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I absolutely HATE doing laundry. It is BY FAR my least favorite chore. However, I LOVE the following products.

I ALWAYS use Tide. I have tried other detergents in the past, but I just don't like them as well. I prefer liquid original scent. I ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS use Downy. It is just not even worth doing laundry if I can't use Downy. My washer is an old piece of crap-ola, so I have to use a downy ball. Then I use one or two bounce sheets in my dinosaur dryer.

This is what my laundry room looks like.
OK, not really, but I was too embarrassed to take a picture of my REAL laundry room and this one is shockingly close to what mine looks like. Wouldn't it be awesome though if it looked like this?


I felt like this was a TERRIBLE blog post since it talks about the worst chore on the whole planet, so I included some handy tips and alternate uses for Bounce dryer sheets.

Clean baked-on food from a cooking pan - Put a sheet in the pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The antistatic agents apparently weaken the bond between the food and the pan while the fabric softening agents soften the baked-on food.
Repel mosquitoes - Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.
Freshen the air in your home - Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang one in the closet.
Prevent thread from tangling - Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce to eliminate the static cling on the thread before sewing.
Freshen the air in your car - Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.
Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering - A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
Eliminate odors in dirty laundry - Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.
Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight so they smell great in the morning.
Having a bad hair day - or - alot of static. Rub a sheet on your hair. Works great and smells nice.
Eliminate static electricity from your television screen -Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.
Prevent musty suitcases - Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
Keep the shock away - Place a sheet in your coat pocket to avoid the shock you get getting in and out of the car in the winter.
Eliminate odors in wastebaskets - Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.
Dissolve soap scum from shower doors - Clean with a used sheet of Bounce.
Collect cat hair - Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.
Eliminate static electricity from venetian blinds -Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.
Eliminate static cling from pantyhose - Rub a damp,used sheet of Bounce over the hose.
Keep flies out of your house by tacking a sheet above the most used doors (on the outside). Works like a charm.