The Cole Homestead

Starting my spring cleaning

I have started my spring cleaning.  I figured the grass is green and getting high, the chicks are big enough to be outdoors and it is warm enough for all of my seed starts to be moved out doors, now is the time to start the Big Clean. 

My house seems to have two modes.  Cold and warm.  Now is the time to change to our warm mode.  We will not be in the house much so there will not be any major cleaning going on through the summer.  No oil lamps burning to cause soot on the walls, andno laundry drying behind the wood stove.  Now is the time to rearrange the furninture to best allow for circulation and hang the darker curtains to keep out much of the sunlight.  Now that my seeds have been started and moved outdoors I can move my davenport back in front of that window. 

The biggest task for today will be all of the laundry.  I am trying to was everything.  Clean clothes, dirty clothes and clothes that have just been sitting for awhile.  Same with the bedding.  In order to accomplish this I have been running my regular washer since 6 this morning and started up my wringer washer around 10.  I love my wringer washer.  My mother in law had bought it for me as a pretty little thing to put flowers in.  She should have known that I would try it out.  I must say it does a great job on cloth diapers.  It may not be able to handle our largest blankets but on everything else it does great.

Well back to work!