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Monday, July 28, 2008

OHH OH OH I'M SOOOO EXCITED!!!

What will they think of next?
FINALLY, A WOMEN'S REMOTE CONTROL!
I'M SO EXCITED!!!
I wish it really worked!
Now...who can I use it to control? HAHA
In case you can't see what the buttons are, they are:
top left: OFF the COUCH NOW!
top right: SET the TABLE
MENU
Dinner~Dessert~Take Me Out
HELP
Wash~Dry~Put away
THERMOSTAT (up arrow)
TOILET SEAT (down arrow)
ROMANCE (up arrow)
SEX (down arrow)
MUTE
SNORES~SPORTS
START compliments
PAUSE to apologize
STOP complaining
MAKE ME A
BATH~DRINK
~QUEEN~

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

The History Of Aprons

Remember when a woman wouldn't dare cook without an apron? An apron is the symbol now of retro/vintage women. Modern retro women often collect aprons, and give them as gifts. I saw a mom's get-together where the theme was retro, and the hostess passed out an apron to each guest to wear throughout the party and to take home.


I don't think our kids know what an apron is.

The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.

It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.

From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.

And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.

Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.

When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

If family came to dinner, there were other aprons in the kitchen for the other 'women-folk' to help out with preparations.

When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.

Compared to today... Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.

They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron. I don't think I ever caught anything from an Apron. (Of course they were washed more often than the clothes underneath.)

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Work Of The Day



Remember when
each day was assigned a job, and we saw it
embroidered on dishtowels, also called "tea towels" for some reason?


Days of The Week-
For Homemaking




Monday Wash Day




Tuesday Ironing Day




Wednesday Mending Day



Thursday Cleaning Day

Friday Shopping Day



Saturday Cooking Day




Sunday The Lord's Day



Tuesday, July 1, 2008



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