Oh the trials of early homesteading.

Ah the trials of the early American farmer.... 

Sweeping the porch

Churning the butter (probably the only chance she got to sit down all day).

Feeding the chickens, only to gather their eggs or cut their heads off (and catch them while they run around the yard), pluck their feathers and cook them for dinner. And I hate to go 1/2 mile to the store!

Milk or butcher the cows.

Saturday night bath whether you need it or not!

Laundry out on the back porch.

More modern laundry in the basement.

Precursor to our current machines. Beth they LOVED these!

1940's

Or maybe you were lucky enough to have someone do the wash for you.

Sew your own clothing - 

 Of course there were no antibiotics and the mortality rate was higher, life expectancy lower. God forbid you needed a tooth pulled! People had many kids because they were free hands on the farm and most didn't make it to adulthood anyway. Many women died in childbirth.

My great grandma died giving birth because they forgot to deliver the placenta and she bled out, leaving my great grandpa a widower with 6 kids! Her sister in law (a widow) with a child of her own moved in to care for the kids (leaving her own child with a relative because she couldn't fit in the house). A year later she married my great grandpa and since they now shared a bedroom, it made way for her daughter to join them. 

Those are the common stories associated with the early folk. Now our problems are things like... slow internet service or vacation envy!