Earlier this year we made a great technological breakthrough at our home.  Some may think it was a step back, but we thought it was a giant step forward.  We installed a clothesline!   How cool is that?!  I love the smell of wind blown clothes.  And you just can't beat the fresh crunchy crispness of a sun dried bathtowel...  And talk about fast drying - you can practically pull them off the line as fast as you hang them!  Of course it is more work than using the dryer - but between using our air conditioner less & enjoying our now famous clothesline - our electric bill is half as much as it was last year.  It makes me smile.