Kathi Jones wrote:
"George Shirley" wrote in message
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Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
"George Shirley" wrote in message
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snippage of a wonderful story

I had forgotten about clothes lines.

(more big snip)

hey!! I have a clothes line! I actually have 2!!! I used to fill
the original one and then have to wait for everything to dry before I
could pull it all down and fill it back up again. So I begged for
another. Now I have 2 that are as long as we could get clothes line
rope for. Everything goes on the clothes lines. I'm known as the
Laundry Queen in my neighbourhood - I have a neighbour who tries to
get her laundry out before I do every Saturday morning - it has
become a competition - she'll never win. ;-)
My grandmother loves my clothes lines. She told me the story of how
she used to open the bathroom window on the second floor of the 2
story house my Dad (and his 5 siblings) grew up in, to lean out to
hang the day's laundry - all year round. This after hand washing
everything and putting through the ringer. Her hands tell the truer
story.
I cook and bake all the time and my family appreciates it when I do. I've
been a stay at home mom for 10 years, but am now back at work
full time, so the baking is suffering a bit. Most of this year's
preserving is done for 2007 - I have a few things in the freezer that
I put there "for when I have the time".

Much of what I do is because it's what my Mom did. I think my 2
girls will learn by example. At least I hope so, for Holly (my 8
year old) will never find a strawberry kiwi jam as good as what she's
used to

Wonderful Kathi))