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    Cash for Washers

    by Kristen on August 27, 2009

    If you’re like me, laundry in the news quickly catches your eye. Recently I saw this article on the MoneyCentral blog and this segment on GMA that both really jumped out at me. We all know that the cash-for-clunkers car program has demanded the attention of both consumers and the media. Well, now it seems there is
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    Laundry Legends

    by Kristen on August 25, 2009

    Most of us learned our laundry habits from our parents, right? But, the land of laundry is changing and chances are, a few of those tips they once stood by may be urban laundry legends after all. I came across a few of these revised tips from The Whirpool Institute of Fabric Science – check them out to see if yo
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  • Laundry Etiquette

    Laundry Etiquette

    by Kristen on August 20, 2009

    If you live or have ever lived in an apartment building you’ve probably come across a laundry dilemma: there are more people in the building than there are machines in the communal laundry room. This can lead to some not-quite-neighborly issues. Let me lay out a few scenarios: First, you have a lot of laundry s
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    Chicago Flashback

    by Kristen on August 17, 2009

    As you know, Wisk was in Chicago a few weeks ago with MomTV to share our laundry love with BlogHer conference attendees. Over the course of the conference, we got to hear from a number of moms in MomTV’s Select Swag Suite – check out all the videos here!As you'll see, a lot of these lovely moms got in on the High
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  • Get Your Spin Cycle Racing

    Get Your Spin Cycle Racing

    by Kristen on August 10, 2009

    I recently stumbled upon this blog post that I had to share – it’s about “laundry dates” and it got me thinking…we have to do our laundry, right? (Please say, “Right!”) Why not meet someone while you do it?! And, with money tight these days, creative and unusual date ideas are all the rage.  In urban cities, parti
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Kristen


Hi there! My name is Kristen. I'm a scientist and work in the Technical Knowledge & Observations department at Wisk. After growing up under the steady influence of my "clean freak" mom and watching episodes of Mr. Wizard


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