Chickysmom
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- Jun 22, 2005
I am having DH pick up my DD from basketball practice on his way home from work....saving me some gas and time!
To keep from running the dryer as long I run the spin cycle twice. Seems to cut drying time!
I think I'll try that. I have a Whirlpool duet and the dryer seems to take longer since I got it. It use to take 1 hr, now it seems to take 1 1/2 hrs. My washer and dryer were 13 years old. The washer stopped spinning so I got the Whirlpool duet. I just think it's too much of a coincidence that the dry would have a problem at the same exact time as the washer so I'm assuming for some reason it takes longer when drying cloths from the duet. Also, I was surprised that the duet takes an hour to wash cloths. My old Whirlpoot top loader took half the time!
Huh? You can change the settings on the Duet to meet your needs. Unless you are washing loads on the sanitary cycle or have heavy articles that are really dirty, there's no need for that!
I wash most everything on the "Normal/Casual" cycle and bump it down for less soil except DS's work clothes (he works in a meat department, want to make sure that stuff is clean!) and it's a 35 minute cycle.
It takes about the same amount to dry, 30-40 minutes, some things can dry in as fast as 20 minutes. My dryer is gas, so maybe yours is electric and takes longer?
Try playing with different options, I can guarantee you can cut that time in half.
Anne
Today is DAY 13 of the IPCEO!
Just got back from grocery shopping. Spent a bit more than I wanted to, but...
My Publix bill was $59.49. I could have kept it under $50, but decided to get a couple beef tenderloin steaks. That added $15 to the bill--although it would have cost $30 per steak to eat them out, so I figured it was a good reward for sticking to the IPCEO. Otherwise I saved $18.41 on my shopping with shopping the sales, and not buying things I didn't need except the BOGO on Cheerio's and Granola Bars. And I only bought one thing not on my list--the Dannon Yogurt Smoothies that DS has for breakfast every morning. It should have been on the list, so it wasn't an impulse buy.
Then I went to Target. Ugh. Well kind of ugh. First I used my Starbucks Gift Card for a cup of tea. Only enough left on the card for three more cups of tea.
I bought three Healthy Choice meals on sale and with a coupon, then went to buy Tampax. I priced it out per piece. They had a few boxes of "bonus pack" with five extra on the shelf, and they were cheaper per piece by a couple cents each, so I bought those instead of the ones on sale. I bought three boxes because actually the price was good, plus I had a coupon on top of it. So I wasn't planning on buying three boxes, but at the price I ended up paying (saved over $5 off the non-bonus/non-coupon price), it was worth it to stock up. I also bought a tube of toothpaste onsale, plus a coupon. And I spent $10 for a Rubbermaid bin I needed to store Christmas stuff in the attic in. So I ended up spending a little over $30 at Target, but I think that what I got for that money was a good deal.
Going to make pizza dough this morning and have that for dinner tonight rather than ordering out which ends up costing $25 with the tip. I've got all the ingredients in the house, and the total cost is under $5.
Anne
My model is about 3 years old. The size is a 3.8 so it washes a lot of clothes, but it does take about 1 hr. on the normal/casual cycle.
Do you have the duet dryer? I don't, I just have a 13 year old whirlpool dryer. I also have a gas dryer. It's always taken about 1 hr. I'm assuming it's taking longer because I can wash a bit more clothes. I had a 3.5 before so I can stick a few more things in. I put in probably a full laundry basket and then some. The readout on the washer always says 40 minutes at the start of the cycle but the book says it can take longer if you have a full load because it has to even out the cloths, etc.
Not sure how "into" this you want to get - but for the feminine products you can pretty much always get the free at either Walgreens with their Easy Saver plan or CVS with their bonus bucks. I used to pick them up from Walgreens occasionally but my goal this year is to study the Walgreens and CVS ad each week and get those freebies! I have a college age daughter so we can definitely stockpile these items.
Liz
Not sure how "into" this you want to get - but for the feminine products you can pretty much always get the free at either Walgreens with their Easy Saver plan or CVS with their bonus bucks. I used to pick them up from Walgreens occasionally but my goal this year is to study the Walgreens and CVS ad each week and get those freebies! I have a college age daughter so we can definitely stockpile these items.
Liz