We Are All So Spoiled

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I remember back when I was a young girl of about 6 or 7 and I helped my grandmother with the washing. She had one of those old ringer washers. She scrubbed the clothes, each individually with a stiff brush. Then I would hold the clothes while she turned to crank to ring out the water so she could hang up the clothes. She hauled out all the pans and equipment each week for years. She never used an automatic clothes washer. I also remember the wood-burning stove and how grandmother pitched a fit when they bought her a new electric one. She still used the wood burner but she seemed to enjoy the convenience of the electric one. I wonder how the pioneer woman would scoff at us spoiled women of today. I have been having some sinus issues lately due to dust and pollen in the air. I got some new decongestant OTC a few weeks back. I wonder what the pioneer women would do. All the dust and pollen they had to put up with. Grin and bear it probably. So many things we take for granted nowadays that pioneer women had never even heard of back then. Things like giving birth in a hospital, meds for the common cold, bath soaps, clothing, shoes, kitchen appliances, cleaning products, technology, stress pills, anti-depressants, menstrual pain relief and pads, hair products, hand lotion, sunscreen, frozen foods, delivery service, and the list goes on and on. What one thing would you really miss if you were a pioneer woman? For me, it would be the internet/technology. The picture is courtesy of thirdhour.org