Appliance Appreciation Day
I need to celebrate that I have home chore appliances daily. My washer broke down a week and a half ago. There are four people in our house.
Besides the regular laundry load of most houses we also have Hannah. Hannah breaks out from her own secretion. We change her bedding daily. She is breaks out from most soaps and most paper wipe products. We use 7th generation diapers and washcloths. The carpet on the floor will also cause a rash. We have a large number of blankets we keep on the floor to create a barrier between the floor and Hannah. The other great laundry generator is her G-Tube she is still working on mobility so on a daily basis we end up with a tube disconnect that results in spilled partially digested formula on blankets and Hannah's clothes.
So we generate a great deal of laundry.
I can't just go to a laundry mat Hannah lacks the patience.
We have commandeered some of our family’s machines.
The other night on a night shift I decided to hand wash in our bathtub. I'm lucky all I had to do is turn on the water and add soap. But, just the scrubbing and friction creation took a great deal of work. My great admiration for our forebears was strengthened more.
So while I was agitating the clothes in the tub Gabriel was getting ready for bed.
Swish, scrub, swish! Gabriel was brushing his teeth with his mouth for of suds he asks me.
"Whatcha doing Mom?"
I wipe my brow "Our washing machine is broke."
He sighs "I know" he keeps brushing his teeth but the expression on his face was of someone still trying to understand.
"I'm washing our clothes in the tub like people in the old days did before washing machines.
"He swished the toothpaste suds in his mouth and spit them into the sink. "You are sure smart Mom."
--Mom
