We loved cardboard boxes that furniture came in. We'd play house in them, open them up to make a tunnel to crawl through. Milk delivered to the house when it was really cold, sometimes it would start to freeze, pushing the cap above the bottle. Cream on top, not homogenized.
Play "dress-up" in old clothes. Put a blade of grass between two thumbs and whistle through it. Hide 'n seek, have a parade around the block (pulled a wagon, dressed up, pretend instruments). My dad made a "long cart", we called it, a long plank with double wheels on each end with steering mechanism for the front. Several of us got on and the one behind pushed. Sometimes someone pulled by a rope in front.
We had lots of fun, little money, probably as much or more fun than today's child with all the expensive toys.
THE END!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
GENERAL NOTES - #2
Saturday night baths:
Our kitchen was in the basement. We had an oil stove to cook on, heat water on and heat with. Saturday night, out came the old galvanized washtub, water was heated and poured into the tub on the floor, then one by one we children took our baths. We had something as a modesty screen. I don't remember what it was. Yes, the same water for all four of us.
I remember my dad making us some stilts and we enjoyed walking around on them.
In my pre-school years, I remember some hobos coming to the door for food. Mom turned them away because she said they tell others, then there is no end to it.
Our kitchen was in the basement. We had an oil stove to cook on, heat water on and heat with. Saturday night, out came the old galvanized washtub, water was heated and poured into the tub on the floor, then one by one we children took our baths. We had something as a modesty screen. I don't remember what it was. Yes, the same water for all four of us.
I remember my dad making us some stilts and we enjoyed walking around on them.
In my pre-school years, I remember some hobos coming to the door for food. Mom turned them away because she said they tell others, then there is no end to it.
GENERAL NOTES - #1
I was born at home on a Sunday morning. I understand my mom was getting dinner but had to let my dad finish when she went to the bedroom. Dad was kept busy between dinner, taking care of the other children and upstairs checking on mom.
The doctor arrived just before I was born. We never had an outhouse except for a short while when Janet was born, on a farm where Gramps worked. No running water. We had a pump to a well just outside. I had to heat water for laundry in a wash tub.
I remember as a preschooler, my folks pumped water for the kitchen sink and heated whenever needed.
The doctor arrived just before I was born. We never had an outhouse except for a short while when Janet was born, on a farm where Gramps worked. No running water. We had a pump to a well just outside. I had to heat water for laundry in a wash tub.
I remember as a preschooler, my folks pumped water for the kitchen sink and heated whenever needed.
ADVICE FOR OTHERS TO REMEMBER
What advice about life do you want others to remember?
Serve God! Rejoice always!
Serve God! Rejoice always!
HAPPIEST TIME IN LIFE
What has been the happiest time of your life?
Being married to gramps and being Born Again
Being married to gramps and being Born Again
NEXT TEN YEARS
What would you like to see happen in the next ten years?
I'd like to go home and be with Him.
I'd like to go home and be with Him.
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