The Truth About Your Dirty Laundry

Makers of laundry detergent are in the business of selling their product and selling as much of their product as they possibly can. They recommend that you use a certain amount of laundry detergent in each load. it's printed right there on the box or bottle.

That recommended amount is a maximum, not a minimum. Here's why:

Laundry detergent takes dirt off your clothes because dirt sticks to the detergent, and then the detergent is washed away in the rinse cycle. The more detergent you use, the more will be left behind after rinsing. If you use too much, then your clothes will be permeated with laundry detergent and the dirt that is stuck to it.

I sometimes rewash the clothes that my daughter-in-law has already washed because they still look dirty. I use no detergent at all. The machine fills with suds in the wash cycle, and then it rinses out all that built-up, dirty detergent in the rinse cycle.

So remember, in the case of laundry detergent, more is not better. #firstdayofschool

Back in the old days folks kept batteries for flashlights and for kids' toys at the holidays. Nowadays batteries are a mainstay for all our electronic devices so with this said many people keep a battery drawer at home. Batteries are not for the occasional buy any longer.

Let's separate fact from fiction when it come from getting the most power out your purchased batteries. It really depends on where you live when you need to keep your batteries in your fridge such as living in a hot weather climate or keep your batteries in a very hot storage place. Alkaline batteries lose capacity much quicker when stored at high temps. Then you might want to keep batteries in a cooler location like the fridge. However, most people can store batteries at room temperature.

Wise and old advice of taking batteries out of toys and devices to prevent corrosion is still true and dropping batteries on cement do not affect the energy of your batteries. Plus, do not worry about the date stamped on the side. If it passed the date, it is not super fresh but still usable. Don't throw them out until they actually run out.

When buying batteries do not get confused with the hyped up advertising labeling. Ultra Capacity, Long Life, Heavy Duty, that is ad copy writer trying to get you to buy their name brand. Buy whatever brand that works fr you.

Buy batteries in bulk is a smart buy. They last a long time sitting in the drawer, and you never know when the remote is going to go dead.