Be Ye Separate

Then and Now...Did you ever?...

Blessings!

   We have this checklist that our family has enjoyed over the years. In fact, we continue to "check" things off over time and have almost accomplished all of them. It's fun and one day we'll get our grandchildren to do them too:) Here's the list...hope you enjoy it as much as we have:) If you write this list out make sure to make it a grid so that you can check off which of you has done this...here's what I mean...:

Your children:

You:

Your Parents:

Your Grandparents:

Then as each question and check mark who has accomplished it. When you are finished you will know what you might want to try to expand your knowledge base as well as simply experience NOW what might have been THEN:)

Have you ever:

__Carried fire wood?

__Gathered eggs from a nest?

__Filled a water reservoir on a stove?

__Cut wood with a cross-cut saw?

__Set a cluck with eggs?

__Made sassafras tea?

__Washed clothes on a washboard?

__Cooked apple butter outdoors in a copper kettle?

__Made cider? (the non alcohol kind:P)

__Ground coffee in a hand grinder?

__Watched wheat being thrashed?

__Shucked corn?

__Dried clothes in the house on a clothes line?

__Gone to church with a horse and buggy?

__Visited a blacksmith shop?

__Watched a horse being shod?

__Paddled a canoe?

__Used a scythe?

__Talked over a crank telephone?

__Turned a cream separator?

__Fed chickens?

__Dyed yarn with plant dyes?

__ Split stove wood?

__Seen an axe sharpened on a grindstone?

__Took a bath in a wash tub by the kitchen range?

__Ate a raw egg?

__Took a dose of castor oil?

__Seen a field plowed with a horse drawn plow?

__Churned butter with a wooden churn?

__Pitched hay?

__Spun wool?

__Ridden a horse bareback?

__Taken honey from a bee hive?

__Gone barefooted for two weeks or more?

__Milked  cow?

__Trapped mice?

__Made a willow whistle?

__Slept out of doors overnight without a tent?

__Made garments for children from old garments?

__Saddled or harnessed a horse?

__Rowed a boat?

__Cut ice for summer use?

__Planted a tree?

__Made soap outdoors in an iron kettle?

__Gone on a sleigh ride?

__Baked bread?

__Seen an animal slaughtered?

__Made maple syrup?

__Cooked for threshers and silo fillers?

__Picked wild greens?

__Eaten green apples?

__Gathered nuts?

__Driven a team of horses?

__Cleaned fish?

__Cleaned and plucked a chicken?

__Shelled corn with your hands? (not the same as shucking)

__Wuilted a patchwork quilt?

__Stuffed sausage?

__Made a sling shot?

__Gone hungry (from necessity) for a full day?

__Made lye for soap outdoors?

__Had to pump and carry water?

__Skinned a rabbit or squirrel?

__Trapped a skunk?

__Woven a piece of cloth?

__Rendered lard?

__Cut off a chicken's head?

__Lived with no electricity?

__Made vinegar?

__Chewed wheat for gum?

__Smoked a bit of grapevine?

__Made sourkraut in a crock outdoors?

__Pushed a wheelbarrow?

__Curried a horse?

__Cleaned and lighted a kerosene lamp or lantern?

__Had your hair cut at home?

__Made ice cream in a hand crank freezer?

__Herded cows on the roadside?

This list was given to me many many years ago and over time we've done a ton of them, however, I still have a few left to try:)

   Whey I got to the hair cut at home part many years ago my children all asked me..."Where else would you have it done?":P We don't get out much:P

Have fun!

God be with thee!

Sister Lori

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{ 13:48, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 } { Posted by Kitty }

I've actually done more than a few of them. I had to laugh at "cutting your hair at home". Not only do I cut my hubby and kid's hair, but I even stand in front of the mirror in the bathroom and do my own. It always turns out pretty well I might add. And it was FREE, that always makes me smile. LOL..........good list...........Kitty

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{ 20:10, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 } { Posted by meme21713 }

Love the idea....I will do this soon...I do have a memory book that I have been writing in for years about prices on things, where we as teenagers spent our weekends and etc. But this is really neat...I cut my hybbies hair and for years have done my won..It takes a little longer than what a professional takes..lol Debbie

Oh my!

{ 05:45, Thursday, April 10, 2008 } { Posted by mvose1051 }

I guess that I'm registered as a full-blown CITY GIRL! LOL!
Let's see.... I have:
cut my hair at home
rode a horse (at the zoo! does that count? LOL)
quilted a quilt
lived w/o electricity (we were very poor as a child)
seen a field plowed by horse & plow (we live around amish)
milked a goat ONCE!
trapped mice (had them in our house growing up)
baked bread
lit a lantern
pushed a wheelbarrow
Okay that's about it. Guess I have alot of experimenting to do huh?
Blessings,
Miki