Five great comments from over the last week
There were so many great comments this week it was hard to choose.
Annabelle on day 275 – …Just releasing our own selves from the darn ‘project’ is freeing on its own… Read more
Jude on Day 276 – This didn’t inspire to try them… Read more
Di on Day 277 – I am so glad you started the “5 Things I am Grateful for Today†section… Read more
Amy on Day 278 – …too many people put pressure on themselves to go fast.. Read more
Jo on Day 280 – …You can get rid of the oddest things – I had an electric frypan… Read More
Five Post I have enjoyed from other blogs this week
Finding me in France – I case you weren’t moved to read through this blog that I suggested last week I have plucked out one post full of great advice for life to share with you. Perspective
Tiny Buddha – Tiny Wisdom: On Leaping
Om Freely – On Miscommunications
Be more with less – How to live in the land of enough
Art of minimalism – Insane productivity Thanks to Betty Jo for bring my attention to this link. Also please check out this link included in the post – 3 dirty words change the world.
ITEM 281 0F 365 LESS THINGS
More keepsake clutter for the garbage. It’s not much but every little thing counts.
5 Things I am grateful for today
- Automatic Washing Machines – I remember as a child using the old round machines with the wringer on top and having to rinse by hand. No no no I never want to go back there.
- Cold Tablets & Ibuprofen – yes you guessed it I have the dreaded lurgy.
- Leftovers – I know I’ve used this one before but whne you feel rotten it’s nice not to have to cook dinner.
- Flickr – it is so easy to download pictures to share with you on my blog.
- Discovering an episode of Big Bang Theory that I hadn’t seen before.
As promised above are some of my flower pics.
About Colleen Madsen
Oh dear, I hope you feel better soon, Colleen.
I love my washing machine, too! When we lived in Papua, I did laundry in the river for 3 months and then we got a gas powered wringer washer and when the motor died on that we hired a woman to hand wash all our clothes. Once we returned to the US, electricity and automatic washing machines, I kid you not, I leaned over and kissed my washer!
Hi Willow,
wow! That does sound like a chore it makes for a good story though. I understand you kissing the washer I think I would too.
I will always be grateful for the washer and dryer. I remember the old wringer washer my Mom used when I was small and having to hang everything on the line–even in the dead of a northern Ohio winter.
I am having a great time cleaning out clothes I can no longer wear–have lost weight–and old craft projects that never got done. Feels so good.
Hi Deb J,
I remember my grandmother getting her arm caught in one of the wringers once. She was badly bruised for a while.
Good for you loosing weight and for ridding yourself of the excess clothes and craft items you no longer need/use.
Do you remember hanging clothes out in the winter and they would freeze and almost crack??
Hi Jessiejack,
I didn’t have that problem where I lived because it never got that cold. I could imagine it happening though. My mother has photos of icicles hanging off my grandmother’s clothes line once when I was very small.
I remember those machines – I used to put my hand through the ringer on a regular basis. Then I moved on to a Hoovermatic Twin Tub – and how many times did I flood the kitchen with that! Mind you, now that washing is so easy I think we wash things far too much – my kids wear something once and it’s in the hamper, clean or not…
Hi Calico ginger,
my crazy mother still uses a twin tub. She won’t use anything else because “they are a waste of water” and” take too long”. I try to find a reason to do my washing at my sisters when I go there to visit because the twin tub is a pain in the a**.
I have the opposite problem with my son I nearly have to prise the clothes off his back to get them into the wash or wait until he is a sleep and steal them off his floor. Teenagers – what can you do.
I also remember the wringer washers and the twin tubs – we are dating ourselves, ladies, but doesn’t it make you appreciate automatic washers and dryers?!
Hi Jo,
I don’t mind dating myself. Wisdom comes with age and experience – hopefully 😉
Your pictures are amazing – we have nothing remotely like them where I live (eastern Canada).
I think most of those plants are unique to Australia which is why they are the first ones I wanted to share with you all.