Buttercream:
Are we related? All that you described I remember exactly how we lived, too until I was about 5 years old. My mom had a wringer washing machine until I was about 10 or 12. I remember mom hanging clothes on the line in the winter time and telling us NOT to touch the clothes or bend them because they would break because they were frozen stiff. We always had plenty to eat but didn't have many material things until later.
Feathers