As part of my 2018 Project, I am spending a lot of time organizing and decluttering. Figuring out what to keep and what to let go of has brought to light the different ideas my husband and I have on what the house should look like and what level of clutter or "stuff" is acceptable and/or tolerable. It is j…
Part of Challenge #1 included establishing some breakfast menus that I could post inside the kitchen cabinet and follow each month. When Jitterbug started to follow a 1940s breakfast routine, she chose to use menus published in The American Woman's Cook Book , edited by Ruth Berolzheimer (Chicago: Consolidated …
This past weekend, I mixed up my homemade laundry detergent. I once had someone ask me why I would take the trouble to do that when I could just grab a bottle or box off the shelf. This individual had a valid point. However, I originally started it because it made me feel close to my ancestors and the ways of old. …
I grew up in a middle-class household. Both of my parents worked full-time and they only had one child, but money was certainly not growing on trees in our backyard. My parents, especially my mother, were very cautious about spending money. We lived a modest life but never without our basic needs fulfilled, thanks …
Lyneisa
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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I am sorry I have been so quiet on the blog lately. I will be posting some updates on the kitchen remodel and garden soon, and I do have a couple of new sewing projects to share as well. For the last month, though…
