Whether you celebrate the astronomical equinox on March 19th or the more traditional one on the 21st, Spring is when most people waken to a house that needs a good housecleaning.
Oh Sue, thank you for these delightful insights into Danish life! When I first went to Germany as an au-pair I learned from the mother of my host family (who did the courtesy of raising her eyebrows to the ceiling in irony as she told me) that 'a proper German housewife keeps a full three-months-worth of everything the household requires in the cellar.'
She claimed that she didn't subscribe to that course of action.... but that cellar looked pretty full to me, I can tell you!
LOL! The two years supply ethic is a Mormon thing, but after the WWII years, I can see why she might still hear echoes in her DNA about keeping supplies on hand. I'll bet that full cellar came in really handy during the COVID lockdowns. Ours certainly did.
Those were the good old days, right Joe? Housecleaning has changed so much with the new materials used in home construction, a bucket of water and a scrub brush would destroy most of it all. especially using amonea and vinegar.
Oh Sue, thank you for these delightful insights into Danish life! When I first went to Germany as an au-pair I learned from the mother of my host family (who did the courtesy of raising her eyebrows to the ceiling in irony as she told me) that 'a proper German housewife keeps a full three-months-worth of everything the household requires in the cellar.'
She claimed that she didn't subscribe to that course of action.... but that cellar looked pretty full to me, I can tell you!
LOL! The two years supply ethic is a Mormon thing, but after the WWII years, I can see why she might still hear echoes in her DNA about keeping supplies on hand. I'll bet that full cellar came in really handy during the COVID lockdowns. Ours certainly did.
How diligent! How unlike me.
Those were the good old days, right Joe? Housecleaning has changed so much with the new materials used in home construction, a bucket of water and a scrub brush would destroy most of it all. especially using amonea and vinegar.