Well I confess to ironing! LOL! I just like a nice crease on things and you can't get that fresh out of the dryer. I draw the line at ironing things other than the clothes that we wear to work. I would never iron casual clothes and certainly not sheets! LOL!

My mom's housekeeping was not quite up to mine. She was so relaxed about it that often she couldn't find things that she wanted. That drove me crazy and probably contributed to me being so organized today. My parents also didn't take our pets to the vets for shots, etc. on a regular basis. I don't know if it "just wasn't done way back then" or if they were the only ones who didn't. As I think back I don't remember any of the neighbors really going to the vets unless a pet was sick or broke a bone or something. Amazingly, my childhood dog lived into his teens.