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Comments (58)Hi everyone, Well after 4 years and making my DH read this I am happy to say I now have a clothes line and am enjoying it! I found this the other day on the web, can't remember where... but it was so timly. So if this is yours, I hope you don't mind me using it. The clothes line....a dead give away. Do the kids today even know what a clothesline is? I am sure a lot of you are too young to remember the clothesline, but for all of us who are older, this will bring back the memories. ... . at least it did for me. THE BASIC RULES 1. You had to wash the clothesline before hanging any clothes. Walk the length of each line with a damp cloth around the line. 2. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order and always hang whites with whites and hang them first. 3. you never hung a shirt by the shoulders, always by the tail--what would the neighbors think? 4. Wash day on a Monday...........never hang clothes on the weekend or Sunday for heaven's sake! 5. Hang the sheets and towels on the out side lines so you could hide your 'unmentionables' in the middle. 6. It didn't matter if it was sub zero weather.....clothes would freeze dry.' 7. Always gather the clothespins when taking down dry clothes. Pins left on the line was "tacky". 8. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with the next washed item. 9. Clothes off of the line before dinner time neatly folded in the clothesbasket and ready to be ironed. 10. IRONED?????????? Well, that's a whole other subject. A POEM A clothes line was a news forecast To neighbors passing by. There were no secrets you could keep When clothes were hung o dry. It also was a friendly link For neighbors always knew If company had stopped on by To spend a night or two. For then you'd see the 'fancy sheets' And towels upon the line; You'd see the 'company table cloths' With intricate design. The line announced a baby's birth To folks who lived inside As brand new infant clothes were hung So carefully with pride. The ages of the children could So readily be known By watching how the sizes changed You'd know how much they'd grown. It also told when illness struck, As extra sheets were hung; Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe, too, Haphazardly were strung. It said, 'Gone on vacation now' When lines hung limp and bare. It told, 'We're back!' when full lines sagged With not an inch to spare. New folks in town were scorned upon If wash was dingy gray, As neighbors carefully raised their brows, And looked the other way... But clotheslines now are of the past For dryers make work less. Now what goes on inside a home Is anybody's guess. I really miss that way of life. It was a friendly sign When neighbors knew each other best By what hung on the line! Thanks again everyone. Karyn...See MoreLet's talk about Refrigerators and Bad Backs
Comments (18)I went to the LG site and it said that that model had been d/c'd! Oh, well. We are wondering the same things. I think the lower drawers would be heavy when full of food. Some are heavy even empty in the stores! I'm thinking of getting a side by side, where I could keep most of the stuff at the mid to upper shelves and put seldom needed things in the bottom. Tell me why side by sides are not liked. I have a freezer "up" now and it just seems "uncool" these days. Not literally of course. It works fine. We are building a home and want a new one. Any thoughts for those of us w/bad backs?...See MoreDoes your house have a "story"? Let's talk more about parti
Comments (17)A story? Well, one of the first things we did was an exercise out of the Not So Big House books: We made a list of the words we want to describe our house. In our case, we had a lot of words about function: Efficient, energy-efficient, good storage. And a lot of words about the "feel" of the house: Cozy, charming, nostalgic, friendly, inviting, light-filled. And words we don't like: Dramatic, modern, impressive, funky, trendy. That's not a story exactly, but it's kind of like setting a goal for how we want the house to work /feel /look. And we're very clear on what we want: A small (1600-1800 sf) house for the two of us after the children are gone, which will be built on our 45 acres of farmland. We want it to be age-friendly and to have all the everyday living spaces on the main level, and we want it all to be easy to clean and low-maintenance. We want every space on the main level to be used every day. We want to have a small upstairs for guests. We want a great outdoor kitchen with ample seating and a small pool. And we want it all to be mortgage-free. That doesn't feel like a story to me; it feels like a goal. Two comments on this thread with which I can really agree: While I believe in electricity, plumbing and even central air...I do love old houses. So while I would never be considered a 'purist' my perfect home would probably be similar to a car build on "Fast and Loud" LOL. I want it to look vintage, I want it to pay homage to vintage....but I want the car to go fast, stop on a dime and have air conditioning :) and I guess our not-yet-finished house's story would be 1920 meets 2014 technology I like the door picture ... but I'd say it's a cottage door leading to a small, picturesque home....See MoreLet's Talk About.....Ceilings
Comments (22)Here's the Boveda ceiling in our front foyer. Boveda ceilings are brick vaulted and were first introduced by the Moors to Spain when they conquered parts of it. And then the Spaniards introduced them to Mexico when they conquered it. You see them a lot in places like San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, which is where our foyer light fixture came from, as well. The bricks in our ceiling are over 100 years old and really interesting to look at close up. The tapestry is a copy of one from our McGregor Clan in Scotland. Scottish and Spanish, but they work together for me (LOL). This pic also shows how thick our adobe walls are. And yes, the photo isn't skewed, the opening there is arched....See Morepinch_me
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