Colonial House is killing me. I have been up past midnight for the past two nights watching. It is a great program! Anyone else out there enjoying it?
It is wreaking havoc with my beauty sleep, but doing wonders for my Tied Up Tee project! I have completed the front and am almost through with the back! Interestingly, no one on Colonial House is knitting or spinning. I guess they are all just trying to get by and survive. In last night’s episodes some
sheep arrived, so I have hope of some fleecy activity.
I was in the 7th grade in 1976 – the BiCentennial celebration. I grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia, very close to Valley Forge Park. For one week of that school year, we went to school in a one room school house in the park. It was a great experience. Now that I am in my ‘mature’ years, I cannot believe that the adults in charge even did this. The planning and logistics involved – egads!
We wore full colonial garb – complete with ruffled hats and even took on ‘colonial’ names. I was Prudence.
We got to choose our own names – why I picked Prudence is beyond me. I must have been a sensible young girl – wise beyond my years. (either that, or some other, more glamorous colonial name was already taken!) I can’t remember much more about it – I am not sure if we spent the entire day, or just a couple of hours to give the entire school a chance.
I do remember the port-o-potty. That was definitely there.
purlingswine 
Okay, was I the only one sobbing at the reunion of the Wyers family??? Was I the only one who could not knit for the need of Kleenex? At least I know I wasn’t the only one taking note of the arrival of sheep. Do you think they’ll get as far as shearing and spinning?
I really need to get cable. I thought Colonial House was a joke! (Did you ever see the Simpson’s episode along the same lines?)
Now that I know it isn’t, I would probably be totally hooked too.
I am glad to see you are finally getting hooked on some reality tv! LOL, You scoffed at my mom and I being hooked on Survivor! I am totally hooked on Colonial House. I just wish they had filmed them for a year. I can’t get enough. Prudence must be your alter-ego.