Laundry Days & Homestead Blog Hop 414

Laundry Days

I never used to even think about Laundry days.

You know…

Monday wash day

Tuesday Ironing

Wednesday Baking

Etc…

Then, several years back, our family lived out West for five months in our camper. Laundry day became something we had to plan, and it took half a day a week at least. That was different for us.

Now, in construction, we still don’t quite have our laundry room set up, so a laundry day again has become a thing (for the last four years). Normally in our household, I’d do a load a day and carry on. When you have to load it up and pack it out, you just have to make it happen.

For us, it’s either Grandma’s or the Laundromat. We usually pick Grandma’s. It takes a long time, but we can hang out and visit. Sometimes we still do the laundromat, if we have a ton, if it’s super dirty, or if we are just really short on time. But it gets costly, so that’s still pretty rare.

We were talking about counting our blessings. Well…I will say that I’m blessed to have clothes to wash, blessed to have a place to wash them, and that we have a good family who doesn’t mind us crashing their washer.

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I will also say, that if you have these things, plus a room in your home to wash your clothes, you are also incredibly blessed.

Not everyone in the world has what we take for granted.

I’ve washed clothes in a bucket with chickens pecking around me.

I’ve scrubbed laundry behind a boat in the Amazon.

I’ve washed clothes in a sink, and dried them in many creative ways. I’ve even put on clothes that never ever fully dried in the rainforest.

I’ve never tried a washboard.

Having a washer and dryer is a luxury. Sometimes I forget.

How about you?

Thanks for reading,

Laurie

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2. Seed Saving for Beginners from It’s My Sustainable Life

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