Grandma's Frugality Wasn't Tips But A Life
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2023
- We live in a society that has been trained to be consumers. If we are trained from an early age to buy buy buy, it makes it hard to be frugal, sensible, and thrifty in all ways of life. We need to understand that to be frugal like Grandma, then we need to adapt Grandma's way of thinking and break from from the consumerism that we have lived for so long.
I am a senior my maternal grandparents were born in 1901 and 1902. My grandmother died in 1950 full term with her 11th child. Religion dictated birth control was a sin. They fed their children and the community during the Depression. She was a tiny 4ft 10inch woman worked the farm hauled water from the creek. As you are bringing out our mindset needs to change in order to thrive as a homesteader. I never met my maternal grandmother but her legend lives on. My grandfather remarried and Grammie was also a widow. Her husband was sick during the Depression and she told me stories crying throughout about straining weevils from the flour to make bread..I learned so much from her she was from the city and didn't have the country skills. Like you Lea I was raised in a home with a single mother. My mother could not manage a household, cook or basic cleaning not able to sew or do any self sufficient skills. I learned everything from books. Canning, sewing, money management and gardening etc. Homemaking was looked down upon and the only thing recognized was working and making money. Now retired I have very few domestic skills. My idea of decorating is putting up fly strips in summer! Lol! I cook, can prepare foods for winter but no fancy decorating. My life is so different than my mother's but more similar to my maternal grandmother's. I am now getting ready for winter. Grateful to have food, clothing and shelter. I smile and enjoy life every day. I have paid off a lot of debt the past few years. Will continue not purchasing. As you said it is a choice!
HI vixxcottage, we are so glad you have joined us! I have to start this with telling you I was so glad I wasn't taking a drink of coffee when I read your comment because when I got to your "idea of decorating is putting up fly strips in the summer" I laughed, out loud! That is funny! Besides the humor in that, your comment sounds like you have found the true meaning of contentment, a grateful heart and that each day we have a choice to make, to choose joy and to count our blessings! Thank you again for joining us, and for sharing with us! God's richest blessings to you!!
Amen! Blessings!
I am in my 70’s. If you want to learn how to do things you can learn anything. The choice is yours not what your parents knew. You only have to have the desire to do it. I have gone out of my way to learn. Books are a great start. And you have the Internet now. So do it. Don’t just talk about it.
Totally agree, if you want to, do it!
Being 67, I was very fortunate to have 1) a mother and grandmother that garden, cooking from scratch and canned and passed that down to my sister and me. 2) had home education in Jr High and High School. 3) my father also gardened and cooked. He also worked on vehicles. He could build the basic structure. Hunt and fish. He passed this all down to my children (since their father was not there for them). I worked in an office for 3 1/2 decades and I still gardened and at times canned. It wasn't until my 50s when I became hungry for the basic life. With health issues I had to retire at an early age. So, now we have a small homestead with livestock and I garden, forage, can, dehydrate and freeze. It is a much more rewarding life! More so than the money I earned. My husband still works because we do have property taxes to pay, utilities to pay and we purchase our heating wood from a neighbor.
Love your channel. Hugs from a fellow Michigander!
Hi Sharonwisher7274, So glad you have joined us! Do you mind me asking what part of Michigan you are in (just general location, i.e. lower, mid, upper mit etc)?
@@ArtisanAcrewe live about an hour SE of TC.
Such a beautiful area!
Oh my goodness Lea I have been saying this for YEARS! Past generations were producers NOT consumers. Savvy marketing and greed has turned this upside down and backwards. Thank you for the great video. It’s so good to see you again. God bless y’all❤
@LittleCountryCabin, upsde down and backwards is exactly right! As children of God, we need to right it! God's richest blessings to you!
I'm 55. For whatever reason ( the Spirit of the Lord in my opinion) the last few years I have totally changed my focus on things. I've never been a "shopper". But I've found that I think more about the usefulness and how things may help me in the future.
I've gained the skill of canning, still honing the gardening skills. When I think about a big purchase now, I'm like how will this help us in the future? I want a hand pump for the well. I want a grinder for wheat berries, (manual not electric) I want to clear some space and build a chicken coop. I want to build an outside cook stove/ oven. I want more cast iron to cook with.
I've been trying to learn more about foraging. I don't know if it's bc I'm more aware if it, but all of a sudden I'm seeing all kinds of plants that have beneficial properties. The Lord had provided us with everything we need. Over time that knowledge has been lost or suppressed.
I'll continue to pray and learn new skills. I don't want to be part of society that worships worldly things. Thank you for sharing the experiences of the older folks.
@futurefolk9919 There is a book written by Simon Boutenko, a young American man, called "Eat your Weeds", available from Amazon. He also has UA-cam videos where he takes groups of people on tours of their local areas pointing out which plants growing wild are safe and edible. Very interesting. Nettles and dandelions are gold.
I grew up learning from my parents and grandparents. Everything from gardening, raising animals and home repairs to cooking and mending clothes. Now that I have kids of my own, my wife and I are trying to pass on the knowledge and skills to them. Every year it seems our lifestyle steps back in time a little bit more. We are decluttering our lives both material and mentally, finding more joy and happiness with less stuff.
@bobbyinthebush it sounds like you and your family are on a wonderful journey that is the best kind of journey you can give them! Thanks for joining us!
Hi and Shalom to you sister,
I listened to you while making cheese and i thiught id reach out and send you a thank you and your words are so confirming. 15 years ago we left the city of Hou tx to the beautiful Ozarks and i never missed a Minute for the city. Contentment we find the more the Lord will bless. When we consider our ways and do what PLEASES HIM...the blessing are too numerous to count. And YES....There IS a huge difference in WANTS vs NEEDS.
I need to tend to the canner of Beans and finish my duties but i pray you have a Blessed and productive day whatever they may look like for each one of us. Be mindful of the Lords leadings and HE WILL BLESS YOU.🙏♥️
My mother was not frugal. My grandmother, her mother lived with us during my childhood. I’m very frugal and can’t tolerate waste. I guess I learned that from my Grandmother. I taught myself to can our garden produce and sew, crochet etc. My husband and I love the Lord with all of our hearts. I’m so glad that I found your channel. God bless you and your family.
~Angie
Hi Angie, we are so glad you found us! Thank you so much for watching and for commenting! God's richest blessings to you!
My mom was a stay at home mom but very modern. My dad's mom was high society. My mom's mom was a woodsman lol. She gardener and lived in the hills but didn't have any old times skills to pass down. Now I'm a gramma and on a homestead. Still on grid but trying so hard to be self (GOD) sufficient. One of my daughters and her family live with us. We garden and have some animals but it is hard when others (including spouses) are not on the same page. I am very content though and GOD is so good!
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I've missed your family videos! Thank you! All the best to you!
@linxj6, thank you so much! We are glad to be back!
Nice to see you back! A thankful heart is a contented heart ❤️
Thank you beckygroff8698 and Amen!!
Absolutely a much needed video that nobody has talked about
Thank you tylerrafferty3971!
You are so full of wisdom, Lea! I LOVE and appreciate your videos so much. You will be the BEST mother-in-law ever. Thank you for being a Titus 2 mentor to all of us. Hugs!
hereigns7221, thank you for such a lovely and encouraging comment! I am humbled by your kind and very generous words! God's richest blessings to you!
Thank you for your video. You are such a wise woman. I wish more people thought the way you did. Contentment is the key to being happy to life that is for sure.
@lizsmith330: thank you for your kind comment and words. I am humbled by them! God's richest blessings to you!
Meal planning is a huge game changer for me and my mom. When we don't, the quality of our meals drops significantly! And we rely on takeout too much. I do not make specific meals for specific days, rather I have a written list of all the meals I plan for the next 2 weeks, then each morning we pick a meal and make sure the meat is pulled from the freezer. Also, we decide if we're making extra to have a preplanned convenience meal in the freezer. Or making specific freezer meals.
One other huge help to us is making a permanent list of ALL main dishes we make and keeping it in a specific notebook. Then when meal planning, we flip thru and pick things we haven't had in a while. (Our family is big on not having the same thing multiple nights in a row.)
Last week, I made up meatballs from childhood recipes that we haven't in years. Froze most of them. Then, two different evenings, we had meatballs in different ways for supper!
I too am so glad to hear from you again.. You impart such godly wisdom from the old way of life to us all ..thank you
Wow, thank you Nancy! The Lord's richest blessings to you!
Consumerism is a disease!!! I clean my friend's houses that are packed with stuff, to think of God looking down on his beautiful creation and seeing landfills, is disheartening. I agree with you wholeheartedly
So glad to see you all again. ❤
chrisbolen3256, Thank you! We are glad to be back!
I am new to your channel and am loving what you share. 2020 was my wake up call-I realized that though I could earn a bit of money, clean/decorate and cook basic things; seeing those empty grocery store shelves taught me that I didn’t know how to do what really matters. So my husband and I set out to learn.
Our family lives in a city in a well built, very affordable house built in 1944, with a very small yard. However, we had 2 very, very large trees (80 year old silver maples) taken down and my husband split the wood and stacked it. Then he put in a wood burning stove that mostly heats our entire home. We had the trees taken out so we could start gardening, and also gained an alternative heat source. After that my husband and I learned water bath canning, and this year pressure canning.
We can’t be totally self sufficient living in the city, but land is so very expensive right now and we have a very low house payment due to buying our home during the last housing crash. My mindset has been slowly changing from being a consumer to being more of a consumer. It’s not an easy change but with the Lord’s help, definitely possible. Gotta retrain the brain to get that dopamine from producing rather than shopping! God bless.
Hi Michele-Romans 12.1-2! Thank you for watching and for sharing! I have known many who have lived successfully in a city as a "producer," which proves it isn't necessarily your location as it is your state of mind, and it sounds like you and your husband have taken a good road! It truly isn't what you have but what you do with what you have. Keep up the good work! You will be an encouragement to those in the same situation! The Lord's richest blessings to you!
Great video! “Make good with what you have.” I love that.
Thank you! And thank you for watching!
One thing that struck me while you were reading Agnus's letter: All the signs of "You matter" and promotion of self worth etc., doing for one's self develops that without signs or shrinks. Great video (I've read your blog in the past so was glad to re-find you🙂)
Good point! Thanks for watching!
I’m so glad you’re back. I enjoyed your video so much tonight. It was a good reminder of being content with what you have. Thank you.
thank you barbaramiddleton! Thank you for watching!
I love your statement about being controlled I was raised on a farm we had large garden and our own beef pork and eggs chickens I miss that way of life
Thank you Lia for so much wisdom and inspiration. Great to see you. 😌 isabella
Thank you Isabella for watching and for your kind works!
Your home is beautiful!
So thankful for your wisdom and knowledge. God bless you greatly!
@fayesteeves9555 thank you for your encouraging words! God's richest blessings to you!
Im so glad ro see you back home i look so foeward to seeing all of you on the homestead and winter scenes . Ive missed yall im 61 .
Hi JustJudy, so glad to see you too!
I absolutely loved this video! I sure hope you do more like these
Thank you Tessie!
I appreciate this. I'm in my 30's, working full time while homeschooling my large family, and what you just gave me is gold... Thank you!
What you are doing is a huge sacrifice! But you are proof that even though a family must be provided for financially, one can make the necessary sacrifices to nurture and train the children themselves! Thank you for watching and for sharing!
🧡Thank you for this! I could say so much on this, but I’ll just say AMEN!!!!
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I remember home ec in high school
I don't remember much from school but my Home Ec teacher is someone I remember and time in her class 🙂
So nice to see you again! ❤
You too!!
New Wyoming subscriber> Everything you have discussed to day brought back such clear memories. I find myself doing so much that my Mom & Granny did. Back then I thought it was just them both being cheap-now I realize they were thrifty & so smart.
So glad you have joined us and glad to hear this vid brought back some memories for you!
Missed you folks......
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I so appreciate these heart to heart conversations Leah…so needed today! Ladies sharing their heart, mindful and helpful homemaking and life choices all based on God’s word! Thank you!
@cindy-dwellings-theheartof7858 thank you so much for your lovely and encouraging comment!
God's richest blessings to you!
@@ArtisanAcre You are so welcome! I'm sharing your video on my Instagram today...such a blessing!!! Can't wait for your next share!🩷
How wonderful! Thank you!
I'm so glad to be back with your channel! I had somehow gotten unsubscribed, then I couldn't remember your channel name, so I couldn't find your videos. But, I looked back in my comment history and found you again! Yay! I'm so excited about getting caught up on your most recent videos! Thank you!
Oh my goodness, I am glad you found us again too!
I love how you live!❤️
Honestly it is tough at times but very rewarding!
I just found your channel, I’m 66 and still want to learn more. My grandma was my everything,and she was very frugal. I loved her ways. My mother had very few of the skills in frugality. I had only 2 weeks in the summer to spend with grandma, so I didn’t get to learn as much as I would have liked to. Thank you for you information, because as you know, we are in hard times, that will even get harder. As long as we have our Lord and the willingness to make changes, we will make it. Thank you again
@jeniferecker2615 thank you for joining us and for sharing! It sounds like your grandmother was a major influence on you even though you didn't get to spend a lot of time with her. It just goes to prove how a person can be influence in another's life and not even know it. I truly believe you are right that hard times are going to get harder and most of our nation is in a bad position for a perfect storm....maybe it will lead to revival :) Wouldn't that be wonderful! We can only pray! God's richest blessings to you!
I woke up around midnight and was praying for revival . It would indeed be wonderful! May God bless you and your family greatly.
Good to see you.
Thank you and thank you for watching!
No one I know is completely under control these days, prices are soaring, quality is low. If we all strive to make do, think outside the box, and be determined to succeed. We can do anything.
Amen!
Amen, good message, thanks for sharing, God bless !
Thanks for watching!
I JUST found your channel! I love it. Ty for your wise words and allowing God to speak thru you
@BACONfreak.jw.73 we are so glad you have joined us and thank you for your encouraging comment!
Great video
Thank you! Thank you for watching!
One answer we are $33 trillion in the red.
What is even more insane is how many people are okay with that...this speaks so loudly of the demonic delusion upon this nation and the people in it!