Weren't we more on our own?

Me and my siblings learned to be self sufficient at a very early age, as both our parents had to work. We learned to chop wood to start the fire in the old wood stove, and bring water from the well .. we also had an outhouse. I know, it sounds like Dolly Parton's bio, but, that was our reality until we moved the year I was turning 11. Life, for us kids, was not considered 'hard' because its all we knew. It must have been really tough for our parents. Even so, we never went hungry, and were always well dressed as my mother was a wonderful seamstress and had sewn beautiful evening gowns for people to supplement income. This was before she went to work for a plant nursery out of town.
 
Pinky said:
Me and my siblings learned to be self sufficient at a very early age, as both our parents had to work. We learned to chop wood to start the fire in the old wood stove, and bring water from the well .. we also had an outhouse. I know, it sounds like Dolly Parton's bio, but, that was our reality until we moved the year I was turning 11. Life, for us kids, was not considered 'hard' because its all we knew. It must have been really tough for our parents. Even so, we never went hungry, and were always well dressed as my mother was a wonderful seamstress and had sewn beautiful evening gowns for people to supplement income. This was before she went to work for a plant nursery out of town.
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So you're apocalypse-ready.

Hey, when the grid goes down and the internet dies and there's no place to get a hamburger or taco within 30 seconds, guess where everyone's going? The Grandparents' house! Cuz they know how to make-do.
 

Pinky said:
Me and my siblings learned to be self sufficient at a very early age, as both our parents had to work. We learned to chop wood to start the fire in the old wood stove, and bring water from the well .. we also had an outhouse. I know, it sounds like Dolly Parton's bio, but, that was our reality until we moved the year I was turning 11. Life, for us kids, was not considered 'hard' because its all we knew. It must have been really tough for our parents. Even so, we never went hungry, and were always well dressed as my mother was a wonderful seamstress and had sewn beautiful evening gowns for people to supplement income. This was before she went to work for a plant nursery out of town.
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How did I miss this one ? :D Hey when we were kids on the farm living with my aunt while my father was in the military we had an outhouse. It was used for many purposes . One of my sisters threw my only dolly down that scary black hole when she got mad at me. Then you could hear my other sister yelling at the top of her lungs " Aunt Lxxx come quick!! Sharon is trying to throw Xxx down the outhouse hole!!" Ah the good memories :D
 
Wrigley's said:
So you're apocalypse-ready.

Hey, when the grid goes down and the internet dies and there's no place to get a hamburger or taco within 30 seconds, guess where everyone's going? The Grandparents' house! Cuz they know how to make-do.
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Ahhh ... a fellow bunker-dweller! ;)

I have 4,000 cans of beans and an AK-47 - I'm ready! :eek:nthego:
 
I have a dehydrator and lots of dried veggies and fruit, plus herbs and spices. Cornmeal, flour, honey, rolled oats,Powdered milk etc. Meet you in the pit at the bottom of the garden. Oh, you guys are funny!
 
Shalimar said:
I have a dehydrator and lots of dried veggies and fruit, plus herbs and spices. Cornmeal, flour, honey, rolled oats,Powdered milk etc. Meet you in the pit at the bottom of the garden. Oh, you guys are funny!
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I'm more afraid of our cooking than the apocalypse, so I hope you'll be there, Shali. In the kitchen of course.
 
I remember a neighbor's mom would give us pieces of fresh mozzarella to shut us up. My Mom would never consider it. Until hubby woww fresh moutz...
 
Wrigley's said:
Parents weren't wrapped up in their own egos. They outgrew that when they got married. And life wasn't just about them anymore after they had kids, if it ever was. My mom always looked nice but she dressed like a mom, and she didn't mind it. Neither did dad. Or anybody. Success was having a nice house and well-behaved kids. These days it's looking like a Kardashian.
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I agree, and they didn't think they had to have every new thing on the horizon, either. They knew how to be content and enjoy life's simpler pleasures, a skill that has been mostly lost in today's world.
 
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