tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386912343147794659.post3476193561156896135..comments2024-03-27T18:25:17.905-06:00Comments on Books We Love Insider Blog: Monday Was Wash Day by Roseanne DowellBWL Publishing Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17395363916983844544noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386912343147794659.post-44519910488035853032015-01-16T21:15:08.487-07:002015-01-16T21:15:08.487-07:00Ah, yes Tricia, the good old days We were a family...Ah, yes Tricia, the good old days We were a family of 8, so I know what you mean about all that laundry. I don't know how my mom managed to only wash once a week. I washed every day when I had my kids (family of 8 also) Thank God, I was blessed with an automatic washer and dryer. <br /><br />Roseanne Dowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473329969019245459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386912343147794659.post-186978175635631902015-01-16T21:03:22.073-07:002015-01-16T21:03:22.073-07:00Ah the good old days! I often wonder how my mother...Ah the good old days! I often wonder how my mother managed. With a family of ten life was one round of washing and drying. Even when I married we still used the old wringer and my husband was a plumber at that time and his horrible overalls had to be washed using the washboard. Thank heavens for washing machines. Tricia McGillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096440033015601944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386912343147794659.post-42691618803016532792015-01-16T14:42:55.120-07:002015-01-16T14:42:55.120-07:00Wow, Jude. I thought we did a lot of work. Great m...Wow, Jude. I thought we did a lot of work. Great memories, tho, weren't they? I think a big part of it wasn't the work involved, but the family unity and bonding. We've seemed to have lost some of it in this modern age of technology.<br />Roseanne Dowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473329969019245459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386912343147794659.post-19226316878773991262015-01-16T14:05:22.181-07:002015-01-16T14:05:22.181-07:00You brought back so many memories, of my mom and a...You brought back so many memories, of my mom and aunt. I grew up in rural Alberta, in the days where coal oil and kerosene lighted our lamps and drinking water was hauled from the well, while washing water was melted from snow in winter and dipped from the rainbarrel in summer. It might have been 30 below outside, but mom had her washing to do and my brother and I had our part too. We were sent outside to get buckets of snow, which were melted and heated on the cookstove and then poured into the old boiler. Once that was full mom got to work with the washboard while Ken and I went to get more snow to melt down for rinsewater. When it was all finished there's be racks of clothes hanging as close to the old cookstore and the pot bellied heater in the living room as they could get without burning them. That was many years ago, thanks for the reminder Ro, JudeJude Pittmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919411331421802174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386912343147794659.post-73949533107487355132015-01-16T12:44:39.779-07:002015-01-16T12:44:39.779-07:00Don't think they had a fabric softner back the...Don't think they had a fabric softner back then, did they, Janet Walters?<br />I didn't know that about clothes pins, Shirley Martin. Thank you both for your comments. I did laundry the same way for many years after we were married. Hung many a diaper on the line. Was so excited to get a dryer. The only thing I minded about the wringer washer was the clothes were washed long before the ones in the dryer were done.Roseanne Dowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473329969019245459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386912343147794659.post-90078741531628972402015-01-16T11:55:05.743-07:002015-01-16T11:55:05.743-07:00Oh, this brings back memories. We didn't have ...Oh, this brings back memories. We didn't have a dryer, either. In the wintertime, the clothes would be frozen stiff after being on the line. <br />Did you know that clothes pins were a Shaker invention?Shirley Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07120243716446976419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386912343147794659.post-15224233707459954702015-01-16T09:06:14.022-07:002015-01-16T09:06:14.022-07:00Do remember the days and hanging clothes on the li...Do remember the days and hanging clothes on the line to dry. I'm glad for the dryer but boy those sheets smelled so wonderful when hung on the line. Our towels weren't stiff. Don't know how my mother managed that.Janet Lane Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386912343147794659.post-15115965140299286482015-01-16T07:46:44.522-07:002015-01-16T07:46:44.522-07:00Thanks, Ginger I had one of those washers for a lo...Thanks, Ginger I had one of those washers for a long time after we got married. In fact, I had one until we moved to our apartment. I often used it for rugs and other things too heavy for the automatic washer. Yes, I do remember how stiff those towels were. But the sheets, oh how great to crawl into bed and fall asleep with that fresh smell.Roseanne Dowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473329969019245459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386912343147794659.post-4943043775382953962015-01-16T07:07:40.595-07:002015-01-16T07:07:40.595-07:00I got so carried away with my reply, I forgot what...I got so carried away with my reply, I forgot what I really wanted to say. I'm so glad we have dryers. Do you remember how stiff towels used to be fresh off the line? Yes, they smelled good, but...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683064637626718318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386912343147794659.post-44349379553761887412015-01-16T07:06:25.116-07:002015-01-16T07:06:25.116-07:00What a great post. I took a memory trip back to m...What a great post. I took a memory trip back to my summers with my grandmother, and her old wringer washer. She used to kid me about getting my boob too close. Unfortunately, it looks now, like I may have been closer than I thought. *lol*Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683064637626718318noreply@blogger.com