Household cleverness
Jun. 2nd, 2005 07:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rikibethThe dryer always takes longer than the washer. This is a fact of life, and don't tell me about the fancy newfangled energy-saving machines that use less water and super-spin the clothes so the dryer dries them as fast as a load of laundry takes to run in the washer, because I cannot afford them. I also can't afford the really nifty-looking dryer I saw at the store when we went to get our new stove, which has a tumble dryer on the bottom and then a CABINET with SHELVES and HANGER SPACE for drying sweaters flat and steam-freshening dry-clean-only clothes and I want it, okay? Yes, this makes me a terrible dork to covet a household appliance so much, but when I gloat over $2 thrift store cashmere sweaters, it almost sort of seems worth it.
Anyway. Back to the clever bit. I finally remembered that the push-pull dial thingy on my washer doesn't just make the agitator stop when you open the lid because it's pressing against it. You can, believe it or not, push the damned thing in on PURPOSE, and then the clothes will soak.
This has never seemed all that amazingly useful before, but I figured it was worth a try to help get the crud out of my chef's coats. When you're up to your elbows in flour-water paste, which is mostly what the starters are, every little bit helps.
So I transferred some wet stuff to the dryer and set it going, and then filled up the washer, and stuck in my uniforms, and pushed in the button. And let them soak while the entire dryer load ran. When the dryer buzzed, I pulled it out again, and now my clothes are going. And maybe when I take them out they will be cleaner this time.
In other cleverness, I found cheese ravioli in the freezer, which was a major win, because I had to feed![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
melovechocolate something for dinner, and she's decided to go vegetarian again. Citing the cute baby ducklings who nibbled her fingers in her first and second grade classroom egg-hatching project. Cheese ravioli is good because it's nutritious enough to satisfy my guilt feelings, and I don't get an argument.
I really shouldn't complain. Last night, when she made the announcement, she cheerfully ate lentils and rice.
shadowflyer had a Kaplan training session this evening, after substitute teaching in Bloomfield today, so he just grabbed some tuna. Christy had an upset stomach, so she just had miso soup.
Me?
I had Frosted Flakes.
I'll probably eat something sensible later.
Anyway. Back to the clever bit. I finally remembered that the push-pull dial thingy on my washer doesn't just make the agitator stop when you open the lid because it's pressing against it. You can, believe it or not, push the damned thing in on PURPOSE, and then the clothes will soak.
This has never seemed all that amazingly useful before, but I figured it was worth a try to help get the crud out of my chef's coats. When you're up to your elbows in flour-water paste, which is mostly what the starters are, every little bit helps.
So I transferred some wet stuff to the dryer and set it going, and then filled up the washer, and stuck in my uniforms, and pushed in the button. And let them soak while the entire dryer load ran. When the dryer buzzed, I pulled it out again, and now my clothes are going. And maybe when I take them out they will be cleaner this time.
In other cleverness, I found cheese ravioli in the freezer, which was a major win, because I had to feed
melovechocolate something for dinner, and she's decided to go vegetarian again. Citing the cute baby ducklings who nibbled her fingers in her first and second grade classroom egg-hatching project. Cheese ravioli is good because it's nutritious enough to satisfy my guilt feelings, and I don't get an argument.I really shouldn't complain. Last night, when she made the announcement, she cheerfully ate lentils and rice.
shadowflyer had a Kaplan training session this evening, after substitute teaching in Bloomfield today, so he just grabbed some tuna. Christy had an upset stomach, so she just had miso soup.Me?
I had Frosted Flakes.
I'll probably eat something sensible later.
