today is laundry day thank heaven! but i started to think about laundry in a worst case scenario. i know in the matter of the worst case there could be a million things more important then clean clothes. medical problems? sickness? getting medication? something wrong with my shelter? someone is missing? the list can go on. ....but in an attempt to keep some sort of comfort and normalcy in an emergency situation i have started stocking up on laundry detergent. i figured out how many loads of laundry i do a week (about 8) and i rounded up to 10, cause i'm anal. then 10 times 52= 520. i will need two more box, as these boxes only have enough for 145 loads. (the 145 is for the smallest load possible)
but i really should stock up on soap that is free of phosphates so i could use the water for something else like watering my garden. i have a food storage book from the 1950's and the author talks about using one tub of bath water to wash the whole family (one at a time of course). then that water went to other uses like dishes, floors, garden, etc. my mom remembers heating up the water to put it in the 1st electric washing machine they had, and using that water for all their laundry. being a born and bread American kid of the 80's i have never had to even think of these things, but i know it is important. practice does make perfect, and i am going to at least start practicing conserving water in case i do have to live off my own water supply, and do not have access to the city water- then my world would not be turned upside down as much.
So what do we buy to do laundry when the PHTF (poo hits the fan)? A big tub and a scrub board?
if i do have to use it one day i wont have a smile, pearls or heels on like this iconic 1950's house wife. although my husband would like it if i did- im sure.
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