APRONS . . .

My little buddy, Marsha, sent this to me.  I don't know if she realizes that I live in aprons around the house or not, but I just had to pass it on . . .  the astericks are the things that I have done  =-) 

*I don't think kids know what an apron is.  Well my kids & grand kids do, I live in them and own at least a dozen . . .

*The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses.  They used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.

*It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.  Or in our family more often, runny noses . . . 

*From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.

*And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.

*Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.

*Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

*From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. 
After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.

*When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.  With my big ole mouth, I didn't have to wave anything!

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' 

that served so many purposes.

REMEMBER: 
 These days everyone would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.

*   I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron. *  good for building immunity?!?!?

I have this crazy little tiny mother-in-law that made this apron for all the sons and sons-in-laws one Christmas.  She just sat back and watch the looks on everyone's faces when they were unwrapped.  She is a true midwestern lady through and through, but once in a while she catches us off guard by letting the naughty side out for us to see . . . lots of fun!!