Oh look! A bonus! Two blog posts in one day! I hate to break my track record of spotty posting but I just cannot help but share my excitement! Last night I made sure I took a shower before bed. I brushed my teeth, applied face moisturizer and body cream, and dried my hair. Then, I selected an outfit and hung it…
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I have been on a personal color analysis journey for a long time and over the years, I have chronicled my interest and experiences on this blog. Today I want to share some updates with you on where I am now. As I noted here , my color analyst had reassessed me as a Soft Summer using the True Colour International d…
Happy Monday, everyone! I thought I would pop in with a progress update on my first challenge. If you recall from my last post , these are the items I want to focus on in the next two weeks. Daily Household Routines Get up with the alarm. Make the bed every morning. Establish breakfast menus. Bathe or shower…
As I mentioned in my last post, I want to spend 2018 developing new habits and routines to help streamline my home and life using methodology from the 1930s and 40s, an effort I am simply calling the 2018 Project. Here are the things I want to accomplish in my first challenge: Daily Household Routines Get up wi…
As always, another year has seemed to fly by. The end of one year and beginning of another is often a time of reflection. 2017 was another busy year for us and we accomplished quite a few things. My mom came over and helped me paint the hallway one Saturday. In early spring, we decided to upgrade to a larger RV fo…
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Hi and welcome to Grasshopper Homestead. I live in East Texas in the rural countryside with my beloved husband and a menagerie of pets and farm animals. A lifelong fascination with learning about the way things used to be is the inspiration behind my efforts to step back in time in little ways each day. A lover of the simple country life, I am creative, industrious, introspective, and a sucker for a flea market. Join me as I aspire to create a vintage country life.
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DAILY EVENING ROUTINE
1. Bathe or shower
2. Select clothes for the next day
3. Into bed & lights out by 9 p.m., 9:30 at the latest
DAILY MORNING ROUTINE
1. Wake up with alarm at 4 a.m.
2. Get dressed.
3. Fix face, do hair.
4. Wake J & R up by 5 a.m.
5. Cook breakfast
6. Make bed before leaving.
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The Shadow Rising
by Robert Jordan
by Robert Jordan