My MIL saved dishwater to soak dirty clothes, ironed socks and turned bed sheets over to the 'clean' side. God bless her, she had to work like a dog from her pre-teen years; caring for an ailing/dying mother and keeping house and cooking for father and brothers in a home without indoor plumbing. Although employed for all of her adult life, she also found a way to get her teaching certificate in her 30's and taught in rural one-room schools for many years. Which was she, a person with odd ways or a valiant woman?