Housework Got Ya Down?

"Work in that household never ceased, and it called for skill and patience, qualities Kit did not seem to possess. There was meat to be chopped, and vegetables to prepare for the mid-day meal. The pewter mugs had to be scoured with reeds and fine sand. There was a great kettle of soap boiling over a fire just behind the house, and all day long Judith and her mother took turns stirring it while she readied the soap barrel. Kit tried to keep a gingerly distance from the kettle. The strong fumes of lye stung her eyelids and stirring the heavy mass tired her arms and shoulders....

...Surely there must come a moment when all the tasks would be done and some brief leisure earned, yet always a new chore loomed ahead. A shearing had brought a veritable mountain of gray wool to be washed and bleached and dyed. There was water to draw and linen to scrub and, everlastingly, the endless rows of vegetables to weed and hoe."

~The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

I don't think I'll complain today about having to run my vacuum, use my washer and dryer, empty the dishwasher or drive to the grocery store for fresh vegetables.

All is in perspective, at least for today!