I absolutely love your honesty and transparency. Raising your Littles has to come first. There will be time enough for a 'perfectly appointed' home later. When your kids are grown, they will care WAY more about the atmosphere of love in your home than whether or not the socks were always paired or whether a freshly- washed stack of washcloths was waiting in the linen closet. God's grace is poured out in the mandane, the drudgery, the 'every day'. There is beauty in the little things we DO accomplish in each day.
Its REALLY refreshing to see a normal, relatable person creating content. I am so sick of seeing these size zero ladies in their million dollar homes trying to tell me how great the dollar tree is😂..i know its great.i shop there cuz i have to. The majority of the ppl I know live in a house like you. They are multi generation homes because housing is so expensive,and they have daily struggles This is just so relatable and refreshing
I like your house. Why on earth do people complain about the accuracy. It's what YOU want to make it. It's really fun for me to see how other people design.
I had 4 children and did co-sleeping with all of them. The only danger is involving drugs & alcohol while doing so. For me, co-sleeping and breastfeeding go perfectly together. ❤️
I love your 50's routines. You are so me when I had my 4 children back in the early 90s! I was putting out fires all day long while my friends had super clean, tidy houses. I wish youtube had been a thing then. I thought it was only me that didn't have the perfect sterile house. I love your normal approach x ** I found out I had ADHD this year at 47.
I agree that you should do what makes you feel confident and beautiful. A partner who loves you will support that even if it isn’t his/her favorite. I changed my style relatively later in life (I was in my late 40’s) to vintage and my husband and I talked a lot about how he would answer the question if he liked it or not (and he was asked). His response was “Is she happy? Yes she is so I am happy and I think she is beautiful and looks beautiful.” And that was the end of it in his opinion:-). His support was huge for my confidence in making such a big change in style. (PS, I will say he also isn’t a huge fan of the high waist/wide leg 40’s pants I adore…I wear them anyway😁).
Oh I love your videos! My mother always said 'housework can wait''! I was a 50's baby and I am now 66. My home is filled with vintage charity treasures and, I, like you love all there is to love with regard to a more genteel lifestyle. Your home is gorgeous and homely. You are a beautiful soul with a beautiful family and I am so happy to have found your channel. Look forward to seeing more. Thankyou. Sending love, Vicki,xx
Love that you are so transparent especially with ADHD... My mom and all my siblings are ADD or ADHD.. it's a chaotic disorder but it's so interesting to hear about ADHD people since they are not squares they are unique
I was a stay at home mom with six children. We didn’t have a lot of extra money for vacations and such, but we stayed busy with Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and home-school community field trips and sports. My mom was home and I have such fond memories of her taking care of us, and our home. She started working when we were teens. I understand when a mother has to work and there is no judgment there. I was a single mom with three children and had to work, but I hated having to leave them with strangers and not know if they are being treated well. When I remarried we were both on the same page and I stayed home with our children and it was not easy, but I loved that I was there for them just like my mom was for us.
Sounds like how I grew up. Grew up out in the country and had a few animals. It wasn’t until I was in junior high that we started a small cow-calf operation, but my dad worked for AT&T Long Lines (the division that actually provided the long distance phone lines for the country) and Mom was mostly a homemaker. After I started school she began to work, first offering a daycare at our church and then later, she did painting and wallpapering. She did that until well into her ‘60s. Now she and Dad just live on the farm. She volunteers at the hospital gift shop one day a week, and Dad putters. He’s happiest when he’s outside doing things and really suffers from SAD in the winter.
Thank you for giving us this long Q&A! I like these chatty/personal videos. It makes me feel like I am getting to know you. I have ADHD, too, and have a hard time keeping up with my house. Something that's really helped me that my therapist suggested and might help you, is having a whiteboard with all the tasks that need doing. I break it down by daily, weekly, monthly, 3-6 months. When I do one of the things on the list, I put a checkmark next to it and that's it! I don't assign a day/time or anything like that. I find having it structured but not -too- structured to be the sweet spot. I am amazed at myself because I've finally found a system that works for me and that I have stuck with consistently for a few months now. It makes cleaning so much less overwhelming and honestly, I find that my house stays cleaner this way and it's nice because depending on how busy I am or how I'm feeling physically and mentally, I can pick one thing and get it done and it still feels like I accomplished something and I don't feel guilty.
I'm working into a house keeping routine for the first time in my adult life. That's not to say my house has always been a nightmare of nastiness and dirty- not at all, it just veered more from Suoer Purge clean to overwhelmed in need of help. Trauma kept me sick and Disordered for a long time. But I figured out CPTSD and have healed up a lot. Life is becoming so much smoother. And nicer. help!!.... Panic, crumble and go to bed isn't a big part of my life any more and I'm enjoying decorating and just watching videos like the without feeling guilty and lazy. My only problem still is the Dishes. I Does anyone have any tips for routines or mental sets that help get those darn dishes DONE!!?? TY K
The comment about high rise pants had me giggling - my husband sometimes jokes about my rising waistbands 😂 I love your 50s day in the life content, I rewatch it regularly ❤ congrats on 18k!
Your skin is so beautiful. I was the one that said that stop using acne wash. That is what I did also stopped letting dog's lick me in the face. I am a retired dog and cat groomer. So, I didn't know I allergic to dog saliva. I have a homestead farm. I love it. Today I am going to pick up a milk goat. Excited. Lol I love vintage style, clothing, i am always in stretch jeans, T-shirt boots, and a flannel shirt. So when i go out with my husband I enjoy dressing vintage and doing my hair 1940s. 😅
New subsciber here just got ur channel this morning, i also love vintage, im now a pensioer and enjoying the slower pace of life, i really really love ur dresses, i could swan about in dresses all the time
Arg, I have been never endingly sick🙄👎 I can't believe I'm just watching these things (sleeping a lot, no focus). Beautiful video; thank you for sharing yourself! I'm glad my husband loves me and puts up with me. All this sickness is making me physically depressed. I hate it so much!
@@NdnUrbanCat Thank you😇 I am doing better now. It was just a very frustratingly long time I was so disfunctionally sick. I'm slowly getting strength back now. Thank you for your empathy😊✌️
@@pbsamanthamarie Hi😊 He sure does. Still been sick, but I think it's getting better... I get so frustrated when I'm sick, so that probably makes it worse.
You're an awesome person. I don't know why I haven't seen your videos before yesterday. I've watched a few of them and I'm really enjoying them. I love how real you are.
You are such a good mama and and incredible lady. My girls and I just love you and your advice and words of wisdom is super valuable. You are so refreshingly genuine and a beautiful beautiful person. Blessings and love ! I remember when my kids were young, I was not able to keep things clean and get any sewing or projects done…. Totally relate to this. It will pass, kids will learn more responsibilities and help out more as they grow up. The way you invest in them now is setting the foundation for who they will be later. Keep doing what you are doing. You have such a beautiful family!
I grew up in a one bathroom 2 bedroom house and there were 4 kids and my parents. We never thought anything of it, we were so used to sharing space…but it’s true as we started getting older the need for a little privacy grew. I wish my parents would have talked to us about things like respecting privacy, knocking before you enter a bedroom first, little things like that. Could have made a big difference. In the end though, we didn’t need a big house and a lot of extras, we had our parent’s love and security. That was everything ❤❤❤
You go girl with the novel! Have you ever taken a community college course in writing? I'm sure you know about self-publishing, which is the way I went.
UA-cam just brought you to me today, and I’ve already watched three of your videos and have subscribed. I love how you are just a real person with real struggles and small victories along the way, and you’re not trying to show that you’re something other than what you are. I love your honesty, and you’re such a breath of fresh air! As a baby boomer, I had a mom who seemed to be able to do it all, with 3 kids (& an outside job once we all were in school). That’s been so hard to try to live up to. And then, in my mid-60s, depression and previously-undiagnosed ADHD & anxiety have come full bloom. I have had to learn how to do life all over again. This time, though, with help from friends & family and videos from people like Cass, at Clutterbug, and others, I am learning what works for me. My husband has been so supportive & helpful as well. He helped me when I felt I was at the end of my rope and couldn’t function well anymore. This year I will turn 70, and I think I’m finally getting things together. I never gave up, though the past 20 years have felt like slogging through thick mud. Perseverance is finally paying off. I didn’t mean to be long & rambling. I just wanted to say I really admire you, and good for you for being you!!
The knitting and sewing can be future things. I have found that with my nest now empty, I am really enjoying knitting and sewing. You are wonderful. Thank you for being just who you are.
I love the patterned backdrop of daisies. I am crazy for daisies.from the 50's and 60's. I also got people asking if I was pregnant and was thinking I should just say yes. Cant a girl have a belly? I recently got to my ideal weight because I got sick couldnt eat and everything went through me. I had people telling me I looked great but I felt weak and frail. I told them yes I was ill! So messed up.
Also, all the weight-related comments are so frustrating and inappropriate! I literally just started telling people who asked if I was pregnant "nope, I just have a fat belly" and watched them try to backtrack from being rude LOL
@@WithLoveKristinaAnd really, why would an acquaintance, let alone, a stranger ask that? I would say 'I'm sorry, do I know you?' Or if an acquaintance, 'Why do you ask?' And watch them shrink into a puddle of shame 😂
I wanted 4 children, but we only had three. Later realised that three meant six when they married and now seven when the first grandchild came along. Now I no longer feel like anything is missing.
Hi Kristina. You are a great woman, a beautiful woman and you have created a wonderful thing ... your family !! you entered my heart. I love you and I wish you the best in life !! 😘
I just wanna say I found your channel because of the “DITL of a 1950s Housewife” video, and I stayed to watch your channel because of your personality 💜
I've been watching a few of your videos and I have to say you have lots of interesting stuff LOL! I know you were decluttering but I was just itching to come hang out and just look at stuff!
I want to thank you for talking about your ADHD. It has helped me understand my granddaughter becoming overwhelmed while doing tasks. I have helped her apply the techniques you have shared. It has really helped. Thank you!
I absolutely love your channel! You are so original and entertaining and I don't understand why you don't have millions of subscribers. You definitely know what matters most in life-keeping yourself happy and taking care of your family while doing that. I was born in the 40s and love vintage everything. That was such an innocent and classy time and think you have captured the best of it. I just watched your video about the lime souffle salad-what a weird dish. There are some good recipes from then but obviously not that one. I have eaten the tomato soup cake and it is really just like a spice cake-pretty good. I love the fact that you don't spend all your time cleaning. My theory is it's better to wait 'til you can see a difference before cleaning, there are so many more important and fun things to do with your life.
Actually protecting your children is key. There are too many creeps out there ready to use your children to their villainous ends. I hope you protect your home and outside property. I wish you all the best. Oh my goodness I wish you the best 🙏.
I believe for me, I will set up my house due to my disability issues, a dishwasher, a can opener, it's what makes my life easier, I'm a lefty and my husband is right handed, so I do a compromise on things.❤❤❤❤
You probably won’t answering this video because it’s two years ago, but really enjoyed your video. I am a older woman so I understand some of your struggles you are going through. I’ve had hard times myself when I was younger , life seems to have its way of working things out, but just to let you know love your videos so much and enjoy them 🥰
We were in the same situation with space when our kids were little. Our little son was sent outside to the bushes to pee quite a bit😮! We lived in the country so not a big deal. I actually had dream's of an outhouse back then! 🎉🎉🎉
This was great video and I love how you answered the family, relationship, and balancing life questions. Thank you for being always being so real and genuine. I literally love all of your videos and content you share!🥰 In my opinion, let the haters hate and just know that you've greatly impacted so many people and you have many subscribers/views like me who love everything you share. I honestly just love seeing another plus size women with a family enjoying her life despite the mental health, body, and other struggles that naturally happen as we age.
Hello, I'm a new sub and I just have to tell you that you and I are so similar. My mom was a stay at home mom and my dad was a drywaller. I grew up poor and somewhere along the way I discovered I love old things too. I am 56 now but I've been a SAHM for most of my life and I loved it. I too love the cottage core/Grandma style. I tend to decorate more with the 70's-ish, mushrooms, etc. style. But I really connected with you and your lifestyle and love your videos. ❤😊
Listening to you is like having the old Prarie Home Companion going in the background while I clean 😂 Thank you. You and your channrl are really a welcome bit of of Lovely in a rather bleak, style less world. I'm hooked.🎉
You are charming and I love your style. Im only 3 videos in and I feel at home! Plus your strawberry dishware are cheerful! I cant have breakable dishes because my family and self are complete butter fingers 😢!
Look at your situation like this God bless you with a beautiful babies. Some women can't have babies, but you are blessed. You have nothing to be ashamed of it was meant for you to have five babies, and you have a beautiful babies.
I just found you yesterday and I adore you. You are so creative and I like the way you express yourself. I would love to know more about your home and family with holidays. Do you decorate your home big time for the holidays? I can only imagine how creative your house and family treat Halloween with decorations and costumes. I can see that your house would be so much fun to fix up You said that your mom taught you how to sew as a small child,so you must know how to do really fun projects. I see people online for whom money seems to be NO problem whatsoever. It always matters for me, so I do not have the option to just order tons of decor. Making something from scratch is affordable. How about you?
I really enjoyed getting to know you more. I also have adhd. And I think that’s one of the big reasons why I relate to you so well as a SAHM. I completely understand the choice to send the kids to school. I have feelings of sending mine school all the time. 😅
Just had to say that I really enjoyed the q&a content. You have so much wisdom when it comes to relationships and I want to thank you for sharing that with your viewers! Excellent job! Keep up the great work and hope that you are blessed with many many more subscribers…we love you! ❤️
the pooch is not fat, its inflammation. and no 2 people have same inflammation. i had to have gallbladder removed. had problems with indigestion. i started taking milk thistle to make up for the loss of gallbladder. no more indigestion. and for me tomatoes cause major problems. (nightshade plants)
Oh the baby!!!!! 😻😻😻. Even if I wasn’t about to binge your videos, I would definitely be doing so after seeing your ginger baby!!! And I like your content but, like, kitties!
Kristina you are truly an amazing woman you give so much pleasure and help with the multifarious things you do. You don’t pretend to be the best at everything however you try hard and finally succeed at what you do You, your children and husband are living in a small house and doing all your extra curricular activities I know your home is a little chaotic, what the heck your children look happy and health you don’t let anything daunt you, your husband helps you, however he seems the silent type. Carry on with everything you, do more power to your elbow. God Bless you and your lovely family. 👌🙏❤️🇬🇧
I don’t know if this is anything you’d be interested in talking about, but I would be so curious to know how you write while also being a mom and managing the house. Im getting into copywriting and editing and I’m drowning currently. 🤪
Haha I FEEL THAT. I'll talk about it when I do a writing video in a couple weeks, but the short answer is I try to just give myself 10-15 minutes a day to do it!
Doing different decades cleaning videos would be awesome to see. I loved the idea of doing cleaning routines from all the books you have. You mentions that in a video I just watched.
Lovely thoughts. I’m late to the party as I just found you today. Subscribed right away. So funny at the end - I was going to ask how you kept your nails so pretty… I have 5 children as well and just cannot do anything other than a sheer or clear polish because they get ruined SO FAST! Anyway, thank you for sharing your beautiful life with us. Really appreciate your candor and wisdom. Many blessings to you and your sweet family! 💕
32:15 Thank you for sharing. We will be a family of six in a three bedroom house and I’m racking my brain as to how arrange everyone. God is good and I know many do with lost less so we’ll be ok.
THANK YOU FOR 18K!!! I hope you all enjoyed this extremely chatty video and that your October has been wonderful. xoxoxox.
Huge congrats on 18k ❤
Love love love your channel! Blessings!!!
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Hi! I'm popping in to see your older videos. It's awesome that your count of subscribers is now over 101k! We love your content ❤❤❤
Children grow up once. Housework will always be there. They aren’t going to remember how sterile your home is but the love expressed there.
I absolutely love your honesty and transparency. Raising your Littles has to come first. There will be time enough for a 'perfectly appointed' home later. When your kids are grown, they will care WAY more about the atmosphere of love in your home than whether or not the socks were always paired or whether a freshly- washed stack of washcloths was waiting in the linen closet. God's grace is poured out in the mandane, the drudgery, the 'every day'. There is beauty in the little things we DO accomplish in each day.
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Beautifully said! ❤
My kids are all grown and out and I have found that a lot of the mess was me and I blamed it on the kids 😂
Its REALLY refreshing to see a normal, relatable person creating content. I am so sick of seeing these size zero ladies in their million dollar homes trying to tell me how great the dollar tree is😂..i know its great.i shop there cuz i have to. The majority of the ppl I know live in a house like you. They are multi generation homes because housing is so expensive,and they have daily struggles This is just so relatable and refreshing
I like your house. Why on earth do people complain about the accuracy. It's what YOU want to make it. It's really fun for me to see how other people design.
Exactly. I never heard her say that she was a historical reenactor.
I absolutely LOVE how she has her house decorated...it seems so cozy and inviting and homey😊
I’m binge watching your videos to help pay for your home emergency. How wonderful that you are now almost at 50K! Congratulations!!!
I love that you have 5 children! You're a breath of fresh air in a very stuffy world!
I had 4 children and did co-sleeping with all of them. The only danger is involving drugs & alcohol while doing so. For me, co-sleeping and breastfeeding go perfectly together. ❤️
I love your 50's routines. You are so me when I had my 4 children back in the early 90s! I was putting out fires all day long while my friends had super clean, tidy houses.
I wish youtube had been a thing then. I thought it was only me that didn't have the perfect sterile house.
I love your normal approach x
** I found out I had ADHD this year at 47.
CPTSD was behind my Disorder!! It's healable! And I mostly have... Hope that helps somebody find peace ❤
Kristina, I love how authentic you are! You never seem like you are putting up a front for the camera. This makes you so relatable to watch! ❤
My partner doesn’t really care for my style either but that doesn’t effect me 😂 That was a great way of explaining it! Happy 18k!!
lol what would I say "TOO BAD SO SAD" (jk)
I agree that you should do what makes you feel confident and beautiful. A partner who loves you will support that even if it isn’t his/her favorite. I changed my style relatively later in life (I was in my late 40’s) to vintage and my husband and I talked a lot about how he would answer the question if he liked it or not (and he was asked). His response was “Is she happy? Yes she is so I am happy and I think she is beautiful and looks beautiful.” And that was the end of it in his opinion:-). His support was huge for my confidence in making such a big change in style. (PS, I will say he also isn’t a huge fan of the high waist/wide leg 40’s pants I adore…I wear them anyway😁).
Oh I love your videos! My mother always said 'housework can wait''! I was a 50's baby and I am now 66. My home is filled with vintage charity treasures and, I, like you love all there is to love with regard to a more genteel lifestyle. Your home is gorgeous and homely. You are a beautiful soul with a beautiful family and I am so happy to have found your channel. Look forward to seeing more. Thankyou. Sending love, Vicki,xx
Love that you are so transparent especially with ADHD... My mom and all my siblings are ADD or ADHD.. it's a chaotic disorder but it's so interesting to hear about ADHD people since they are not squares they are unique
It’s great to be a stay at home mum your kids will greatly benefit from that
I was a stay at home mom with six children. We didn’t have a lot of extra money for vacations and such, but we stayed busy with Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and home-school community field trips and sports. My mom was home and I have such fond memories of her taking care of us, and our home. She started working when we were teens. I understand when a mother has to work and there is no judgment there. I was a single mom with three children and had to work, but I hated having to leave them with strangers and not know if they are being treated well. When I remarried we were both on the same page and I stayed home with our children and it was not easy, but I loved that I was there for them just like my mom was for us.
Sounds like how I grew up. Grew up out in the country and had a few animals. It wasn’t until I was in junior high that we started a small cow-calf operation, but my dad worked for AT&T Long Lines (the division that actually provided the long distance phone lines for the country) and Mom was mostly a homemaker. After I started school she began to work, first offering a daycare at our church and then later, she did painting and wallpapering. She did that until well into her ‘60s. Now she and Dad just live on the farm. She volunteers at the hospital gift shop one day a week, and Dad putters. He’s happiest when he’s outside doing things and really suffers from SAD in the winter.
I rewatch your 50s routines over and over! 😆
And the slow living stuff. I just adore watching you do life!
Thank you for giving us this long Q&A! I like these chatty/personal videos. It makes me feel like I am getting to know you. I have ADHD, too, and have a hard time keeping up with my house. Something that's really helped me that my therapist suggested and might help you, is having a whiteboard with all the tasks that need doing. I break it down by daily, weekly, monthly, 3-6 months. When I do one of the things on the list, I put a checkmark next to it and that's it! I don't assign a day/time or anything like that. I find having it structured but not -too- structured to be the sweet spot. I am amazed at myself because I've finally found a system that works for me and that I have stuck with consistently for a few months now. It makes cleaning so much less overwhelming and honestly, I find that my house stays cleaner this way and it's nice because depending on how busy I am or how I'm feeling physically and mentally, I can pick one thing and get it done and it still feels like I accomplished something and I don't feel guilty.
Good advice
I'm working into a house keeping routine for the first time in my adult life. That's not to say my house has always been a nightmare of nastiness and dirty- not at all, it just veered more from Suoer Purge clean to overwhelmed in need of help. Trauma kept me sick and Disordered for a long time. But I figured out CPTSD and have healed up a lot. Life is becoming so much smoother. And nicer.
help!!.... Panic, crumble and go to bed isn't a big part of my life any more and I'm enjoying decorating and just watching videos like the without feeling guilty and lazy.
My only problem still is the Dishes. I Does anyone have any tips for routines or mental sets that help get those darn dishes DONE!!?? TY K
Some modern vintage clothes are easier to find in thrift stores and can work for a 30s/40s era . The 80s had so many revival styles :) .
You’re just the sweetest. I love how open and down to Earth you are. Congrats on 18K!!
Thank you so much!!
The comment about high rise pants had me giggling - my husband sometimes jokes about my rising waistbands 😂 I love your 50s day in the life content, I rewatch it regularly ❤ congrats on 18k!
Your skin is so beautiful. I was the one that said that stop using acne wash. That is what I did also stopped letting dog's lick me in the face. I am a retired dog and cat groomer. So, I didn't know I allergic to dog saliva. I have a homestead farm. I love it. Today I am going to pick up a milk goat. Excited. Lol I love vintage style, clothing, i am always in stretch jeans, T-shirt boots, and a flannel shirt. So when i go out with my husband I enjoy dressing vintage and doing my hair 1940s. 😅
New subsciber here just got ur channel this morning, i also love vintage, im now a pensioer and enjoying the slower pace of life, i really really love ur dresses, i could swan about in dresses all the time
So could i
Arg, I have been never endingly sick🙄👎 I can't believe I'm just watching these things (sleeping a lot, no focus). Beautiful video; thank you for sharing yourself! I'm glad my husband loves me and puts up with me. All this sickness is making me physically depressed. I hate it so much!
You sweet thing. Im so sorry you are going through this. ❤
@@NdnUrbanCat Thank you😇 I am doing better now. It was just a very frustratingly long time I was so disfunctionally sick. I'm slowly getting strength back now. Thank you for your empathy😊✌️
Hi, how are you doing now? Sounds like your hubby really loves you ❤
@@pbsamanthamarie Hi😊 He sure does. Still been sick, but I think it's getting better... I get so frustrated when I'm sick, so that probably makes it worse.
You're an awesome person. I don't know why I haven't seen your videos before yesterday. I've watched a few of them and I'm really enjoying them. I love how real you are.
You are such a good mama and and incredible lady. My girls and I just love you and your advice and words of wisdom is super valuable. You are so refreshingly genuine and a beautiful beautiful person.
Blessings and love !
I remember when my kids were young, I was not able to keep things clean and get any sewing or projects done…. Totally relate to this. It will pass, kids will learn more responsibilities and help out more as they grow up. The way you invest in them now is setting the foundation for who they will be later. Keep doing what you are doing. You have such a beautiful family!
I grew up in a one bathroom 2 bedroom house and there were 4 kids and my parents. We never thought anything of it, we were so used to sharing space…but it’s true as we started getting older the need for a little privacy grew. I wish my parents would have talked to us about things like respecting privacy, knocking before you enter a bedroom first, little things like that. Could have made a big difference. In the end though, we didn’t need a big house and a lot of extras, we had our parent’s love and security. That was everything ❤❤❤
You are a gem!! Love your channel! Stay safe and God Bless y’all!!!
Thank you! You too!
I love that I’m rewatching this as you’re close to tripling that “dream” number. 😊
Will you read us an excerpt from the new stories you're working on at some point? I enjoyed your reading video :)
I just seen a couple of your videos for the first time today and I must say I find you very delightful.
I like you, you look great and you’re disarmingly honest. I just found you and I grazing the backlog😊.
And me. Check out the lipsticks one!
Your makeup is beautiful in this video.
You go girl with the novel! Have you ever taken a community college course in writing? I'm sure you know about self-publishing, which is the way I went.
UA-cam just brought you to me today, and I’ve already watched three of your videos and have subscribed. I love how you are just a real person with real struggles and small victories along the way, and you’re not trying to show that you’re something other than what you are. I love your honesty, and you’re such a breath of fresh air! As a baby boomer, I had a mom who seemed to be able to do it all, with 3 kids (& an outside job once we all were in school). That’s been so hard to try to live up to. And then, in my mid-60s, depression and previously-undiagnosed ADHD & anxiety have come full bloom. I have had to learn how to do life all over again. This time, though, with help from friends & family and videos from people like Cass, at Clutterbug, and others, I am learning what works for me. My husband has been so supportive & helpful as well. He helped me when I felt I was at the end of my rope and couldn’t function well anymore. This year I will turn 70, and I think I’m finally getting things together. I never gave up, though the past 20 years have felt like slogging through thick mud. Perseverance is finally paying off. I didn’t mean to be long & rambling. I just wanted to say I really admire you, and good for you for being you!!
The knitting and sewing can be future things. I have found that with my nest now empty, I am really enjoying knitting and sewing. You are wonderful. Thank you for being just who you are.
Kristina haters are going to hate,!! Be true to yourself, you are genuine are are a breath of fresh air!!!
I love the patterned backdrop of daisies. I am crazy for daisies.from the 50's and 60's. I also got people asking if I was pregnant and was thinking I should just say yes. Cant a girl have a belly? I recently got to my ideal weight because I got sick couldnt eat and everything went through me. I had people telling me I looked great but I felt weak and frail. I told them yes I was ill! So messed up.
Isn't it cute? It's a 60s or 70s sheet I thrifted a while ago!
Also, all the weight-related comments are so frustrating and inappropriate! I literally just started telling people who asked if I was pregnant "nope, I just have a fat belly" and watched them try to backtrack from being rude LOL
I figure their discomfort at being wrong is more than mine!
@@WithLoveKristinaAnd really, why would an acquaintance, let alone, a stranger ask that? I would say 'I'm sorry, do I know you?' Or if an acquaintance, 'Why do you ask?' And watch them shrink into a puddle of shame 😂
I wanted 4 children, but we only had three. Later realised that three meant six when they married and now seven when the first grandchild came along. Now I no longer feel like anything is missing.
Thank you for your honesty and openness. You are so sweet and I just love your style. Lots of love to you, your husband and children.
Hi Kristina. You are a great woman, a beautiful woman and you have created a wonderful thing ... your family !! you entered my heart. I love you and I wish you the best in life !! 😘
I love vintage too!
Thank you for the tip about creating one pile to sort through, to reduce overwhelm. I haven't heard that suggestion anywhere else!
I just wanna say I found your channel because of the “DITL of a 1950s Housewife” video, and I stayed to watch your channel because of your personality 💜
Me too. I think she's lovely inside and out.
Meeee Toooo!!!! We have so much in common, but are nothing alike!! 😂
Me to I seen tge vintage home love it than when I watched I love her personality.
Omg that precccious orange boy is such a lovebug!!
Just found you - love your unique content!
Your curtain rods are perfect for you and your family!! We didn't have UA-cam in the 50's either, so hahahaha they can get over it!!!
I love your house and style.So cute.I think everyone can learn so much from you.Slowing down and just living a slower life is the key.
I love your style ❤️
One of my favorite sounds... cats purring. 😊🐈
Your channel grew nearly 100k subscribers in 2 years! How wonderful!!!
Now that you have 117k subscribers, maybe you can do a new Q&A for 2025?
Anachronistic zealots are nut bars! Carol Burnett would have loved those rods.
Watching you helps me relax and appreciate the simple things in life.
I've been watching a few of your videos and I have to say you have lots of interesting stuff LOL! I know you were decluttering but I was just itching to come hang out and just look at stuff!
Hi Christina! You are so beautiful, thank you for answering a lot of questions for us all. Congratulations on 18K🇦🇺🦘❤️🌹
I want to thank you for talking about your ADHD. It has helped me understand my granddaughter becoming overwhelmed while doing tasks. I have helped her apply the techniques you have shared. It has really helped. Thank you!
You rule baby 🎉
I absolutely love your channel! You are so original and entertaining and I don't understand why you don't have millions of subscribers. You definitely know what matters most in life-keeping yourself happy and taking care of your family while doing that. I was born in the 40s and love vintage everything. That was such an innocent and classy time and think you have captured the best of it. I just watched your video about the lime souffle salad-what a weird dish. There are some good recipes from then but obviously not that one. I have eaten the tomato soup cake and it is really just like a spice cake-pretty good. I love the fact that you don't spend all your time cleaning. My theory is it's better to wait 'til you can see a difference before cleaning, there are so many more important and fun things to do with your life.
Actually protecting your children is key. There are too many creeps out there ready to use your children to their villainous ends. I hope you protect your home and outside property. I wish you all the best. Oh my goodness I wish you the best 🙏.
It's simple....you do you!
I believe for me, I will set up my house due to my disability issues, a dishwasher, a can opener, it's what makes my life easier, I'm a lefty and my husband is right handed, so I do a compromise on things.❤❤❤❤
You probably won’t answering this video because it’s two years ago, but really enjoyed your video. I am a older woman so I understand some of your struggles you are going through. I’ve had hard times myself when I was younger , life seems to have its way of working things out, but just to let you know love your videos so much and enjoy them 🥰
Thank you for being so open. You are wonderfully brave lady. 😊
We were in the same situation with space when our kids were little. Our little son was sent outside to the bushes to pee quite a bit😮! We lived in the country so not a big deal. I actually had dream's of an outhouse back then! 🎉🎉🎉
You can do videos on 50s clothing and hairstyles to keep with thev50s theme.
YOU GUYS ARE SO CUTE
This was great video and I love how you answered the family, relationship, and balancing life questions. Thank you for being always being so real and genuine. I literally love all of your videos and content you share!🥰 In my opinion, let the haters hate and just know that you've greatly impacted so many people and you have many subscribers/views like me who love everything you share. I honestly just love seeing another plus size women with a family enjoying her life despite the mental health, body, and other struggles that naturally happen as we age.
Hello, I'm a new sub and I just have to tell you that you and I are so similar. My mom was a stay at home mom and my dad was a drywaller. I grew up poor and somewhere along the way I discovered I love old things too. I am 56 now but I've been a SAHM for most of my life and I loved it. I too love the cottage core/Grandma style. I tend to decorate more with the 70's-ish, mushrooms, etc. style. But I really connected with you and your lifestyle and love your videos. ❤😊
Listening to you is like having the old Prarie Home Companion going in the background while I clean 😂 Thank you.
You and your channrl are really a welcome bit of of Lovely in a rather bleak, style less world.
I'm hooked.🎉
I love your openness and honesty 😊
Just found your page tonight & love every video I've watched!! So glad to find you!! Thank you for being here!!
You are charming and I love your style. Im only 3 videos in and I feel at home! Plus your strawberry dishware are cheerful! I cant have breakable dishes because my family and self are complete butter fingers 😢!
❤I just found your channel and I love it. You are a lot of fun. I like all your clothes too.
Oh thank you!
You can self publish your book
Look at your situation like this God bless you with a beautiful babies. Some women can't have babies, but you are blessed. You have nothing to be ashamed of it was meant for you to have five babies, and you have a beautiful babies.
You are beautiful both inside and out . Thank you for your content . !
Adorable kitty!
You are so adorable! I like you so much. Thank you for this video made me think a lot of things.
I want to eead your book!!
I love your channel so much! I was very blessed with my husband. He's more of a modern fashion kinda guy, but he loves my style as well.
I just found you yesterday and I adore you. You are so creative and I like the way you express yourself. I would love to know more about your home and family with holidays. Do you decorate your home big time for the holidays? I can only imagine how creative your house and family treat Halloween with decorations and costumes. I can see that your house would be so much fun to fix up You said that your mom taught you how to sew as a small child,so you must know how to do really fun projects. I see people online for whom money seems to be NO problem whatsoever. It always matters for me, so I do not have the option to just order tons of decor. Making something from scratch is affordable. How about you?
I absolutely love your content 🙌
Thank you for the update ! Congratulations on 18k and the new baby!
I really enjoyed getting to know you more. I also have adhd. And I think that’s one of the big reasons why I relate to you so well as a SAHM. I completely understand the choice to send the kids to school. I have feelings of sending mine school all the time. 😅
To school*
Just had to say that I really enjoyed the q&a content. You have so much wisdom when it comes to relationships and I want to thank you for sharing that with your viewers! Excellent job! Keep up the great work and hope that you are blessed with many many more subscribers…we love you! ❤️
Precious kitty!
Thank you so much for your answers. And thank you for including the question from me. ) Sending you lot of love.
Thank you Eva!
the pooch is not fat, its inflammation. and no 2 people have same inflammation. i had to have gallbladder removed. had problems with indigestion. i started taking milk thistle to make up for the loss of gallbladder. no more indigestion. and for me tomatoes cause major problems. (nightshade plants)
Lol it’s not inflammation babe I have a diastasis recti separation and fat plus loose skin from babies. None of these are caused by inflammation
Aww what a puuurfect kitty😂
I love love love your cleaning based videos because they aren't *perfect staged already clean home*
adorable picture of your precious family!
Oh the baby!!!!! 😻😻😻. Even if I wasn’t about to binge your videos, I would definitely be doing so after seeing your ginger baby!!! And I like your content but, like, kitties!
You made it past 25k! At this viewing you are at 40.3k....great job!
Kristina you are truly an amazing woman you give so much pleasure and help with the multifarious things you do. You don’t pretend to be the best at everything however you try hard and finally succeed at what you do You, your children and husband are living in a small house and doing all your extra curricular activities
I know your home is a little chaotic, what the heck your children look happy and health you don’t let anything daunt you, your husband helps you, however he seems the silent type. Carry on with everything you, do more power to your elbow. God Bless you and your lovely family. 👌🙏❤️🇬🇧
Congrats on 18k! Loved this little sit down video. Found you not too long ago and have been enjoying your channel. 🧡💛
Thank you so much 🤗 I'm glad you're here!
I don’t know if this is anything you’d be interested in talking about, but I would be so curious to know how you write while also being a mom and managing the house. Im getting into copywriting and editing and I’m drowning currently. 🤪
Haha I FEEL THAT. I'll talk about it when I do a writing video in a couple weeks, but the short answer is I try to just give myself 10-15 minutes a day to do it!
Thank you for responding! :) ❤
Your mom sounds awesome 💐
Congrats love!!! And omgggg not the tension rod police 😂
Haha right? Go! Get!
Doing different decades cleaning videos would be awesome to see. I loved the idea of doing cleaning routines from all the books you have. You mentions that in a video I just watched.
Congratulations! Just have to say that my Grandma's name was Irene and she had a twin sister, Regine :) Love your videos and you inspire me!
Lovely thoughts. I’m late to the party as I just found you today. Subscribed right away. So funny at the end - I was going to ask how you kept your nails so pretty… I have 5 children as well and just cannot do anything other than a sheer or clear polish because they get ruined SO FAST! Anyway, thank you for sharing your beautiful life with us. Really appreciate your candor and wisdom. Many blessings to you and your sweet family! 💕
32:15 Thank you for sharing. We will be a family of six in a three bedroom house and I’m racking my brain as to how arrange everyone. God is good and I know many do with lost less so we’ll be ok.