A Partly Cloudy day in Las Vegas

It's a partly cloudy day in Las Vegas,
I have cloths drying on the line,
waiting for me to bring them inside.

I have another load in the washer
waiting for me to hang them
on my hexagon outdoor cloths dryer.

I'm getting more exercise
since the electric dryer broke down,
now I have to put the wet cloths in a basket
and carry them outside to dry.

My only problem now is the weather
will the clouds bring rain today
or can I get another load of laundry
washed and dried
before the sunset today.

Midweek Reflections at the end of April

This is the last week in April 2009. Today is Wednesday and time for a writer's midweek reflections. So far this week, the cloths dryer stopped drying cloths; it did not stop running it just stopped drying cloths. I have to decide whether it is worth paying $55.00 to have a technician come in and tell me I need a new dryer or start pricing new dryers.

In the mean time, I am going to be using an old fashion solar dryer. Friday afternoon or Saturday morning, I have to go get a cloths line and more cloths pins. I did have a cloths line once, but it was made of twine and it broke. Now all I have is a patio with a drying rack and patio chairs. Most of the small items I can hang on the rack or put on the backs of patio chairs.

The sheets will be a problem though because they do not dry wrinkle free unless hung properly on a line. If sheets wrinkle, you have to iron them and I have never ironed sheets. It would be a new experience and something to blog about, so I should not reject it without due consideration. Ironing sheet cannot be that difficult, my mother and grandmother both ironed there sheets before wrinkle free sheets and dryers were invented.

I suppose if I am going to have to iron sheets I need to check the iron and see if it works. If it does not work, then when I get the cloths line and cloths pins I will get an iron as well. I think that is all I will need, at least until I can get a new dryer.

Things I have to do in the next nineteen days

Fidál (Grace), 1 Jamál (Beauty), 166 BE – Tuesday, April 28, 2009 about 10:22 AM Pacific Time

A new nineteen-day period of achievement began last night at sunset. We attended the Feast of Beauty last night. We arrived safely at the location of the Feast and returned home safely. In this nineteen days, Mom has out patient surgery to open a tear duct on Thursday, April 30 and I have a dental appointment on Thursday, May 7.

In addition, I have to determine whether the dryer is fixable or I have to get a new dryer. In the mean time, I have to go to Home Depot and see if I can get a cloths line of some type. Perhaps I'll just stick with the cloths line for a while, at least this summer. I like drying cloths outside in the spring, summer and autumn, but winter is a different story. In winter, the neighbors use wood burning fireplaces and the scent of the smoke gets into the cloths.

I think there is a Home Depot on Lamb, which isn't very far from where I live. So I'll go there and see what they have as far as cloths lines are concerned. If I don't get a cloths line then I have to either get the dryer fixed or take the cloths to the launder mat to dry them. Going to the launder mat is a hassle and a dryer is expensive, besides if I dry cloths on a line outside it saves electricity.

There are probably other things I have to do in the next nineteen days, but I haven't decided on what they are yet. Mother's Day is May 10, I have a gift card for Chili's so perhaps Mom and I will go there for desert. I like there sandwiches as well. However, if we order sandwiches then Mom can't eat desert, which is made of ice cream.