My Clothesline!

Joey strung my clothesline on Saturday. (Thanks, honey!)

Since it's too hot to use the balcony for anything like sitting, it's perfect to use to hang towels and the like. I took up my lawn chairs to give me a little bit more room.

Joey is so ingenious, he also made the lines so I can take them down. I'm sure I'll enjoy that when, in three or four months, it's not a zillion degrees out and I can sit on my balcony and read without sweating a gallon.

I'm really excited about my clothesline. We can save money on our electric bill; I was hearing on NPR that dryers cost around $1/kwh and we probably do 25-30 loads a month. Our dryer takes about an hour, so the clothesline should pay for itself in about two weeks. (It cost $8 to put up.)

Also...I'm saving energy! That's definitely something to smile about.

But it sounds like my washing machine is done; time to go put out a load! (I feel like a real housewife now. One that doesn't live in the middle of a ginormous metropolis, too.)