Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] grandma
Alan & Brenda Leonard
2/2/03 10:41:
Mother's mother, who was a great (and anal!) housekeeper, just like my Mom.
Ugh. I wish I had a cool granny like you did.
brenda
> I absolutely cringed the entire time I read that post!!!!! I think the flourAnd I thought it all sounded great. The only grandmother I knew was my
> drawer bothered me more than the frogs. Of course with two cats, the frogs
> wouldn't have been hard to retrieve. <BEG>
Mother's mother, who was a great (and anal!) housekeeper, just like my Mom.
Ugh. I wish I had a cool granny like you did.
brenda
Nora or Devereaux Cannon
I thought everyone's grandmothers had Hoosier cabinets with flour
drawers - there were two styles (that I know about): in one the
flour drawer was higher, so that the flour came out a sifter at
about counter height; in the other, the drawer was below the
counter for easy dipping in and out. Both had metal liners for
ease in cleaning. They are extraordinarily popular bits of
historic furniture now.
drawers - there were two styles (that I know about): in one the
flour drawer was higher, so that the flour came out a sifter at
about counter height; in the other, the drawer was below the
counter for easy dipping in and out. Both had metal liners for
ease in cleaning. They are extraordinarily popular bits of
historic furniture now.
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From: "Alan & Brenda Leonard" <abtleo@...>
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Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] grandma
| 2/2/03 10:41:
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| > I absolutely cringed the entire time I read that post!!!!! I
think the flour
| > drawer bothered me more than the frogs. Of course with two
cats, the frogs
| > wouldn't have been hard to retrieve. <BEG>
|
| And I thought it all sounded great. The only grandmother I
knew was my
| Mother's mother, who was a great (and anal!) housekeeper, just
like my Mom.
| Ugh. I wish I had a cool granny like you did.
|
| brenda
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In a message dated 2/2/03 8:36:32 AM Eastern Standard Time,
abtleo@... writes:
really cool ladies . I am MESSSYYY.., unorganized, cluttered. etc.. I didnt
get my housekeeping skills genetically.. lol
Teresa
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abtleo@... writes:
> who was a great (and anal!) housekeeper, just like my Mom.Yep, my Grandma was ( is) like that...my Mom too. But, they are both still
> Ugh. I wish I had a cool granny like you did.
>
really cool ladies . I am MESSSYYY.., unorganized, cluttered. etc.. I didnt
get my housekeeping skills genetically.. lol
Teresa
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cindyjsowers <[email protected]>
--- In [email protected], "Nora or Devereaux
Cannon" <dcannon@n...> wrote:
designed her own house and actually had that drawer put in (it was
beneath the stove top, not up high). I just thought it seemed kind
of messy -- but was fun. The flour didn't all stay in the drawer
when you opened and closed. I don't know that it had a metal
liner. I can't remember her cleaning it out either. Just put more
flour on top. She was famous for baking about 100 pies on a weekend
for her church bazarre, and people ordered them ahead of time. The
pies often exploded in the oven, and she just kind of scraped that
off and put in another pie! My dad had to put in a couple different
ovens over the years. We lived with her for three years, and she
did vacuum occasionally (she insisted on wool carpets, because the
stains came out better she thought -- and I think she replaced
carpets maybe 3-4 times in 20 years) as I recall, but I don't
remember much in the way of dusting or deep scrubbing or anything.
Kitchen floor pretty dirty most of the time. We never got sick or
anything, still don't, so maybe she enhanced our immunity! She was
pretty uninterested in housework, I think. She was more likely to
be in the garden or making something in the kitchen sink. All the
hobbies she had seemed pretty messy. It's the same with my mom,
though my mom is tidier and how her house looks is more important to
her when guests come over. I don't think my grandma was as
concerned about what other people thought really. My own
housekeeping style is not great. I struggle with it, though, as I
would actually like a cleaner house. I'm just not willing to take
that much time away from things I am actually interested in. I
figure if I am cleaning house, I am not doing other things. The
thing is, if you are not naturally neat, and have not developed
tidiness habits, you don't tend to put things in their place and
clean up after yourself the minute you do something. You wait until
the mess is huge, and then it seems like too much of an undetaking.
I have watched people with clean houses, and I know they put
everything back right after they are done. And everything has a
proper place. They also wipe down the table and get right to the
dishes. They don't leave one in the sink. That, to me, takes an
entirely different type of personality than I was born with or would
take the time to develop. So, I suffer with messiness around me. I
also don't have things set up in the house to make it easier. Where
things are changes depending on when I was using them last!
Cindy
Cannon" <dcannon@n...> wrote:
> I thought everyone's grandmothers had Hoosier cabinets with flourNow see, I didn't know that! That is good to know. My grandma
> drawers - there were two styles (that I know about): in one the
> flour drawer was higher, so that the flour came out a sifter at
> about counter height; in the other, the drawer was below the
> counter for easy dipping in and out. Both had metal liners for
> ease in cleaning. They are extraordinarily popular bits of
> historic furniture now.
designed her own house and actually had that drawer put in (it was
beneath the stove top, not up high). I just thought it seemed kind
of messy -- but was fun. The flour didn't all stay in the drawer
when you opened and closed. I don't know that it had a metal
liner. I can't remember her cleaning it out either. Just put more
flour on top. She was famous for baking about 100 pies on a weekend
for her church bazarre, and people ordered them ahead of time. The
pies often exploded in the oven, and she just kind of scraped that
off and put in another pie! My dad had to put in a couple different
ovens over the years. We lived with her for three years, and she
did vacuum occasionally (she insisted on wool carpets, because the
stains came out better she thought -- and I think she replaced
carpets maybe 3-4 times in 20 years) as I recall, but I don't
remember much in the way of dusting or deep scrubbing or anything.
Kitchen floor pretty dirty most of the time. We never got sick or
anything, still don't, so maybe she enhanced our immunity! She was
pretty uninterested in housework, I think. She was more likely to
be in the garden or making something in the kitchen sink. All the
hobbies she had seemed pretty messy. It's the same with my mom,
though my mom is tidier and how her house looks is more important to
her when guests come over. I don't think my grandma was as
concerned about what other people thought really. My own
housekeeping style is not great. I struggle with it, though, as I
would actually like a cleaner house. I'm just not willing to take
that much time away from things I am actually interested in. I
figure if I am cleaning house, I am not doing other things. The
thing is, if you are not naturally neat, and have not developed
tidiness habits, you don't tend to put things in their place and
clean up after yourself the minute you do something. You wait until
the mess is huge, and then it seems like too much of an undetaking.
I have watched people with clean houses, and I know they put
everything back right after they are done. And everything has a
proper place. They also wipe down the table and get right to the
dishes. They don't leave one in the sink. That, to me, takes an
entirely different type of personality than I was born with or would
take the time to develop. So, I suffer with messiness around me. I
also don't have things set up in the house to make it easier. Where
things are changes depending on when I was using them last!
Cindy