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"What kind of shampoo do you use on Lauren's hair?" My daughters teacher asked me last week. "It always smells so nice and clean."

I didn't lie. "Loreal kids" I told her.

What I DIDN'T tell her was that the source of the wonderful odor on my daughters hair wasn't shampoo. It was Bounce.

Yes, Bounce. You see, my daughter is afflicted with THE finest, thinnest hair known to man. She wakes up every morning looking like she spent the night brushing her hair with an egg beater. Brushing it only makes it full of static. Of course, I COULD wash her hair in the mornings, but I have a hard enough time getting myself ready for the day in the mornings.

So, I use Bounce. A few swipes of the dryer sheet on her head, and her hair is soft, static free and flowing. It smells good too. I am guilty of using dryer sheets for many uses other than for which they were intended. Like the father in 'Greek Wedding' with his Windex; I truly believe dryer sheets are the cure to most problems.

Every closet and drawer in my house has a dryer sheet in it. There are dryer sheets under the seats of my car, at the bottom of my trash cans, between my mattress and box spring, and hidden aways inside the cardboard of my toilet paper rolls. Surely any visitor to my house thinks I do more laundry than a Disney hotel.

Dryer sheets were intended to remove static from and soften laundry, but over the years, I have found so many more uses for them.

New dryers sheets are the best mosquito repelent I have found. Rub some on your arms and legs before you go outside, and you will be bite free for the entire evening. Dust your computer and television screen with new sheets and you will find yourself having to dust much less. They are also great for dusting just about anything in your house-knick knacks, patty whacks, and the like.

Used dryer sheets are wonderful for cleaning bathroom faucets and shower doors. Soap scum and hard water stains are no match. Dead bugs on your windsheild? Use a dryer sheet. Burnt on food on your pots or pans? Fill them with hot water and let a dryer sheet sit in the water for several hours. The food will rinse right off.

I use dryer sheets to clean my couch cushions of cat fur. I also put a fresh dryer sheet in my vacuum cleaner bag every week. I have heard that some golfers even carry dryer sheets in their back pockets to avoid yellow jacket stings. Running a dryer sheet over a length of thread will also make threading a needle a snap.

Of course, I do not actually USE dryer sheets for laundry, that would be too easy. I prefer liquid fabric softener. I don't think Lauren's hair would look so nice if I poured snuggle on her head in the mornings, either.

I would love to hear YOUR uses for dryer sheets, feel free to leave comments in the comment section below.

Until we meet again,

Cici

Cici@MyCoupons.com