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that's the sunshine on the towel There is a pile of laundry somewhere in my house, all the time. I could wash all day, walk upstairs and find another heap of laundry. I give up, I am defeated by the dirty clothes. This is a photo of my Christmas Tree skirt, towels, shirts, and more towels. Why in the world would I be washing the tree skirt? It's  been claimed by our cat for the month of December as his blanket under the tree. To pack it away for the year I best wash it, don't you think? I have been washing all our clothes in cold water for years. One day long ago I just decided to use cold water, all the time. Back in the day of powdered laundry detergent I would find clumps of undissolved powder in the washing machine drum. Thanks to all the laundry detergent makers, liquid laundry soap began to find it's place on more and more store shelves. P&G recently introduced Tide® laundry soap just for cold water use. Cool,  I'll buy that. Why use Tide ®  For COLDWA...

On Sunday we went to the 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. I have been to the Farm Show many times- as a school child, with my family, and in my college days I worked there over Semester Breaks. Those cold January Mornings my sister and I would wake up about 4 AM to drive over to the Farm Show. We would work all day-by all day I mean from the time the building opened for the Farmers to the time the building closed. It was a long day, everyday for a week. Pay Day was the best. At the end of the week we all got an envelope of cash-our payment for the week. Money to take back to college. This year I was not working, not on a school field trip. I was an adult. I could get there when I wanted, leave when I wanted. We arrived at 9:45 AM. We parked across the street since the lots were full. Parking is $10, the shuttle bus is free, and admission to the show is Free. A shuttle bus took us to the farm show building.  After the few hour car ride we hit the bathrooms first...