A Homestead Daughter

• Saturday, June 21, 2008 - Laundry Fun!

Posted in Kiddo's ~ and the silly things they say/do

Our once foreboding, mounds of dirty laundry have suddenly become a pleasant summer chore!

Recipe for: Clean Clothes, Cooled Off (yet productive) Children and a Healthy Amount of Insanity:

- An outdoor tub (indoor works too, just not nearly as much fun!)
- Hose
- Soap
- 2 or 3 Loads of Dirty Laundry
- Several willing Children with clean feet!

Directions: Combine water, soap, and dirty laundry in tub. Have the cleaned feeted children stomp for 5 to 10 minuets. Drain dirty water. Rinse the clothes (hot water may be used for white loads, but not required). Wring the water out of the clothes (a small amount of muscle recommended for this step

). Hang the laundry on the line. The process takes under 30 minutes of laughter per load.

Younger children make good laundry hangers if there is another load waiting to go in.

Click here to see:
Theresa and Annie agitating the laundry with a swing dance!

• Saturday, June 21, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by AnIntentionalPeasant

Love it!!!

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• Saturday, June 21, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by CandyFoote

I really enjoyed your blog, especially your washing machine and your lawn mower!!

Candy

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• Saturday, June 21, 2008 - fun

Posted by stephen

that looks like fun wish i had the time (for the laughing lol)

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• Sunday, June 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by gabbie427

LOL Looks like fun to me!!! And I clicked and watched the dance as well. Too cute.

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo

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• Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Zach Frey

Yes, but how do you manage to find that ingredient, "children with clean feet"????

The video answers my question as to whether the swing dance craze had made it to your neighborhood yet. :)

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About Me

I'm a 17 yr. old girl who lives on and loves her 50 acre homestead in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I love all the animals that we own and appreciate their different and unique personalities. My days are spent working on the land with my family of 10 (#11 growing daily!). By working, playing and praying together we have become a very close knit family. There is always something going on, from the silliest stories to the most interesting homesteading processes and projects. I love living the way we do, I find peace in our fields, woods, creeks, animals, siblings and sunshine. I love having my family all together, we home-school and my dad is home working our homestead with us. Jesus is blessing us in our decision to do this, and while this lifestyle is not without it's thorns, He is always providing. I hope you enjoy your visit here, and may God bless you with the peace that homesteading brings.