ptquilts

so do you also make quilts the old-fashioned way too, Endora ? Can we see some of your quilts?

peaceandjoy

I don't mind doing dishes and would rather have another cupboard than a dishwasher. DH, who is not yet retired (so not often home) hates doing dishes and insisted we had to have a dishwasher. This made no sense to me as I'm the one doing them, but the contractor we worked with when we remodeled the kitchen agreed with him, saying it would be better for resale. That won't happen until I'm gone, but whatever. When I am cooking or baking, I wash and clean up as I go. Pretty much the only thing that goes in the dishwasher is our silverware, glasses and dishes, and run it every 3 days or so.

I worked full time when we had children, so nope, no cloth diapers for me. I had plenty of experience with them as I was also the oldest child. Filling a bucket, transferring to wash, cleaning them, folding them - all more chores that I didn't want or need to fit in. I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't have fond memories of using them anyhow, lol. I mean, we did buy them to use for dustcloths, until more efficient microfiber came out, and I don't recall enjoying using them that way, either.

Growing up on a farm, we canned and froze everything except milk and eggs. Those, of course, we got fresh daily. I no longer can anything. I do roast and freeze tomatoes for soups, stews and casseroles, as well as beans and jams.

During summer Prime Deal week, I bought a Narwhal self-propelled vacuum mop. It vacuums and mops at the same time, and as it is self-propelled, is much easier on my bad back and shoulders than regular vacuuming and mopping of the kitchen, bathroom and laundry room. I love it. As it's doing both jobs at once, it's a lot faster. The charging base cleans the roller, then it's very easy to clean the dry debris and dirty water tank.

I agree with Stitchnripper that it's nice that we can all choose how to do things. I think the memories we have that give warm fuzzies are more about that season of life, when we were young and/or had young children. Even a quiet moment to do something as mundane as folding laundry would have been a pleasant break.

zennia

I love doing dishes by hand and it drives my husband nuts because we have a dishwasher sitting there doing nothing. Another thing I like doing is folding the laundry and straightening up the dresser drawers. Makes me feel good.

bearisgray

We learned how to hand piece during my first quilting class. The class was well worth it.
I hand pieced while riding with DH in his big truck. I also enjoy hand quilting. sort of.

Using the rwo bucket method for washing walls or floor results in a much cleaner surface.
If using the one bucket method - oh, I do remember the joy in wiping up the spill if I knocked it over - be sure to rinse the floor with plain water.

cashs_mom

Amen! I have cleaning ladies that come in every other week. What a blessing! I come home from work and have a clean house. I rarely have to mop a whole floor. I just used my little swiffer for small messes.

Onebyone

I cleaned my oven today. I pushed the self clean button. The oven is cleaner than I could have gotten it and no mess.

Endora

Your simple pleasures revolving around old-fashoned ways are me to a T. Love it!

SueZQ from MN

Just one little piece of information to those of you that never use their dishwasher. My parents rarely used their dishwasher and after my mom died, my dad never ran it at all for years. When he passed away, I wanted to wash all the dishes in the cabinets to get them ready for the estate sale, so I filled the dishwasher and turned it on. What I got was water everywhere!! When the repair man came to the house, he told me that you should run a dishwasher at least 4 times a year to keep all of the seals from drying out and the entire system operating smoothly. It also flushes the hoses and connections to keep the dishwasher free from any odors. I don't mean to tell anyone what to do, but from personal experience, you do not want to have to clean up the mess after the seals or hoses break from unuse.

Quiltah Mama

I am in the old-fashioned boat for the most part. The new house I moved into has a dishwasher, been here over a year and still have yet to use it, no desire, and it's just another product to buy, dishwasher soap. I wash the dishes by hand nightly. To me, loading and unloading a full dishwasher seems like more work then just washing by hand nightly.
Laundry is hung on a clothes line to dry, love the smell when i am removing and folding the clothes. Most floors are washed by hand. I have a Swiffer and love it for the dry pads to get up the cat hair during the week, but rarely mop with it. I iron my own clothes almost daily for work, I cook from scratch, I can the garden produce, I make homemade applesauce, apple pie filling, pumpkin pie filling, freezer jam, freeze berries for winter use. I too cherish the feelings of peace and gratitude during these times of laboring.

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Endora

I've heard about this before.

What a good reminder to at least start up the old dishwasher every now and then.