Are we able to look back and laugh?

[Midnightmom]

I sure hope you've used the last year or so to put some of this essential supply into your preps!

I don't think any of us are as agile as these kitties, but perhaps you've installed a bidet since then?

I keep lots of washclothes at the ready since it is only me and I don't have to worry about "sharing" them. 

 

 

  

[Ambergris]

[Jeepers]

I want to get a little portable bidet. Even if it is only for cold water. Would be nice in the summer. I think . I made some flannel cloths. I don't plan on using them butt I will if I have to. 

[Littlesister]

I have the flannel clothes but no bidet. That should be on my list of things to get for hard times. Who knows when there will be a TP shortage again, but I am sure it is coming again at some point. 

[Jeepers]

I have to get my machine up and running in Indy. If I can find it. I have the flannel bought, washed, ironed and ready. I'm just not sure what size to make them. I folded some real TP around my hand a few times and it looked about right so that's how I'm going to deside. I'm going to double it up and sew a line or two across the two pieces it to hold them together in the wash. Quilted Northen a la  Jeeper's. 

 

Probably end up looking like a pot holder. 

[Ambergris]

I have tried a few different pre-made dish and shop towels, and those are about the right size, all things considered.  Some are much better touch-wise and absorbency-wise than others. 

How well does your flannel wash, bleach, and line-dry? 

[Littlesister]

Now that I can get to my sewing machine and things are starting to shape up in the house some. I want to sit down and get some things made. I to have the flannel for TP.  I have the very light colors so they can be bleached easy. I have a diaper pail as well so I can just drop them in that with bleach water and borax, till I have a load to wash. I think they will dry fast in summertime but in winter not as fast if they are hung outside. I have 3 of the indoor lines where you pull the line out and across the room to hang clothes. Then just unhook the line to roll into the I can't think of what you call it but the line rolls into it till next time. I plan to hook up all 3 of them after I get the garage set like I want it. I do have one up already. 

[Mother]

I bought a package of 24 Terry washcloths on Amazon. They are supposedly hotel ones but I like them a lot to use as personal wipes. I will be buying more soon just to have on hand. 

[Jeepers]

My flannel is light colored too. Not sure how well it will hold up in bleach though. Drying shouldn't be an issue. It isn't that heavy. Two yards of it dried in the dryer in about 15 min. So outside on a sunny day it should just take a couple of hours. I assume. 

 

I heard baby wash cloths make really good family cloths. I used to use them 50+ years ago for son. I don't think we had baby wipes back then. If we did I couldn't have afforded them anyway. They were nice and soft but not very thick. Think of really thin terrycloth. I don't know how they are made today. For me, I don't think they really have to be very thick. I'm thinking more in line of a 'pat dry' situation. They wouldn't be used like a menstrual pad. I'd use TP for other things as long as I could. And if you had a bidet of some sort, even a squirt bottle, just a couple of pats to dry should do the trick.   Grooming will help.

[Littlesister]

I will be checking out a lot of my supplies once I finish up on getting house together. I think I had packed washcloths into a 5 gal. bucket with a toilet seat on it for emergencies. But need to get into attic and pull everything down from there. Making plans now for redoing the garage setup so it better works for me. It was set up for DH and all his tools and things, but now I really think I need to make it work for my needs now.