Carolyn, No need for apologies.......... I just didn't want you to think that I thought things were easy. So by all means don't stop telling us about how things were then and the things that you remember. My fathers sister is still living and I can remember going to her house to visit (She lived in Haymarket when I was a kid and still resides there) they didn't have any running water and had to carry water from the spring. They had a bucket sitting by the front door that had a ladle in it for drinking water. Yes, they still had an outhouse also. As far as I know it is still like that. She never wanted to change it because that is what she was used to. My dad offered many times to go and put running water and plumbing in the house but she refused. We made yearly trips to go to the mountains ( as we called it as kids) in the fall to see all of the leaves changing, it was beautiful. We would go up and go over Woodstock Mountain. I can also remember going to my great aunt Beatrice and Uncle Perry's house in Seven Fountains. My fathers parents and a lot of relatives are buried at Detrick Cemetery. Kris **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)