Growing up Going Country, All We Do at Home is Turn the Heat Up

By Smomdukes Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Enjoy the weekend!

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Judy

10/29/09 10:22am

Thanks for sharing that story, Sherry, I could just picture how everything must have looked and felt. I bet there was a lot of emotional warmth there, too. Sometimes, don't you just wonder how our grandparents survived the way they had to live? My grandmother used to talk about having to sleep 3 or 4 to a bed (there were 10 kids), using cardboard to replace the soles of their shoes and, when she was done with the 8th grade, she had to get a job to help support the family - all she got to keep of her pay was money for the streetcar. And yet, my grandma and her sisters were the funniest bunch of ladies I ever knew. Life got better for them and they remained close until they died. One of her sisters literally died laughing!

Thanks again!

Smomdukes

10/29/09 7:17pm

Judy, I am glad that you enjoyed the story. Talk about shoes, honey, I got one for that also. When I think back on those times....they were good times! I am glad you enjoyed it.

sherry/smomdukes

Merely Me, Health Guide

10/29/09 5:30pm

Gimme some more quilts!

I grew up in a cold house...we had these electric space heaters and sometimes it would get so cold in the house...we could see our breath. I am thankful for heat I will tell you that!

So would you rather have it cold or hot do you think?

Thank you Sherry for another wonderful story...please do keep writing here!

Smomdukes

10/29/09 7:20pm

You know I miss the old wood stove, but not the spiders from the wood pile!