{"id":417,"date":"2012-01-03T05:40:35","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T09:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chris-hostetter\/?p=417"},"modified":"2012-01-03T05:40:35","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T09:40:35","slug":"how-to-do-your-laundry-in-png","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chris-hostetter\/2012\/01\/03\/how-to-do-your-laundry-in-png\/","title":{"rendered":"How to do your laundry in PNG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It's obvious now that our walter filter works good!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First, take a look at the top half of our water filter.\u00a0\u00a0 That muddy water came from our faucets, and is the same water Maggie had to work with for washing the kids clothes today.\u00a0 So, washing the kids clothes in dirty water = grumpy mom.\u00a0 And, one grumpy mother = one great journal entry.\u00a0 And now I have a great blog post.\u00a0 Enjoy.<\/p>\n

How To Do Your Laundry in PNG:<\/p>\n

Step 1: Turn on the hose to fill the washing machine. While it\u2019s running, sort the clothes into two piles: one to scrub by hand and one that can be washed as-is.<\/p>\n

Step 2: Decide that your standards haven\u2019t sunk quite low enough to wash clothes in water the color of charcoal. Drain the machine, wipe out the dirt at the bottom, and go borrow a bucket from your neighbor.<\/p>\n

Step 3: Walk 100 yards down the hill to the rainwater tank, fill up the bucket, put it on your shoulder, and carry it up the hill to dump in the washing machine. Repeat 2 times, and don\u2019t forget to spill water down the front of your dress and soak your underwear.<\/p>\n

Step 4: Wipe the sweat from your brow as you stare at your half-full machine and decide there has got to be a better way.<\/p>\n

Step 5: Experiment with different articles of clothing and finally settle on your son\u2019s church shirt to strain the dirt out of the water. Fill your machine the rest of the way and keep telling yourself it\u2019s better than it was.<\/p>\n

Step 6: Spray the layer of black dirt from the shirt\/strainer and throw it in the wash with the rest of the clothes. IMPORTANT: Stand on a chair before you turn on the machine! This will prevent the rats from running over your toes, which will keep you from making unearthly noises that will inevitably upset the baby.<\/p>\n

Step 7: Scrub the other pile of clothes with a bar of soap while racking your brain to give your two-year-old a job to do that won\u2019t end in her being soaking wet and all your freshly-cleaned clothes laying in the dirt. Fail miserably and watch helplessly while she gets soaking wet.<\/p>\n

Step 8: Put the clean clothes in the spinner to get the soapy water out, positioning the drainage hose so that the soapy water runs back into the washing machine because you are NOT going through that again. Then remember that you haven\u2019t strained any water for rinsing. Go inside and get a pair of your husband\u2019s shorts, wrap them around the bottom of the hose, and fill the rinse tub with almost-clean water.<\/p>\n

Step 9: Put the spinned clothes into the rinse water, swish them around, then put them back into the spinner. Have an epiphany and tell your soggy two-year-old that she can now safely put the other pile of clothes into the washer without causing major problems. When the rinsed clothes are done spinning, pile them into the laundry basket and repeat the rinsing process with the other load. (CAUTION: Remember the rats. Constant vigilance!)<\/p>\n

Step 10: Hang the clothes on the line, except for the kids\u2019 underwear and wash cloths, which are too dang small and annoying to put on the line and will dry just as well scattered on the porch. Breathe a sigh of relief and dream of the day when your children will be old enough to wash their own clothes. Or at least old enough not to poop on them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, take a look at the top half of our water filter.\u00a0\u00a0 That muddy water came from our faucets, and is the same water Maggie had to work with for washing the kids clothes today.\u00a0 So, washing the kids clothes in dirty water = grumpy mom.\u00a0 And, one grumpy mother = one great journal entry.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":488,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chris-hostetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chris-hostetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chris-hostetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chris-hostetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chris-hostetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chris-hostetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chris-hostetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chris-hostetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/chris-hostetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}