so, i decided it might be interesting to give you a glimpse into the day to day life here. laundry is one of those things that we all get to do, so why not start here with day to day life topics.to start the process, one must clean off the line in which the clothes will be hung on to dry with a napkin(as pictured). we especially have to do this task, as our street is frequented by every single city bus (and it just so happens that they emit an immense amount of diesel fumes). if one does not clean off the line, you can see the nice black layer that will promise a new black stripe on one's clothes.
then the clothes go into the front-loading washer. it is probably 2/3 the size of washers in the States. loads are smaller and we seem to have an abundance of warm to hot water--only. this part of the process takes about one and a half hours, so one knows their clothes are squeaky clean.
after one's line is free of the black soot, one is free to arrange clothes on the line to dry. drying takes from one half a day to a good 24 hours. sometimes it can be advantageous to move items around to give them maximum drying power. it is also very wise to take dry clothes off the line as soon as possbile to not take away air-time from those clothes that are still wet.
when clothes are dry, one takes them off the line and folds them to then put into storage. in the folding process, one can spy a hole. these holes come from clothes bugs. these bugs eat holes into one's clothes for a tasty snack. grrrrr.i hope you have enjoyed this glimpse into the day to day life...stay tuned for more exciting adventures!
2 comments:
Much enjoyed!
Oh, I like you. Too bad about those clothes bugs, though. (said with a gruff expression and furrowed brow)
Clothes seem to take only a few hours to dry here- overnight max. 'Course the materials we wear now are generally very thin, and it's so darn hot everything dries super quick- the only positive I've seen of the temperature so far.
~Megan M
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