I am not old fashioned and I praise the Lord that I was born in this day and age. Even though it seems romantic to read novels of the old west, I really do love a good washing machine and my dish washer is one of my favorite things in the world.
In the last 6 weeks we have had 4 different washing machines in our home. I have visited the laundry mat once and most frequently done this:
Jordan was excited about agitating the laundry at first. It's a good thing we use non toxic laundry detergent, or none of us would have been able to touch the water without gloves.
It's amazing how much filthy clothes a bathtub can hold...
They have lost all ambition by the time we get to whites...
This is a completely different load. Notice there are no children in sight at this point.
Hand washing does work. Michael played in a dirt pile and it was as if he didn't even wear shoes, they were so dirty.
Good thing that the bottom of our tub has some texture, or I would have had to go to an antique store to get a real scrub board.
Not too bad, if I do say so myself. (And YES, that is the same sock) It took me about 3 minutes per sock to get them this clean, though. Each time I did a "load" of laundry, I was never sure that I would be able to stand up strait again.
Praise the Lord, I'm still upright and I found a used washer that was in my price range on Tuesday!!!
At least I know that I could survive without one, but I don't want to....
3 comments:
Look on the bright side... you had to wash that bathtub sometime anyway, so you killed two birds with one stone... right??
You have to remember that you did indeed have an advantage~ You had 2 washtubs~ Wow how the homesteaders would of grooved on that~
I am so thankful for you and the boys for now having a working washing machine~
Praise the Lord~
You're both right! Thanks for the encouraging words =)
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