OLD TIME MONEY SAVING WAYS & SIMPLE LIFE! Oatmeal Bread! 

I have been a homemaker for the past year (due to job loss). I have wholeheartedly embraced this time to go back to a simpler life. Doing laundry by hand, cooking from scratch, keeping the house clean (using vinegar and baking soda are invaluable). I love being frugal! My depression and anxiety have almost disappeared! More people need to stop living the fast life and get back to basics.

I remember how simple life was when I was a kid. I was born in the 60's and grew up in the 60's and 70's. It was a simple time where there was always something to look forward to. We didn't have instant gratification in those days. We wrote letters to our family and friends. Long distance calls were only made on Christmas. We had rabbit ears and an antenna on our roof that got four channels on our black and white TV. We looked forward to the Disney movies on Sunday evenings. My mom sewed all of our clothes. We used paper grocery bags for book covers for our school books. We got a lot of our furniture, bedding, and towels from hotel sales; they would sell off the old stuff for pennies on the dollar. My mom was a very thrifty housewife and she knew how to stretch our pennies.

A few years ago my Dh wanted to build me a new chicken coop, but we didn’t have much of a budget. He tore down an eyesore shed and saved all the useable wood for the new coop. I found an old window at a thrift store. We used shingles I made roofers leave after they redid our roof (they were loaded in their truck ready to drive off with shingles we paid for!). All we had to buy was some fencing for the run, and siding to match the garage. We used paint leftover from doing the house. We were so far below budget we splurged on a cute metal chicken weather vane for the roof. My husband has a scrap wood stash that has come in so handy over the years, but using nothing but repurposed wood to build my adorable chicken coop was our best low cost project to date.

I make tote bags with bird, dog, and animal feed bags. The bags are given to me from the food bank. I make them and give back to the food bank. 💙

Great video! On Sunday nights during the 70’s my dad would fill a granite ware canner of popcorn (cooked in bacon grease too) and we would watch Lawrence Welk and Wonderful World of Disney movie. I sure do miss the simple times💕

More like this please with ways to be simple! This year when cleaning out my Mom’s house, I took my Dad’s old arm chair that had no seat and got it recovered. Ready for another 65 years! It was headed to the dump and now makes me happy every day. I can just see my Dad sitting it. Blessings E & P!

When the best horse I ever owned died I kept some of his horse shoes. A friend asked me for some. At Christmas he presented me with a book holder for cookery books and my husband with a wine stand.

All my life I have enjoyed hanging my laundry outside. I remember helping my mother as a young child. The lines were at the back of the yard. behind our home was a power plant (We were in the heart of Dallas TX.). There acres of land and a huge lake that fed the plant. In early spring the field was FULL of wild flowers and yes.. some were actually weeds! After hanging out laundry we would go under the barbwire fence and pick flowers and play(till Security would wave at us and we would leave). I love being outside and listening to the birds. With my VERY large family I have saved a lot of money on my electric bill. All of my 8 children attended Catholic school. I put thier uniforms in the dryer for just a few minutes then put them on hangers. I hand them on a rack or the shower curtain rod in the winter and rainy weather. I love the fresh smell on my linens. I've been stopped by strangers who asked "What kind of detergent do you use?". A simple thing I truly love...especially when the entire family gets involved!

I moved to a house with a pedestal sink in the bathroom. Needed a place for makeup & hair. Repurposed an antique child's desk as my vanity.

I was gifted a second-hand wooden barstool that someone's puppy had chewed on just a little bit. I had my husband cut the stool down and I used the seat portion with about 3 inches of the legs left and use it as a riser for my plants. The dilemma was what could I do with the rest of it, after looking at it from all angles I realized that if I turned the bottom portion upside down it would hold my husband's work boots and work as a rack to dry his wet boots in cold weather. We put it to the test last winter and it worked wonderfully when place next to heat vents. This was by far my most successful repurposed item.

Our friends were going to trash their artificial Christmas tree but we saved it! It’s absolutely beautiful. This will be our 10th Christmas using that tree. 👍❤️

Went to an Estate Sale and on the last day was gifted for free, many, like new popular author books for our neighborhood sharing table library.

I’m so happy people are going back to being frugal, even if they are forced, now I won’t get made fun of as much ! I’ve been so poor that being frugal was how I survived but even when I started making really good money I can’t not be frugal 🤷🏼‍♀️

I am a quilter. I give my quilts to family, friends, and charities. I keep all the scraps that are usable and have now made several quilts just from the scraps. It really stretches the fabrics and helps me use my creativity.

I’m using a wood clothes rack that belonged to my great grandmother , and one that my mother in law had used . I dry my clothes on it in a spare bedroom . I do that because I have neighbors that burn . It’s great to use something from previous generations .

Our dad passed away earlier this year. Had some of his shirts made into memory bears for keepsakes. Plan on making Christmas ornaments for all the grandkids out of other shirts.

I turned off the TV about 6 years ago. I don't know any of the current actors or programs. We have one landline; no mobile phones. I like to watch old TV shows on RU-vid. I've gone back to the 50s and it's great.

My husband wore a big hole in one of our fitted sheets with his feet. It was 100 percent cotton and quite pretty. I cut it into sqares, hemmed the edges and made over a dozen cloth napkins with it!

Mom use to keep left over chicken or Turkey broth from the bones for Christmas Day Soup,or gravy. The jar way. Water,flour,and baking powder or soup stock. On Halloween, she used black construction and made a pumpkins face on an orange lamp we had. She turned it on when it got dark. Sharen

My neighbor tossed out 3 tomato cages. They were brand new with the tags. I actually needed tomato cages because ours didn’t make the move with us last year. I was thrilled! $45 saved.

When my son was little, we used to go ‘junking’ a couple of towns over. He would be on the lookout from his car seat for things that looked cool. We found a teeny tiny wheelbarrow that he used to help me in the garden. When he got to big to use it, I took it apart, refinished it, drilled holes, and use it as a planter in my garden. I always think of our adventure when I see it. I also ‘junked’ an entire farmhouse of old large windows. I couldn’t believe they were just being thrown out. We brought them up to my dad and with my vision, and his skills, they were turned into beautiful trellises for my flowers. I plant black eyed Susan vines on them every year. 😊😊😊

I used scrabble tiles left in my mothers stuff when she passed and made the grandkids names on Christmas ribbons as ornaments for them and made the song O Christmas tree with leftover tiles in the shape of a Christmas tree on a framed chalkboard. Also I used my grandmothers buttons and made a framed ornament to remember her. It was stuff my family was going to throw away.

I've recently taken up cooking from scratch. Yesterday I made my first pizza dough in about 25 years! And it worked out! I've been making fried chicken from scratch, and freezing my food in ziplock baggies before use and I love that method! I found a really easy pizza dough recipe and I made my 2 little pizza's in the air fryer and they were delicious! Thank you so much for your encouragement of the simple life, it's keeping me going! Love your channel!

The best thing I found in the trash was a box of cook books. Found like a if things on the alley way when a family was moving. Knocked on door and asked if they were put out. Yes, take what you want. High end baby crib, window air conditioner, and can't remember what else. My husband nicknamed me Sanford &Son. All things were given to friends that needed them. Hv to try the bread. Looks delish.

It's a Hob nail glass dish...it has no marking because it's a hand made end of day glass. I worked as a curators assistant at Wheaton Glass Museum in Millville N.J. The glass blowers for hundreds of years would make creative one of a kind items with the left over glass in the furnace at the end of the day.

Our neighbors gave us tree trunks ( small) to cut up for firewood, we heat with it. Also, they gave me some hostas that their grandsons landscape business was going to toss. We give them veggies and other things so we are not just takers. It’s great that we can share!

The blue glass bowl is gorgeous! And,you're right: Emmy made! I took the drawers out of a dresser, that was left in an apartment I rented, and stacked them up to make a bookcase...while I shopped for a bookcase. I never bought a bookcase because those drawers worked so well. Once, in a thrift shop, where wealthy people lived, I found a couture 2 piece dress, which was not only custom designed, but the fabric was also actually custom hand loomed. It was FANTASTIC!! I bought it for $10 I wore it and wore it till I couldn't fit into it any more. Usually, I'd have cut it up to make something else. For this dress, though, I re-donated it and got a tax deduction for it. While I was there to re-donate it, I found a few more things to buy...but never again something as wonderful as that 2 piece dress! 👗

In Germany your bulk day called "Sperrmüll". Once a found a beautiful kitchen cabinet. I still use it. We also have a zinc bathtub - use it in the garden for flowers. During the years we always brought stuff second hand. It's frugal and good for the environment.

I quilt, but my friend knits/crochets. She goes to thrift stores and gets cashmere sweaters, unravels them separates any very worn fibers and re-knits them into other garments. I am so envious of this talent of hers. Me? I will work any cotton fabric into a quilt. I have "rescued" more than one antique quilt in my life. The challenge is amazing and fun at the same time.

We just returned from a church retreat we help facilitate. While there I realized just how much we have become in the habit of electronics. I made a vow to read more & stay away from TV, social media etc. Mindful usage & saves electricity.

I bought some beautiful thick off white textured sheets at the thrift store and sewed a gorgeous comforter cover! I bought 4 fall colored dinner napkin and sewed throw pillow covers for our couch for Thanksgiving!

I reuse yogurt cups for my seedlings. We use bags from e.g. toilet paper in the dustbin. We use paper and plastic bags from sugar, flour, coffee etc. for the bread we take with us to work/school/hiking... (we also have stainless steel boxes, but they need more space in the bag). My children were sometimes asked why they take a bag of flour to school 😂 And I keep the glasses from honey and pickles and store nuts etc. in it.

I just bought a decorative clear glass bowl and a green glass vase from the Dollar Tree. I am going to turn the vase upside down and glue the bowl on top. I can put a battery tealight inside the upside down vase. Whalla, I will have a pedestal bowl that I can fill with candy or Christmas greenery and the pedestal base will have a soft light. Bowl and vase cost me $2.50 total.

Life was so simple in the 60s

Culk pickup in my neighborhood is crazy. I recently brought home a beautiful victorian style birdhouse. My husband said “we dont have a bird” lol. I gave it to a woman I work with who wanted to get a bird for her daughter. I have also picked things up and donated them to thrift stores. I cannot stand to see useable items going to the dump. That bowl was meant for you Emmy!

Our neighbor called us and said her sister was redoing their backyard. We were gifted three large terra cotta planter pots...one even has an awesome lemon tree. How nice that your beautiful glass bowl had found a new loving home!

Yesterday I was in my glory. I picked a peck of apples off of my tree, and cooked them in my pressure cooker and then used my grandmother's food mill to make them into a beautiful pink applesauce. I got 3 quarts and 8 pints put up for winter enjoyment. I will use the other's to make apple slices to slide into the freezer for pies for the holidays.

I took yarn I had and made an afghan last year. This year I will take yarn to make myself a sweater. I also buy stuff on deals to give to cancer fundraisers for their auctions.

Today we took the kids to Lake Erie. Hubby's birthday is tomorrow, so the road trip was part of his birthday gift. It was so fun to see the kids see something so amazing! Earlier this week I got winter squash on sale at Meijer, then the next day Aldi had it on sale at $.20 cheaper. But I'm not complaining because it was only like $.89 and $.69 each. Today I used the stove, my blender and the instant pot to make a butternut squash soup. I used chicken broth I had frozen last month and seasoning, spices and ingredients I already had. It was a really simple yet filling meal with a side of grilled cheese w/tomato sandwich.

My husband wears very colourful and patterned shirts. When he has finished with them I turn them into reversible aprons for our grandchildren. One side is for baking and cooking and the other side for arts and crafts. They love them because they are Gramps’ shirts and they get to choose the patterns for each side.

I love that you opened this video with that gorgeous sunrise! For me that's the epitome of why I live frugally, so that I actually have the time to enjoy things like that. My best trash find was an entire patio furniture set, with cushions, that a relative of my neighbors gave to them. They decided they weren't really using it and so they put the the table and 6 chairs out to the curb. This was such a blessing to me. I live in Florida now and my children came down for Christmas last year and the weather was so beautiful that it would have been lovely to eat Christmas dinner outside but, I didn't have patio furniture. My son said that next year he wanted me to get patio furniture so we could enjoy Christmas dinner outdoors. I was planning on picking up a patio set on sale until my AC broke down and I had to spend $8000 on a new one. So if the neighbors hadn't thrown away their set I would never have been able to afford even a cheap set on sale. Love your channel 🌻🍁🌻🍁🌻

I knit and crochet unravel old things and make other items .

I love you mentioned the aprons....I use to never understand why use an apron. This past year I figured it out, with cooking, cleaning, gardening, an apron is essential to protect your clothing. Only problem is, I am a bigger chested woman as such i never liked an apron because it doesnt cover my chest areas properly. Well i taught myself to sew over the pandemic and i suddenly realized i could take my apron, make a Templet, and add adding the extra width I need and just see up my own aprons with pockets and all to my liking.

My husband used our old wall unit towers to make us a custom walk-in closet. I absolutely love it!!! Two of the towers we used were left on the curb free for the taking!! I have such a beautiful closet!

I don't have an apron but a snap-up-the-front scrub top works great for protecting your clothes. I i bought a couple from a thrift store that i use almost all the time because i bought a "large," plenty big enough to cover my clothes and not restrict movement, very loose and comfortable. (And has large pockets, just as the old aprons did.) Really saves your clothes when you cook. My grandkids can use my old med or smalls for painting/playdough smocks.

The bowl looks to be Fenton glass. Enjoy your special find!

As I may have mentioned before, my friend in Jersey lives in a City where there are many curb finds. I'd say about 90% of her apartment is from the curb. Each year she finds a new Christmas Tree, she is always finding lamps (while I can't find any in a store), furniture, wall decor, you name it.

I reuse my large birdseed bags and guinea pig hay bags to collect recyclables and bring them to our local Green Truck for ♻️ recycling.

I got a Melissa and Doug toy for free because it was missing some magnets. . Pictures of the pieces in the actual size were printed on the back of the toy. I took a photo of the pieces-with my phone and printed it out in color for free at the library. I glued them to refrigerator magnets given away by a local business and cut them out. You cannot tell which pieces I made and which came with the toy originally. My granddaughters love that toy.

Love your beautiful fall colored top! My most recent 'fix it up' story is with a purse. I wanted a new purse for this coming winter, and found a very cute, stylish, black and white Rossetti purse at the thrift store for $1! As I got to the check out, I saw that one of the fabric sides had a coffee stain on it. For a dollar, I decided to try to get it out. Sure enough, my wet Norwex cloth took the stain out in 30 seconds! The inside lining needs a little stitching in one place, but that will be easy to do by hand. Hello cute 'new' winter purse! Also, our son needed some more storage in his room, and I'd been thinking a 6 section cube shelf would work well. While walking this summer, I FOUND one out for the garbage! I heard the trash truck on a nearby street, so I hurried home to get the car. Even though the shelf unit needed cleaned and tightened, it was just what we wanted. Husband and son cleaned and tightened it, and it looks like new! Another example for our young adult son that God provides!!

Lovely loaf of bread. I don't know the flavor you describe since I've never been to the Cheesecake place -- I'm too much of a tight-wad. (Never had a Starbucks coffee, either!) I do make an Oatmeal bread but it makes 2 loaves and takes a while to knead out. I'll give your recipe a try soon. Normally I make sourdough bread and have actually perfected the sourdough loaf, so that's my weekly bread. I also like to make an Italian Herb loaf and the occasional quick bread known as Beer Bread (great toast bread). Those 2 use yeast but the sourdough bread already contains live yeast so this is why it's my regular bread. (Yes, I am that cheap lol)

I love my apron ❤

The joy of being a frugal person- love that!

The senior apartment building that I live in has something that I call the Community Table in our community room. People put items on it ranging from food to clothing, books to cookware, all free for the taking. A couple of my favorite treasures are a little painted wooden house with a crow perched on top, a set of felt owl ornaments, and a mug from a local restaurant where I've spent many a happy lunchtime with friends.

Yes!! It is truly the simple things that can provide so much joy. I find that I really enjoy simplicity the older I get. I don’t know that I repurpose as much as pick up things I need…like one day I was walking and someone who was moving out a bunch of things on the sidewalk for people to take. I saw a Nordicware small cookie sheet and I needed one and was going to plan to buy one, but I found this for free and it was in great condition. I use it when baking all the time.

My husband and I grew up in New Jersey where we had 'junk night'. About rwice a year people could put just about anything out on the curb and in the morning the city would haul it to the dump. We furnished our first apartment with some of that 'junk' (because there were no laws against taking it. Someone had put out a rataan couch and chair! Family contributed too, pots and pans, serving dishes and lamps. I still miss some of those hand-me-downs.

Your home should be your sanctuary.

I have always wore an apron, when my children were little it meant I could pop things in my pocket still keeping my hands free whilst tidying up. Kept my clothes clean when little toddlers were about. Doubles as a peg pocket whilst bringing washing in from the line if it showers. Have one for gardening whilst deadheading etc. I love aprons :)

Emmie, using an electric knife when slicing bread is wondrous! The bread doesn't tear or compress.

We found used lumber on the side of the road that was from a deck. We used it to build an addition to our shed. It was $4000 worth of lumber. I got really good at pulling out nails

What a lovely view, GOD is the ultimate painter.

I wear an apron whenever I’m in the kitchen or doing projects. I’m messy 😂

My husband and I picked up a dresser from the curb when we were first married. My husband refinished it and our son used it while he was living at home. Now our 10 year old grandson has been using the same dresser since he was born!

I like the picture of the aprons on the clothes line. Reminds me of my grandparents in PA

What an amazing find, Id use it for desert like candies or baked one bite size delicious cookies etc. I recently reused my old stained with wine and coffee (those stains does not come out anymore) dressing gown instead of apron and I liked it. I was about to throw it away but one cold morning I put it on went to make a coffee and started cleaning the kitchen. Then it was like an eye opener - I could put this dressing gown instead of an apron (which I dont have) and wear it while cleaning my house. Perfect protection for clothing. Nobody sees me anyway when Im indoors cleaning. Thank you for your warm and inspiring videos. ❤😊

I used a discarded kitchen cabinet as a mini library in my yard.

Your bowl is probably fenton glass...my mother had a pink one...also check "hobknob" glass.

Ohhhhh....that bowl reminds me of my Dad's Mother! She collected lots of different types of glass bowls, platters, and what-nots. Hobnail, Fenton, etc. I remember she had pieces in green, blue, and white...maybe other colors too. Items we've reused/repurposed.... My brother gave us a full size waterbed for our son when he was a teenager. When he wanted a regular bed, we used the frame of the waterbed (solid wood) to make a book case. Imagine the bed frame lying on the floor...now turn it up so it's standing on one long side....we added shelves and painted it and it's now in our family room holding probably 100 books (we're readers). We didn't stop there! We used the headboard, which had a flat top and three shelves across the length of it...painted it to match the book case and used it in the family room beside an entry door. The shelves/cubbies hold shoes, gloves, etc., and tall winter boots reside on top. My son made a rustic shelving unit for me out of free pallets. I used an exact-o knife to cut Norman Rockwell re-prints from free calendars. I fitted them over existing Home Interiors and Gifts pictures that we'd used for years. We used the existing matting and frame. If we ever wanted to, we could remove the N.R. prints and use the originals pictures again. When I first learned that I could roast coffee beans at home, I got a free air popcorn popper from a friend and roasted beans for a while--to see if I wanted to invest in a real coffee bean roaster. Although I do use a roaster now, I kept the air popper in case I'd need it in the future. Our family had accumulated a ton of t-shirts from vacations, sporting events, etc. and they were special to me--I didn''t want to get rid of them. So, my daughter and I repurposed them into resuable t-shirt shopping bags. We love up-cycling and thinking outside the box!

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure…. You found a beautiful treasure. My husband found a large mirror on trash day. It looks fabulous over our fireplace! The bread recipe looks delicious, I wonder if it could be adapted for a bread machine as well?

What a beautiful bowl you got for free! Blessing! Wonderful recipe! :) Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN :)

It looks like Fenton glass to me. Great find.

Your vase with the glass dots is known as a 'handkerchief vase'. I don't think yours is vintage, but someone may be able to examine it and tell you more. Some popular glass makers were Fenton and Blenko. You might be able to search the 'net to find out more.

I think your treasure is "blue hobb-nail". Beautiful!!

That bowl is beautiful! Did a quick shopping at Publix grocery store this morning and I grabbed a few items. A couple of items were on a month long sale with today being the last day of the sale. It wasn't until I got into my car that I looked at my receipt and saw that the two sale items rang up at regular price. Went back into the store and up to the courtesy counter where I was refunded the entire original cost (not just sale price) of each of those two items meaning I got them for free! Did not realize that Publix will refund you the original cost of any sale item(s) if they do not ring up on sale! I am so grateful I went back into the store!

We have bulk pick up once a month. My son found a big TV a few years ago and just needed to put a new cord on it and it still works.

Your sweet disposition blesses my heart. Thank you for the ideas to be more frugal. Your channel is special and I appreciate you and Paul. I've been away for a while due to a major remodel to our home from a water leak. We are finally resolving the long wait and hope to be finishing up as the year closes. Blessings to you and your family. ❤

We started raising rabbits and we had them in small cages and I wanted to get them into something bigger that they could have some extra room to run around and play and be on the ground. And my daughter-in-law sent me a picture of a chicken coop that a friend of hers was giving away. So we went and picked up that chicken coop and repurposed it into a rabbit habitat. We had to cut it in half to get it into our yard and then put it back together but it was free and it was exactly what we needed!

I strain and reuse my vegetable oil just like my mom did. I also put an apron on around the house. When my mom passed away we donated many things to Goodwill but they would not take an end table as it had minor water damage from lack of using a coaster. I saved the table and with a light sanding and some Minwax it looks as good as new. It's solid wood and I love it.

My husband cleaned out a rental and was taking the contents to the dump. I asked him to pull a glass top coffee table (the glass was broken) off of the trailer. It was carved pretty around the top and I removed the legs and built shelves and placed from side to side, painted and repurposed into a beautiful spice rack. I use a lot of spices so it was perfect.

Your bowl is a Fenton. I have the pink one just like it that was my grandmothers. I set it out every year at Christmas filled with the old bulbs from their tree light string. So pretty and simple, yet so special.

This video hit on a word that I think is SO IMPORTANT -- contentment! I think this is the key to a frugal life. A person who isn't contented is always looking for it and many succumb to buying to meet this need. Thanks for the reminder.

I've been making cloth napkins with leftover fabrics I have on hand. The more eclectic, the better!

I will try the bread thanks. I never have eaten at the Cheesecake Factory. I will try and remember the tip from your viewer, the 2week rule. One thing I do for stretching the toothpaste is, folding up up & using a box clip to hold it. Than as it appears that all the product is squeezed out. Oh no it isn’t, remove the box clip, unfold 2-3 times, use scissors cut off the bottom, squeeze sides to open up the tube, and 3-4 more brushing so 1 1/2 more days. Waving to you from Michigan

Oh my goodness I’ve repurposed for so long and rednecked different things into useful things. Right now I’ve been going overboard on extra insulation which can mean thinking outside the box for sure! The nylons are also great to store onions in and hang in a dark place to keep longer. Tie a knot drop in an onion and repeat. That way they are all getting air each. I love your blouse❤️

You saved me from going to the store with your oatmeal bread recipe! I'm making chicken noodle soup for dinner and was thinking I needed to go buy a box of saltines. With prices today, I'd pay two to three dollars. Since I bake regularly, I had all the ingredients on hand. I used my bread machine, so my work time was just a few minutes. The recipe you linked includes bread machine instructions. I just began a No Spend Week this morning, so you helped me not spend and I'll have a yummy loaf of bread. Win win! ❤️❤️❤️

What a great find!! The bowl reminds me of a mermaid. So pretty 🤩. The oat bread looks delicious.

Something I am working on “just” recently is knitting. My sister gave me a huge garbage size bag full of yarn of all colors and textures. I decided to knit scarves and hats. We make up ziplock bags filled with misc things like toothpaste, toothbrushes, snack bags or bars, mittens, hand sanitizers, socks etc to donate around December. We collect things here and there when on sale. The homemade scarves can be added to the bags and / or Christmas family donations. I should be done before December

Dear Emmy, I am baking every weekend bread or bread rolls. I love to do this. Your recipe looks great! I will try it! My first frugal blessing "for free" is to use the old garden of my parents in law, who died 6 years ago. In this big garden we grow lots of potatoes, peas, beans, cale and so much more for our great family. It is always a family event when we are there and share all the harvest. Yesterday, for example, we harvested 30 kg of potatoes, tons of apples and plums and planted 5 big rows of little strawberry plants (for free from my own garden), garlic and winter salads. Our second frugal blessing was a little sports equipment, which we have got for free from a neighbour. Now we can do some exercises in our pantry in the basement of our house. By the way, you are looking so beautyful with your hair❤.

I want to try your oat bread with raisins! Or cranberries!

It appears that your lovely little vase is a Fenton hobnail vase. It's beautiful! Good find! Blessings Abound.

My new favorite old is a small clipped article from 1940s I recently found between my grandmother's cookbooks. Pantry cakes. It didn't give any recipes, but it reminded women that you can make crumble cakes (thick pie crust bottom, some filling or thick jam and crumble on top) and store them airtight in cooler pantries and you can serve them up piece at a time for a month. As they are largely sugar, flour and lard/butter - they age well and harden up enough to cut them neatly. They were suggestions of making 2 cakes with different filling and cutting them up in portions so you can give your family a piece of cake every other day with their soup to cheer them up. I think it is actually a very nice idea, because most recipes suitable for it, like poppyseed cake, tend to be quite sweet and wholesame so you cut them in rather small pieces per serving. Goes well with the patch cooking too.

Hi Emmy and Paul. Glad you are home safely. We are saving glass and plastic food containers where we can for future use. Enjoy your weekend.

Great video Emmy and Paul....so good. Love the idea of a simpler time. Something I found a long side someone's trash: It was a 3 panel screen, you know the kind you open to use as a room divider and in the old days, some ladies would dress behind ..I found one of those. The fabric on it was very thin and tore in a few spots. What I use it for: when I want to have my front door open for fresh air or cool air, I will set it up in front of the open door and it keeps my dogs from seeing out and barking at everything. If the screen wasn't there, the dogs would bark at people walking by or a cat crossing our yard or the mailman.... It's a perfect solution. And one of these days, I will re-cover it and make it pretty again.

In preparation for Grid Down, examples and recipes using NO electricity or commercial fuels, and rather, other means such as open fire, twig hobo stove, fireplace etc. would be VERY helpful! That time and need IS coming!

Love the idea of keeping the house clean. It is much easier to stay home and admire your hard work.

About 15 years ago my husband found an antique sewing machine table at the side of the road. He brought it home and put it in the basement and years later when my daughter moved out it became a lovely piece in her living room. One person‘s trash is another person‘s treasure!

Oh my goodness, that candy bowl or whatever it was intended to be is beautiful. My favorite color!!!

Girl I love youre blouse..Greetings from the Netherlands. 🇳🇱❤🇳🇱

I have been using bacon grease for several years now. It's great for cooking eggs in or browning diced potatoes for home fries! Recently, I decided to render chicken fat, like my grandmotherused to do. I cut off the skin and excess fat from chicken thighs and boiled them in a nonstick deep pot. I brought it to a low boil then simmered about an hour until the skin was dark brown and crispy and the fat was clear. I put it in a glass bowl until the fat cooled and then removed the crispy skin. I store the cooled fat in old, clean sour cream containers (it turns white cooled). The rendered chicken fat I use in cooking rice (instead of butter) and it's delicious. I also melt a couple of tablespoons and drizzle over root veggies, add spices and roast in the oven. I keep extra raw chicken fat and skin in baggies in my freezer to render as needed. I use a lot less store butter now.

I make sure I have my phone with me at all times. I am my husband's full time caregiver and he has limited mobility so I'm at home most of the time. But we both have brothers and sisters who are aging and we worry about them and I never know when one of our health care people will call about something and I'm always so afraid of missing calls. (We save money without a land line.) But I've decided that on the weekends I'm going to stop doing that. We always wait a period of time before we purchase anything. Partly to make sure we really need it but also to give us time to find the best deal if we really do need it. That's the first thing I did this morning - clean up the clutter! I had important paperwork to deal with and clutter would have not been conducive to concentrating as I needed to do. In the evening when we're watching TV I ignore my phone and shut my computer off. I think it's helpful for getting to sleep, too. The bread would be delicious toasted! That bowl is beautiful! Good eye, Emmy! The only thing I can think of that I repurposed lately are containers that my SIL got from Bob Evans recently when they came out from Colorado for a visit. She and my brother bought dinner to go there for all of us one evening. I use the containers for leftovers and to freeze things for later. They work great! Another informative vlog. Thanks, guys! 😊