We never had hot water until 1942--my mother heated it on the stove in the kitchen. I loved to go to my grandmothers who lived on Springfield near Grand. They had hot water and a very deep old fashioned bath tub. My idea of heaven. I really don't know how todays kids with their 30 minute daily showers would ever survive. My grand daughter can not believe that I only washed my hair once a week. Unless it was summer and we went to the pool where they had showers. Somehow we made it--with only one bathroom. Grace

I was thinking about that very thing. We used to wash our hair in the bathroom sink (dipping method) or while in the bathtub. To this day, I can't stand to wash my hair in the shower...preferring the kitchen sink. (Hope that doesn't gross anyone out.) LOL ----- Original Message ----- From: "grace w gathman" <wallace26@juno.com> To: <awolfe12@tampabay.rr.com> Cc: <Cook-Co-IL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Hot Water > We never had hot water until 1942--my mother heated it on the stove in > the kitchen. I loved to go to my grandmothers who lived on Springfield > near Grand. They had hot water and a very deep old fashioned bath tub. My > idea of heaven. I really don't know how todays kids with their 30 minute > daily showers would ever survive. My grand daughter can not believe that > I only washed my hair once a week. Unless it was summer and we went to > the pool where they had showers. Somehow we made it--with only one > bathroom. Grace > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message