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  5. Posted · Edited by Jeanway

    Becka asked Lida for all the dirty laundry from everyone in the house. "Well, we're doing it anyway and you are taking such good care of us all." She said as Lida protested. With all the cooking and baking she and Addie and Taffita had been doing Lida felt it was a just swap. "Let me ask Taffita if she has any." Lida went out to the barn to find Taffita.

     

    On her way across the yard she saw a boy she had never seen before going into the barn. "Must be Nathan has finally arrived." She said to herself and turned around and went back in the house, figuring she and Nathan had some catching up to do.

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    The trunks that were unloaded from the wagons were full of dirty clothes. Becka had been putting off doing laundry until the had got some rest. Eight people's clothing from a five days trip was a daunting task without the aid of electricity and a washer and dryer. She and the girls finally decided it was time to tackle the job.

     

    There was a special room in the house just for this purpose. Large stone tubs were equipped with a pump with a handle on each tub. They used lye soap and baking soda, which tore the skin on their hands to shreds. They used metal wash boards for scrubbing and all the laundry was hung outside on a clothesline to dry as well as inside the laundry room which had racks hanging from the ceiling that could be raised and lowered with a pulley. It was tradition for only the women to do the laundry. :laugh:

     

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    I didn't vote RC because I just got my sound back a few weeks ago, and I never heard any of them. I know I should just go back and get the thread out, shouldn't I. But it certainly IS a cool idea. Is it just the soundboard or do I need to download Media Player??

     

    When I would see the thread before, this was me-->> :laugh::laugh:

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    And with that little tid-bit of information, Bart bolted out the back door and ran towards the barn.

     

    "I gotta see this." Cain said. "Me too." Said Able. They ran out the backdoor after Bart. "Boys! Boys! You come back in here right now and leave your brother alone!" Becka yelled. They came back in and sat down at the table, looking all P.O.ed :laugh::laugh:

     

    Bart climbed the ladder to the loft. Taffita was sitting there lost in her story on the screen. Bart just sat down next to her and turned the computer on.

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    Just like the other games. Just keep in order. Sweet, Sour, then Salty. Name specific foods, not categories like, well, you know, I don't want to say anthing :look: Oh, and if you've tasted something other than 'food' that tastes any of these ways, use them too. :laugh: Just keep it clean people. :flex::laugh: GO.........

     

    I'll start..................

     

     

    Sweet: Sugar Cane

  23. Posted · Edited by Jeanway

    All the children still asleep, Abe led Aaron, Lida and Becka out to the hives. "Well, look at this!" He said. "No wonder your having so much trouble. Something had disturbed the hives here. Half of them have been knock over. What could have done that?" He asked. Lida knew immediately what did this. The wind from the propeller. The tire tracks from the Piper were only a few feet from the hives. "I'd better keep the plane somewhere else. Now that I know the hives are here. That first night, it was dark, I didn't see them when I drove the plane back here." Lida told him. "Just keep it out front Lida." Abe said. "Makes a fine lawn ornament." He said laughing.

     

    They helped Abe right the hives carefully, then they left them alone.

    Someone must have got up in the meantime and gone to the barn since they heard the generator running. Aaron went to the loft to take a look. "It's just Taffita, she's back writing her FanFiction again." He told them when he came down.

     

    Abe and Becka noticed that Aaron and Lida both had exasperated looks on their faces. "I take it the girl is a little headstrong?" Abe asked. "We're not sure what to do. She wants to go off to New England with someone she's waiting for." Aaron explained. "We're not her parents but we feel responsible for her." Lida added. "It's just not safe." Aaron said. "Even if the world is almost deserted. Aaron and Lida were both starting to look worried. Becka and Abe looked at each other and smiled. "Aye. She at that age when she starts thinking for herself." Becka said. "Thinking she knows everything." Abe chuckled.

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    With everyone's eyes fixed on the new arrival, no one noticed that Aaron was passed out in the corner. Everyone crowded around Maybelle and the baby. The kidd was standing up almost immediately, then began to try to find Mama's milk. All the children wanted to touch the baby, especially Addie. :laugh: Maybelle, now exhausted just layed there as the baby nursed. After she was full, she fell asleep, as did Maybelle. "Come on children, let's let them alone for now." Lida said and they all left the stall, except for Aaron. That's when everyone turned around and saw him laying face down in the hay in the dark corner. Lida stood over him for a second then tried to wake him up. She rolled him over and slapped his face a few times. "HUH! What happened?" He said. "You fainted." Lida told him. He sat up, then got up and left the stall with Lida holding him up til he was steady on his feet. All the children were back up in the loft on the computers by now.