SAVE MONEY JUST LIKE GRANDMA - Ultimate Frugal Living Tips from past times.
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- This week we went back to our channel roots and made a vlog of our Old Style Frugal Living which is just like Grandma used to do.
From Make do and Mend to using up food scraps... it was a week of zero waste.
I didn’t do anything frugal today but I did do something charitable that my frugal grannie would have approved of 👍 2 large totes of allergy friendly & specialty diet food went to the food pantry & 3 bags of clothes & household goods went to the epilepsy foundation ❤
Very kind of you FrugalAutie 🥰 Thank you for being so generous and thoughtful 🥰
I had no idea you could bake eggs. Goggled it…..interesting, I may have to try it. Thx for the tip!
Gidday, I am a new subscriber. I love your videos about the depression and rationing.
I grew up “frugal”. My grandparents were farmers that survived two world wars and the depression.
My parents were both born during the war and grew up on farms.
I grew up knowing exactly where my food came from. My mother made clothes and my father grew a garden. Our whole family butchered livestock to fill the freezer. My Mum made blackberry jam (from foraged “weeds”).
My father built his own shed. He also made some of my toys.
From a young age, we travelled Australia and PNG. Living in a caravan became normal.
My mum passed down to me a cookbook that was printed in 1950 and belonged to my grandma. I still have it.
I also purchased a modern reprint in the early 2000’s.
In that book, there are many pre and post war recipes. Some include offal meat, eggless cakes, rabbit stews and pigeons.
Yes, I have eaten rabbit stew and crispy fried pigeon. The latter was at a Chinese restaurant and it was delicious.
I have never eaten offal except for steak & kidney pie (I still don’t like it) and chicken liver pate (which I love).
My older siblings had to eat crumbed brains and tripe. I don’t wish to eat those things. However, one recipe I absolutely love is Ox Tail Stew with dumplings. My grandmother made it, not so much with Mum. My daughter loves it to this day.
I remember, in the 90’s, she would catch the bus home from school in the winter time. She would come inside and smell the food I was cooking. She would ask what I was cooking, I replied, ox tail stew. She would get happy and excited and licked her plate clean.
Back then, we were living below the poverty line so I made most of our food from scratch, including her lunches.
I made clothes for her, I altered her second-hand school dresses. I made treats for her school lunchbox.
Yet, we ate like kings. Roast dinners were a staple. Homemade gravy was a highlight.
A full teapot accompanied the meals. Desserts, like banana bread custard pudding, also followed.
I made pikelets, honey joys and chocolate chip cookies for snacks. She took them to school and often traded extras for junk foods like chips.
We always had a fruit bowl in the house for snacking, along with homemade popcorn. We never, ever went hungry.
When I fell pregnant, my English MIL taught me the value of having a stock pantry (she had 6 kids). I appreciated her advice.
To this very day, I still have a stock pantry and am a prepper. I am a Grandmother now.
Thank you so much for that wonderful, detailed account. You should write a book, so many wonderful and helpful experiences.
Thank you for subscribing 🥰
Thank you Liz and Dave for yet another wonderful vlog! My grandmother did many of these as they were quite poor through the Depression and WW2. I remember how she would save for a long time to get things that she needed, and always getting good quality for a good price. She would bake delicious foods especially treats like cakes and cookies. She became a widow with 2 children still at home and she really struggled to make ends meet but she did it! I loved that when she retired she spent her retirement making a food pantry at her church to help others who were just like her when she was a young mother. She would take bags of food into some of the roughest neighborhoods, she was never afraid she said that people didn't mess with a grannie! Thanks again 🥰♥
She sounds absolutely wonderful Carol. Thank you for sharing the memories 🥰
wow thank you for sharing.
I put $5 aside each week to stock up my pantry
Having extra stores doesn't have to be expensive does it. You just have to be patient as you build. Great idea. Thank you for sharing 🥰
@@LovingLifeOnLess that's so yrue
That is such a powerful approach. Many people think they can’t afford a pantry and they can with just $5 a week of sale items and basics.
@@kenyonbissett3512 that was my point
As to make do and mend: when my husband's shirt collars start to fray - and that's much sooner than it used to be; I'm assuming that manufacturers are using poorer quality fabric - I remove the collar, turn it over and sew it back on. When the turned one frays, I remove it completely, stitch up the opening which makes it look like the old Nehru collars and he uses it as a work shirt to mow the lawn, etc. When it's too worn out for that, I cut it up for rags (if it's flannel) or cut out the back panel to use as spare fabric. Sometimes, I make a dinner napkin out of it, if ti's all cotton. The backs are almost never worn out. At that point, I cut off all the buttons and save them in a jar.
Wonderful old style ways Carla. Thank you for the tips 🥰
What great ideas Carla! Love just reversing the collar or a Nehru collar! When I get a new clothes item I restitch the seams. It only takes maybe 10 minutes or so and I feel like I'm helping to prolong the life of the item. My grandmother when someone would need a button sewed back on would tighten up all the other buttons on the item. Thanks again Carla!
Now THAT is my idea of the absolute ideal of make do and mend. I love what you are doing with your husband's shirts. I once saw a jar labeled "Strings to short to use". It was full of very short pieces of thread, yarn, cord - all of which would probably have been thrown away by most folks. I magined that this person may have thought to use the strings to stuff a potholder or pincushion at some point. Hmmmm....this wasn't your jar perchance? I have been known to darn socks more than once rather than discard them. You and I must be kindred spirits. Diane in NC
@@jimmiepatrum Thank you for the kind words - I wish my family felt the same way. lol. I'd never heard of saving the small pieces of fabric scraps and string, until I started watching HandyMumLin videos and one other lady (can't remember her channel name). They both use the tiniest scraps and save the tiny cut off bits for stuff ing, as you said. It made a lot of sense to me. I don't like paying for batting to stuff projects. I do save my dryer sheets, roll them up and cut them into strips for stuffing. (I realize that it would be much more frugal to hang clothes to dry, but arthritis has limited how much I can do, and one of the things I had to give up was hanging clothes to dry.) Anyway, I've come up with about 3 things to do with used dryer sheets, including sewing 3 used sheets together to make scrubbies for cleaning, cutting them up for batting, and using them as stabilizer for mending or the backing for crazy quilting. I'd love to hear more of your ideas!
The Grannys tips are my favorite.
You're one of the few people I've encountered who cuts the mold off cheese. I was raised with my mom doing that and I still do it too. I also cut the mold off bread. And I eat yogurt way past its best used date. If it smells, looks, and tastes okay - I eat it. I have an old jar of grape jelly that I need to scrape a bit of mold off - thanks for the reminder to do that. I just subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to watching your other videos. Diane in NC
I remember my dad getting metal taps in his shoes
Segs were so cool. 🥰
@@LovingLifeOnLess yes like tapping shoes tap tap tap
Great vlog Liz. We don't have the heating on although I have bad health. We put layers on and have hot drinks. I even wear an old cardigan to bed. I have 2 Victorian stone hot water bottles one for my younger son who lives at home and one for me. They really air the beds and stay hot. They belonged to my late parents and we used them in the 70s and 80s when we were kids. We never had central heating as kids and my late father only had it in his house in 1997. Mum died suddenly in 1988 and she didn't like the thought of gas, she was just 53. We never went hungry or cold and we had a beautiful home and the best of parents. They knew hard times, they knew hunger and cold so they knew how to survive. Like your grandma, mum knew how to cook and save the pennies. We never felt hard done by, I think that we didn't look at what other people had because we were content with what we had. Always a spotless home, warm, with good home cooked meals and clean clothes on our backs. We looked after what we had and didn't buy for the sake of it. Mum's motto was waste not want not. Great memories and such a loving family too. Some people have forgotten how to be content and happy and that's very sad. I love watching your vlogs, gives me a warm feeling when you talk about your grandma, probably because she reminds me of my mum. Kind regards Angeline ❤️ xx
Wonderful memories Angeline. Thank you for sharing and your kind words 🥰
After a lifetime of hard work, starting at age 7 full time, and questionably spent money by spouses, my grandmother at 46 gained control of the family money and resources. None of the money went to alcohol, gambling, tobacco, or intimate activities outside the marriage as before. It went to the family needs, sometimes a few wants and tithing. In her suburban home just over the city boundaries, she had a large garden and fruit trees, chickens and skills. She sewed, canned, processed chicken, composted and turned the upper part of the home into a separate tenant rental apartment. Every meal was at home and cooked from scratch. Pork and beef were poorer cuts cooked to perfection. When the oldest daughter was old enough to supervised the younger and my disabled grandfather., my grandmother got a job making dinner for a Doctors family 6 nights a week. She left each of her 4 children a nice nest egg in 1975, enough to change their life trajectory.
well...I've decided to wait longer before washing clothes, maybe 2 weeks? except for underwear. they don't get dirty enough! airing them outside at night helps keep them fresh smelling. (fantastic idea to bake eggs when oven is in use- TX!!!)
Great tips Serena. Cool night air is refreshing 🥰
We keep chickens. Anything left on the children’s plates goes in the chicken bin. We had gourds as fall decorations. I chopped them in half and thickens ate that also. Saves me some chicken feed.
Thank you for these tips! I see lots of room for improvement in my life. There's so much more I can be doing to save some pennies here and there, and lessen wasting of food and resources.
You very welcome. There is always some way to save a bit more isn't there Linda. Thank you for your comment 🥰
Appreciate the great tips
❤ thanks ❤ 🇨🇦
I always read the comments and get new ideas everytime.
After your great tip of using our scrubbed vege peelings in the soup, I now keep a box in the fridge for my vege peelings for soup. I have started to chop and steam our cabbage stems along with the rest of the cabbage.
Looking after the pennies just like my gran.
Thanks for the great tips and ideas.
During the war when I was very young we kept chickens in our quite large suburban garden. Dad grew potatoes and the peelings were boiled up into mash to feed the hens. Age 83 Liverpool
Thank you for your contributions Anne. They are much appreciated 🥰
I like your plate with the bees round the edge. Please research the accuracy of the "use by" dates on tins----tinned food can last for a really long time. I quite agree with using teabags more than one time. To use them only once is shocking! Yes, Iremember thick frost on the inside of the bedroom winow---because nobody heated a bedroom! Oh yes, segs! And my father also polished the soles of shoes and boots, to nourish the leather. And he put on other soles and heels (rubber? plastic? ) to protest the leather of the sole.
Well said Janet. I pretty much ignore the best before dates on canned and dry food. It's a waste of money right be throwing out good food, just because it's past it's date.
The FDA has finally admitted that we are wasting a lot of food because of the dates and that food is good past those dates. Those were not around when I was a child. We just used common sense. looks, smell and taste.
Thank you Janet. 🐝 🥰
You have hotdogs in a can! We don't have that here. I save any left over coffee til I have enough for the next day and also reuse my coffee grounds by adding a small amount of new to make a new pot. We do have frost on the windows because I have 2 small space heaters we use in the winter since our central heating went out. We wear coats and gloves with no finger tips inside all winter. We pay a base amount for electric and water even if we don't use it. I got a new to me Christmas tree free today from our neighborhood site. I just had to go pick it up and she gave me a tree topper and tree skirt as well. I will use left over roast from another meal to make stew with tomorrow. Canned veggies and potatoes with the stock and home made bread will make a nice meal. Have a good weekend yall.
The Christmas Tree was a great find Marybeth. 🌲🎅
I hope the heaters are giving you the heat you need. 🥰🥰
7:20 run an oscillating fan on low which will dry your clothes out quicker and less likely to smell. We use a 12v fan attached to a marine battery charged by a cheap solar package.
Fab tip. Thank you 🥰
Dresses become into skirts trousers into shirts in our home
Trousers into shirts? I am guessing you mean shorts? Though if someone could turn trousers into shirts that would be cool.
@@theclumsyprepper lol I meant shorts hehe sorry
@@user-gm1kl6xy4m you're alright honey. Made me wonder for a while 😂
@@theclumsyprepper thank you
Hi Liz and Dave to save and be frugal my parner went to Lidi early. To get an £1.50 fruit and veg box.
I wish our stores had those.
Love Lidl boxes. Great value of you're lucky enough to get one 🥰
Today I did something frugal. I collect wax leftovers from scented and unscented candles. When I have enough I melt it down and mix matching scented leftovers with some of the unscented and get a new candle. You can get wicks fairly cheap were I live. I put my candles always in a frostguardian for greenhouses. I don't use them in the greenhouse right now and I don't need to use other heating methods that way. You can put a cup of the or soup on top of the frostguardian and it will keep warm, too.
I love that! A frost guardian 🥰 Thanks.for sharing Mercy xx
@@LovingLifeOnLess Mine are made of terracotta. (I guess one could improvise one with a terracotta flowerpot.) They also help to guard little children and pets from burning candles.
If I have food leftover from today, I will incorporate it into tomorrow's meals to use it up. For example, if I have mince on Sunday, I will use the leftover mince with a tin of tomatoes and some bouillon powder with a handful of frozen peas, or leftover veg, with some spaghetti to make Monday's meal. Or leftover veg in an omelette the next day. It all helps!
Fab tips!! Thank you Corinne 🥰
I made myself a set of tea towels (eight to be precise) out of an old hospital bed sheet I picked up in a charity shop years ago. I already made some in the past but, my lovely doggies shredded good few of them when they were teething.
I had three of those sheets so turned two of them into large dog towels as well - I made five in total. Still have enough left for few more tea towels.
I also got my onions and garlic in the ground today and transplanted some volunteer onions that were putting up green shoots in the compost bay. They will provide me with greens for months.
Oh and I recently mended a chindi rug my dogs chewed up. I made a crochet patch for it and added tassels where they were missing. I have enough yarn to last me a lifetime so am utilizing it as best as I can. I have a large blanket on the go as well.
I have to say I enjoy those tips from the bygone days, it reminds me of how I grew up. My dad was very frugal, by necessity, and never wasted anything. He was taught all he knew about running the house by his grandmother.
I do a lot of those things still, apart from the "heat the person, not the house". I have to keep my pets warm as well but, luckily, I have two multi-fuel stoves in the house so have two fires going in the evening. Between them they heat the house nicely and I rarely have to put the heating on. I also cook on the larger stove - it is perfect for boiling a kettle, making chai, soups and stews, and for drying the clothes too.
Yummy pea and ham soup
I remember all these things and still do many of them today I have a multi fuel its the best thing I invested in ..x
It has many good points and a great investment... but the dust!!🤣
Thanks for watching Gail 🥰
Love this! Thank you. I do make all our soup stocks and we usually enjoy one soup every week. I save hard cheese rinds for soups and tomato sauces. Peelings are frozen for stocks and for rabbits which in turn make lovely manure for my garden. I’ve stopped buying treats like baked goods, cakes, etc. Instead I bake things and have homemade jam on just about anything!!🍂🍂🐇
Excellent frugal tips Corrie. Thank you 🥰
I use slow cooker mini oven if I ever use big oven I bake chicken packed potato top tray cake muffins utilising full use of the O en
> I dislike that TV/telly and schools have lead to standardized English. I like and appreciate hearing your honest-to-God Yorkshire dialect.
Aw thank you. It is very nice of you to say so MysticMeadows 🥰
So well said as always! I’ve always been rather proud of all the self reliant, thus money saving skills I have acquired over my long life tho often ridiculed as a young homemaker for not following all the new ‘trends’...and stubbornly continue to reach further back in time for skills that are still relavent. When our electric stove gave out 5 years ago, after 20 yrs., and I’d done research on ‘planned obsolescence’ we elected to purchase a two burner ‘hot plate’ and with a mini oven and other small appliances we are well served. And I gained more cupboard space. I still bake bread, and cook whole chicken or small turkey. In winter I cook a lot on the woodburning stove in our keeping room...your lounge. i keep a bag in the freezer for odd bits of veg and peels for soup stock. Susan
An Old Style Frugalista indeed Susan. Wonderful!! 🥰
I have a natural gas range that the oven stopped working. it has electric pilotlights. So I just store my pans in there and use a toaster oven. The burners still work. Similar mind sets here.😉
When we have chicken breasts I cut the little 'flap' bit off the back and then chop it up to make a little casserole or stew, or cook it and use it in tortilla wraps.
When we have a meal with mince, I try to keep enough back (uncooked) and make a little burger each, which I like to use in a home made cheeseburger.
I bought a large, thick quilt cover from a charity shop and used it to make curtains.
I make my own chillie vinegar and garlic vinegar. It's as easy as putting the chillies or garlic in some ordinary vinegar and letting it infuse before using.
I found a recipe for cappuccino so that saves craving one when we're out and paying a fortune for one.
I also make peanut butter - a bag of salted, roasted peanuts put in the food processor and blitzed until they are finely chopped. Then add oil (I use sunflower oil) until it reaches the required consistency. I then keep it in the fridge. If it goes a little bit thick and dry, simply add more oil and stir it in.
Fabulous tips for stretching food and money Jean. Thanks for sharing 🥰
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I like grandmom's way of thinking
My favorite topic, from my favorite thrifty channel. I'm particularly interested in how people saved money during the Depression and WWII. Well done!
Thank you for your kind words Carla 🥰
Hi Liz! The picture of the older woman at the sink looks SO much like my maternal Grandma....I've watched her do a lot of work in the kitchen! She was a Proverbs 31 woman.
This week my daughter and I bought some fresh cranberries for a good price and canned about 17 pints of cranberry relish (we love the stuff!). We also cooked a turkey to make room in our freezer for a half beef that we bought (also at a good price per pound). Yes...Thanksgiving (and my birthday!) happens on Thursday next week...but we had one turkey left from last year's harvest and needed to make room. ; ) We made turkey broth as well!
We also used 3 "fancy" decor pumpkins (a peanut pumpkin, a flat white stacker, and a blue hubbard) to bake, puree, and freeze for use in various dishes. I love that they served double duty! (...gave the "guts" to our chickens and it's a great de-wormer for them, so technically 3 uses. lol)
When I grew up my Dad was a coal miner and we always had a coal furnace in our home because for Dad, coal was free. I got used to a very warm atmosphere. lol When I'd visit friends, I'd freeze! My paternal grandparents also had a coal furnace (forced air) and my maternal grandparents had a sort of pot belly coal stove in their living room (they were more "country folks" and lived on a farm). Both of my Grandpas were coal miners as well.
We heat with wood (mainly...propane for back up) and you are so right about being able to secure fuel (in our case, wood) at a certain price and have it stored. We bought wood from a neighbor this year and it felt good to support them instead of a big corporation. We filled our propane tank at summer fill up sale rate, which also helped. A full tank should last us nearly two years.
Great video!!
You do tell wonderful stories Michele, as you describe, I am back there. You really should write a book... when you get the time ⏲️ 🥰 Thanksnfor your wonderful contribution as always 🥰
Oh that photo of the washing standing up on it's own in the snow. It did bring back some good memories of my Mum doing that, even the nappies got put out until they were stiff! Oh and putting the newspaper to the fire, if you saw it starting to singe you had to be quick to throw it on then keep it there with the poker so it wouldn't float back out. Good times.
Don't forget freecycle if there's something you need or something you no longer use. Also borrowing tools rather than everyone having to buy their own, do we all really need a lawnmower or drill each? Sharing what you have feels great and builds community which is a great investment when times are hard.
Great idea. Thank you 🥰
I made my own lard today from a pig we butchered and used the lard to make buiscuits this afternoon. Then with the bones i made stock and the leftover stock ingredients i am feeding to the pigs tomorrow so i have been quite frugal today 🤣 tomorrow won't be the same.
That is super frugal indeed. 🥰
Old t-shirts get cut into cleaning cloths or dusters in my home
Some good tips there. I had some stale bread ends so I cut them into cubes, fried them in a bit of butter and sprinkled them with sugar and cinnamon. Made a really tasty sweet treat for dessert.
Sounds so good Sarah. Thanks for sharing 🥰
From the USA. Love the video. My Mom used to use the paper that wraps butter to coat pans before baking. I enjoy my clothes horse for drying, my clothes line (and how wonderful sheets smell after drying), reusing glass jars, washing aluminum foil for another use, always using thrift shops, repairing clothes for more wear, growing herbs and drying them for future use instead of buying them (seeds are cheaper), using outdoor solar lights from our dollar store (letting them absorb light in the daytime) and bringing them inside in the evening for light (saving electricity), and here there are shops that only have tinned and shelf stable foods that are at a high discount. Those are some of the ways I save.
Fantastic frugal ways Beeswan. Thanks for sharing 🥰
Thank you for sharing about ziffit! I’m excited to check that out!
You have brought back memories of going to the village cobbler back in the 80’s as a teenager growing up in Norfolk.
Yes, I remember my mum collecting repaired boots and shows from the cobbler in the 1980s. Even though they said the '80s' was a boom time, people were more careful with their consumption back then. 🥰
I compost, recycle, reuse, in the winter I dry our clothes in the washroom. We keep our temperature in our house at 63 degrees. I had a sale of Collectibles on the weekend. I enjoyed your session. Thank you for tips.
Thanks for watching Edward 🙂🥰
I was just about to say that my MawMaw always baked eggs! I do too!
It saves some money and times doesn't it. Xx
I often buy that nut mix from Lidl. I'm not fond of walnuts as snack so I sort them out and mix them into Bread were I love them.
I remember my gran making blankets out of old worn out or holy ones, she cut them into squares then hand stitched them all together. My mum bought 2nd hand clothes, usually ladies skirts etc. She;d cut them up and make clothes for us out of them, she didn't have a sewing machine but did everything by hand. She would embroider pockets etc so they looked lovely.. She;d rip out old worn out sweaters and re-purpose the wool for jumpers and cardigans for us kids. I'm in the fortunate position that I don't have to be as frugal as she was but some things are just built in us. I don't like waste, especially food, I look after my clothes and keep them for years. I have a large freezer which I use if I have left over food, I freeze it for another meal the following week etc. I do not buy ready made food, I make 99% of our food from scratch, its healthier and much cheaper. I already do the pantry bit, I stock up bit by bit and make sure I use whats there. I try my best. Loved the video. Thank you so much for sharing xx
Great job ❤❤❤😮😮😮😊😊😊
Thank you Wanda 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you. Have a blessed day! 🙏🤗
You too Ana 🥰🥰
I did this for my sons who are now good cooks themselves
This week, I tried your tip of using tea bags a second time around to make a hair rinse - it really worked out great!
Wonderful! Shiny hair 🥰🥰
I’m trying to transition from wasting to being frugal I’m slowly getting better at it thank you for your video
Good for you! I've found that entrenched habits in myself are sometimes not easily remedied. But every change you make toward frugality is an improvement. I personally wish that I never had any food waste at all. Sadly, I still do, although it's not as bad as it used to be.
Thank you for watching Margaret 🥰
I just found your channel. I am looking forward to watching many of the previous episodes also. My grandmother was very frugal all her life and my mom was the same. Thank you. Kay from US.
Thank you for watching Kay. We hope you enjoy 🥰
Always learn something new from you. I've never heard of bakee eggs. I have to try that. What temperature do you bake then on and for how long?
20 minutes in a hot oven, 30 minutes if in a low oven. They are resting on a couple of inches of water in the tray so the bottom of the egg, that touches the baking tray doesn't go brown. 🥰
I have a few clothes hirses every rhing but sheers& bsthtiwels are line dryed over time😊 it saves abundle😊
i am so pleased i found your videos a while back - its taken a while but using your note book for groceries i can now see week to week what i am spending my money on but with the prices always rising i am finding i dont get some things - sometimes they just price themselves off my list - and the other thing is i am slowly learning to shop and cook for one and having less waste - i no longer buy items that i can use quickly before it goes soft or moldy - i am also finding i am getting sick of food so dont cook anything that serves more than 3-4 - otherwise it sits in the freezer and i just cant bring myself to eat it - i am getting choosy now with my food so i dont waste it - like my hubby loved coconut yoghurt powder that you make yourself - blerk - it took a while to stop buying it out of habit i guess so that got donated - there are always changes and cost cutting going on in my wee house but i dont seem to save many $$$ with the inflation thats happening - i love the idea of peeling soup and i love soup but ...... i just cant do it at the moment - and being newly diagnosed as a diabetic that has chucked another spanner in the works re food and having to keep the carbs down and the amount of sugar from carbs and also the added sugars to products - so - yeah - its always a bit of a battle and a mission each week - but it wont beat me
Excellent tips and grit Mudy. Thanks for sharing your tips 🥰
I like your thinking. Do you happen to have the recipe for the gluten free bread you made? I have a macadamia nut tree, and I was thinking I could put some nuts from here in with the bread. I pay $8 a small loaf for gluten free bread here in Australia. Thanks for your video.
This is the link to the video on gluten free bread.
Thank you for your comment 🥰
ua-cam.com/video/o8hwl5c3w6g/v-deo.html
@@LovingLifeOnLess ahh thankyou! Champion, thanks. X
thank you for all your wonderful videos which i thoroughly enjoy. I am not one who practices frugality with heating and cooling. I live in Australia and cannot cope without air conditioning in summer and heating in winter as the extremes in temperatures are really hard to cope with especially as I have a health condition which makes me unable to control my body temperature. I make up for this in other way s through not wasting food, shopping second where possible and making do and mending. I very rarely go out but I do
feel I am missing out on anything. Please know that your advice is invaluable in these very trying times.
Keep up the good work as you are greatly appreciated.💚💛🤎❤
We live in Texas and have the same problem with summertime heat. I don't have it as cool as some of the family wants it, but we use the a/c all summer - and hot temps here are about 5 months or more out of the year. We have a wood stove and use it for winter. I'm having a hard time with some members of our family wanting a perfect indoor temperature year round, so they can wear shorts in the winter, etc. I said if they're cold, put on pants and a sweatshirt. No cost involved in adjusting what we wear. As a society, we've become incredibly spoiled.
What a wonderful video ❤, so many memories and things to remember to try again, thanks so much ❤
Glad you enjoyed it Maureen xx
Have never heard if baking eggs. Can you tell a little about that. Maybe a recipe. I'm intrigued. Thanks
I make cheese milk vinigar boil on stive
Peelings go into compost table scraps goe to wild birds
Good idea!! Thank you 🥰
@@LovingLifeOnLess welcomexx
God would be first family health then frugality
Oh please show me how to bake eggs in their shell in the oven. I need to know.
We will do a video. 🙂🥰
@@LovingLifeOnLess Thank you. I tried to google but all I got were egg casserole dishes. I never knew about baking them in their shells. I'm looking forward to your video.
If you are willing to take video suggestions from your subscribers, please do consider the following: Please make a video on Value for the Pound (or dollar). A luxury is not a luxury when it is a necessity. Yet some people lose sight of this.
For example: Off-the-rack clothing is thin, seams serged with cheap thread, loses its shape, and is worn-looking in about six months. 'Loses it shape' means that the fabric stretches in some places but not in others. The old-fashioned strategy used to be for a woman to own about six or seven high-quality skirted suits. They had them tailored and keep their figure trim - not just vanity but in order to wear the same size. Those outfits could&would be worn for more than a decade. They would look just as high-quality and well-made the entire time. Some women know how to sew. Those who cannot sew should save up for good quality garments versus buying large amounts of clothing that look cheap and nasty.
I haven't been successful reselling my old clothes. I'm thinking garage sale in spring.
Good luck! Garage sales will probably bring you the best sales. No tax, postage or time waster involved. Good luck 🙂🥰
We have very few pre paid power here in New Zealand
In the UK you pay more for your energy if it is a prepaid meter. It is almost like an extra tax for the poorer people 🥰
@@LovingLifeOnLesswow! That should be illegal!
@@LovingLifeOnLessI thought the government said it stopped, I must look into that. They put a smart meter in my house because my old one broke. They said they don't put the old ones in now. They were very pushy. I'm disabled but they said it's all they install now.
Canned goods do not expire. They may not taste as good but they are fine to eat.
We are about to use up some dried milk with a best before date of 2021... a tad tasteless, but waste not want not. 🙂🥰
Apple scrap jelly
I remember that!! Thanks for the comment 🥰
hot dogs in a tin. Ive never seen that here in canada.
Baking eggs? Never heard of baking them. 🤔
What's the name of the site to sell books? I've just sorted through mine and my sons and have so many to rehome!
Hi Sammy, the name of the site is Ziffit. 🥰
@@LovingLifeOnLess thank you x
being a skinny kido my mom& grabdma woukd sew what they walked rivk-rack to the bottons if my heans it added an inch ir to holesI was alowed tonpuvk out fun parches smuley faces,hesrts they told me I liced just lije Cher from the Sonny & Cher tv shiw in rhe 1970s😊
Sorry love but those typos make your comment impossible to understand.
It is ok. I understood it! She said they added extra material to pants you grew out of. Like bellbottoms. My mom did this for us too.
Ah rick-rack!! I remember that from the 70s. I loved my skirts and tops with the wavy rick-rack. 🥰
Bring back the cards in the windows. Not everyone likes the internet.
I sell items clothes we don't need