
What Do You Think about Washing Clothes Periodically?
Tracy’s 2¢: As you know, I’m all about saving money, energy, and time, but this article about being a chronic over-washer was a bit funny to me partly because I do both. Since I am not an all-or-nothing type of person, I adjust to the situation.
For example, if the outfit I wore today did not get dirty, then I will put the outfit aside and wear it another day. On the other hand, I will gather all the clothes on laundry day to wash, even if that pajama set was worn for the first time last night.
During the school year, my kids go through two outfits every week day since I have them change out of their school uniforms into play clothes. I do not worry about whether their clothes are clean or dirty; all their clothes go into the hamper. So, I wash my kids’ clothes after every wear.
Towels are another story. I like to wash our towels once a week. We do reuse our towels unless it gets left on the floor. When that happens, that family member gets a new towel. Since our visits to the water park come once or twice a week, I choose to wash towels when we arrive home from the water park. This option eliminates wet items on the floors.
On a side note, I do wash wet disposable swim diapers one or two times before tossing them in the trash. Of course, *dirty* diapers get tossed immediately. But, if my toddler only wets the swimmy, then I toss it in the laundry. I do save money, but I weigh the situation.
Do you wash clothes after every wear, evaluate the outfit to see if it needs cleaning, or launder periodically? What about disposable swim diapers? Does that gross you out? What do you think?
WOWEE! I had no clue you could wash the swim diapers. Thanks for that tip! I do laundry once a week. The kids clothes get washed after one use, because I have no clue what things they touch and get on the clothes, so I just assume to wash them. But I have started hanging up the kids clothes to dry instead of using the dryer. They are lasting alot longer this way! (The Florida water is nasty here and really takes a toll on the clothes, so by not using the dryer has really helped them last longer.) I wear my clothes usually twice, since I am just sitting at work all day. We do use our towels twice, then after that they get washed. 🙂
Love extending the use of our swim diapers especially with all the visits to the water park. Just don’t put them in the dryer. With air-drying your clothes already, you won’t accidentally toss it in the dryer. 😉 Thanks for sharing, Shannon!