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Dust If You Must

Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better
to paint a picture or write a letter,
bake a cake or plant a seed,
ponder the difference between want and need?

Dust if you must, but there's not much time,
with rivers to swim and mountains to climb,
music to hear and books to read,
friends to cherish and life to lead.

Dust if you must, but the world is out there
with the sun in your eyes and the wind in your hair,
a flutter of snow, a shower of rain.
This day will not come around again.

Dust if you must, but bear in mind,
old age will come and it's not kind.
And when you go-- and go you must --
you, yourself will make more dust!
 

                                                                               

 There is nothing like the smell and feel of a clean house.  Oh, what a glorious thing to me! Clutter makes me nervous. I suppose my Mother instilled that in me. She had me cooking and cleaning at a young age and I am happy for that. I used to spend my Saturdays rearranging and cleaning every baseboard and corner in the house. Mom always found something to clean. She was never bored at being a homemaker. My housework suffers today because of my fibromyalgia. I'm just not able to clean like before. And I really do miss those days.

                                                 

 

                                                                          

                

Thank God for dirty dishes, they have a tale to tell;

While others may go hungry, we're eating very well.

With home, health, and happiness, I wouldn't want to fuss;

By the stack of evidence, God's been very good to us!

                          

                                                         

 

 

                          

    

Washday 1916

1. Bild fire in backyard to heet kettle of rain water.

2. Set tubs so smoke won't blow in eyes if wind is pert.

3. Shave one hold cake lie soap in bilin water.

4. Sort things, make three piles, 1 pile white, 1 pile colored, 1 pile work britches and rags.

5. Stir flour in cold water to smooth, then thin down with bilin water.

6. Rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, then bile. Rub colored, don't bile, just rinch in starch.

7. Take white things out of kettle with broomstick handle, then rinch and starch.

8. Hang old rags on fince.

9. Spread tee towels on grass.

10. Pore rinch water in flower bed.

11. Scrub porch with hot soapy water.

12. Turn tubs upside down.

13. Go put on fresh dress, smooth hair with side combs, brew cup of tea, sit and rest and rock a spell, and count blessings

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