HOW TO FIND FRUGAL CONTENTMENT IN YOUR HOME! FRUGAL OLD FASHIONED SIMPLE LIVING!
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- Save Money and still be content! Learn the habits that will help you achieve contentment during your frugal journey! We show you real life ways to bring contentment to your life! Simple, easy, practical ways to feel satisfied and happy while spending less money! Money saving hints and tips! Early retirement debt free couple shows you how you can have a full abundant life with less money! Living a debt free life is possible by simple budgeting and not over spending!
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I love you two so much! I find contentment knowing that I am a child of God. Without Christ there really isn’t any true contentment. My home, chickens , garden, family bring me much joy. Simplicity is what I desire most. Learning this is a challenge. God bless you both.
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Beautiful... He is all we really need... 💙🙏💙
Very well said Jenny! Thank you! God Bless you as well, thank you!
Amen!❤
I am 74 years and work at our library which I love! But, I happen to have 6 days off in a row so I’m working on some projects: cleaning up my flower 26:35 🎉 beds, making barbecue sauce and pizza sauce from my garden tomatoes, making cucumber relish from our cucs, catching up on the ironing and reorganizing my sewing/guest room. These projects give me great joy! Yes, even the ironing because I’m watching your video as I iron!!
And…I’m only 2 days into my staycation!
I am so jealous you work at your library! 😊 When I was a kid, I volunteered at the library and LOVED it. I worked in a bookstore in my teen years. I love libraries. Eventually I see myself volunteering in older age again at a library or being involved somehow on a library board. Libraries are safe spaces and bring me such comfort. ❤️
Bless your heart for working at the library. I love the library!
So wonderful Connie! Thanks for sharing!
I’m a retired RN….while I loved taking care of patients, contentment is now staying home, completing projects, knitting, cooking and otherwise, taking care of my home….and watching you, Paul and Dixie….thank you for being there….
I can understand this I’m a nurse in scotland and it’s very hard going . I have so. I have so much contentment when I’m on my days off x
Me too .
Carolyn, thank you! Yes, being home is a true blessing!
Carolyn my story is the same as yours…. retired RN love being home and knitting, sewing and looking forward to Emmy and Paul’s videos🎉
I’m also an RN currently working part time after working 38 years full time. I just enjoy being home and content with what I have. I exercise and read each day to help keep my body and mind healthy.
I'm a homebody for sure. My umbilical cord only goes to the mailbox! We have 5 acres to tend to and I'm always doing something or changing around something inside the house. Such joy!
LOL! I love that!!
I’ve had some major health issues over the years, and what I’ve found to bring contentment is to watch and fill my mind with content like yours or homemaking/cleaning channels. It inspires me to get up, move, tackle projects, clean and be grateful for what I have even if I can’t work outside my home.
I sympathize. I’ve lost years to my ill health, and when I am able to I try to do things but these videos help me keep going :) I try one goal per day. My list is huge but if I can accomplish just one goal I am happy.
Cristy, such a wonderful attitude! Thanks for sharing!
We found contentment at home when we stopped decorating and arranging our home like it was "supposed" to be and instead made it work for our interests. We have a small home and crammed our past times into cluttered corners for years, out of the way. But why should our interests that we love be out of the way? We decided we wanted an art studio instead of a living room set-up, so that's what we did. Life changing! If we have guests, we make it work, but most of the time it's just us and our projects. Much happier!
Smart, practical, and fun!
I did the same thing with my wool spinning. It’s your home and your life. Make it work for you!
YES!! Brilliant idea History!
I love that! I've been struggling with how to incorporate what I love and what makes me happy into my house while having things set up like I'm "supposed to". Your post has inspired me to look with fresh eyes and make my house a home for me. Anyone who is welcome to visit should understand and not judge for it being uniquely mine. Thank you ❤
Hi Emmy and Paul. Since moving into Hospice care, I have found contentment in just being home. I was so tired of hospitals and nursing homes. I am content being in my own space, fixing my own meals and just enjoying the quiet of being home. You have a whole new perspective on your surroundings and on what brings you peace.
Hi Lori ! 👋👋
I will pray for your healing. 🙏
Prayers!
Your comment touched my heart. My husband is battling lung & kidney cancer, he has always been very independent but now has to rely on me and I try really hard to keep him from falling and being safe in our home. It’s my privilege to be here for him. I also know that I have to take care of myself in order to take care of him.
Oh Lori we continue to pray for you daily! Your attitude is amazing! God Bless you!
My husband and I have a phrase we often use, “tweaking our systems “. That means making little changes to improve how we do things, store things, etc. So Paul was tweaking your systems, with your under sink storage. So satisfying.
Today my husband and I froze sweet corn. His nephew (he is our neighbor) grows a lot of sweet corn each year. It is a hobby that he enjoys, he shares the corn with family, friends and even has an evening when he invites co-workers to bring their families out to the farm so the kids can run around and everyone can pick sweet corn. When I say he plants a lot of sweet corn, I mean he plants A LOT of sweet corn. Ha, ha.
Anyway, my husband picked 4 dozen ears early this morning and helped me husk it. Then I took over, blanching and cooling it. I now have 18 pints of delicious sweet corn in my freezer.
We are in our 70’s and are no longer able to have the large vegetable garden we used to. So we are blessed to have an opportunity to preserve food, even in a small way.
Thank you for being encouragers!
Oh how wonderful Carolyn! 18 pints of corn!! YAY!
My contentment comes from snuggling my sweet, senior rescue dachshunds. Happy to report my boys were at the vet Wednesday (one for annual shots, and both got blood work--one an annual check and the other for pre-op dental screening). Both their blood work was great. Yoda's thyroid level was low so he was started on a very inexpensive medication abd we will recheck his level next month. The boys are 14 and 15. The vet was shocked at how healthy their blood work was! I am so grateful!❤️❤️
YAY! Rosemary it's so wonderful to hear from you! Thanks for watching!
Your pups are so lucky to have you! You seem like such a loving doggie mom. 🥰
You are in my Top 3 FAVORITE TH-cam channels! You have helped me so much to be ok with staying home, cooking all our meals, and being content with what we have. We love to garden, and do home projects to beautify our house. We have a little home gym in the garage we love to workout every morning together and focus on health and activity. Here are some quotes I love: Own less, want less. Look around, all that clutter use to be money. Don't let your ice cream melt while you are counting someone else's sprinkles.
Cindy, thanks so very much for the kind words!! Love that last quote lol! So true!
Thanks again Emmy & Paul for reminding us in this world of hyper-inflation, things that are thrown out by others can be repurposed . I have a dirty shelf over my washer and dryer. I took a flowery yellow, bright contact paper and lined it. It matches the wall, and now I enjoy looking at it proudly, knowing I did the right thing!! I am so grateful for my home and you and Paul showed me that I don't have to hire someone for small jobs. May God greatly bless you both for being encouragers!!!🤩
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching Juanita! God Bless!
Currently what brings me joy and contentment is restocking my canning cupboard with this year's garden harvest. All of my months of hard work have paid off, and we have wonderful food to enjoy over the winter months. I am canning up lots of roasted tomato sauce, as well as bread and butter pickles, and sweet pickle relish, and some pickled peppers.
Oh how wonderful Elizabeth!
Hello Emmy and Paul.
I love keeping house. Finding new purpose for old items instead of just throwing them away.
Finding new things to do with leftovers to save waste.
Then, when I go out of the safety of my home, it's easier to resist temptation..
Hugs and blessings with love from Leicester England xx
So true Karen! Love right back! Thank you!
I have been decluttering my home for about six months, and it is so freeing and surprisingly easy. Clothes, purses, books and kitchenware have all taken a major editing hit. By editing down clothes, for instance, I got from two dressers down to one in my bedroom, freeing up more walking space and breathing room. I wish I had done it years ago.
Wonderful!
Contentment, knowing I've done the best I can to honor the Lord in my home and in my life. That's all that really matters as I see it. A relationship with the Lord brings contentment because I know it is well with my soul. God Bless 💖✝👑🙏
Cindy, so very true!
I was just gifted 4 dozen “peaches and cream” corn in the cob. Needless to say, we processed for the freezer and got 11 quarts. I am still working on my massive canning projects but I am so content when I look in my canning room and see all the products I made for a few cents each.
sounds like a dream! I would love a pantry for my canning.
Rachele, how wonderful!
I just have to say I love reading the comments on your videos as much as the videos themselves! When I come here I feel like I’ve found “my people.” Thank you, Emmy and Paul, for creating this community 😍
Aren't our viewers amazing!
Instead of rewriting recipe from magazine/newspaper just glue on a card.
My Mom did that, but she used the plain white index cards. She said she wanted to use the pretty ones to write out for her box and to write out to give to someone. Mom said in the forties, they did a letter called "a round robin" you wrote your letter, and included a recipe. It was addressed to the first person. Then that person read your letter and they would write a letter and a recipe. Then both letters were enclosed together and sent to the next one in line, who read the two letters and then wrote her own and include hers and mailed the three to the next one. Eventually the stack of letters and recipes got back to the beginning person who got to read them all. Then take out her first letter and write a new one and it would go again. And they got passed along so they all read them. It was so precious when she proudly showed me her stacks of letters and recipes. Some would copy them and put in duplicates all with the pretty index cards. One of my Aunt's always included a joke or two. Another one was very artistic she drew on her recipe cards. One gave helpful hints, like "sugar curls" and homemade starch for ironing. One wrote scripture on her cards. Another sent seeds from her own garden. They would all be caught up and have new recipes to tryout. With technology we've lost so much....
@@coffeepotmommah7291that's a wonderful way of keeping a friend/family group in touch and keeping things interesting in the kitchen too.
I don't think I know enough people who regularly collect recipes and cook to even make a Round Robin group. Definitely not enough who know each other for sure.
What a sweet treasure those letters must be for you to read.
That's a better option in terms of time and effort, but it'd be less pretty and I think Emmy would miss the pretty.
Im still decluttering. Find joy in donating nice items to our local thrift stores or giving to a neighbor. Then im perfectly content to sit on my front porch with my cats and read a book, or flip through magazines or watch my favorite youtube channels such as " Frugal Money Saver". God bless!
YAY! Love that Patricia! God Bless you as well, thanks!
That soup/stew looks amazing! We find contentment in the small things, such as sitting on the patio and watching the wildlife, watching the youngsters in the neighborhood learn to ride a bike, attending a free concert at a park close to our home and cleaning and organizing. Thank you both for another amazing video. God bless.
God Bless you as well, thank you!
Lately, I have been finding contentment and satisfaction downsizing my “stuff”. After living in this house for over 40 years, it is definitely time! I donate the nice items, throw out the junky stuff!! This is going to be an ongoing project for quite a while, but it’s definitely bringing me joy to finally be doing it!!
Nice! I had a tough time getting started with decluttering at first but the more I do it the easier it becomes to let go of things. I always worried what if I would need it later, but if it isn't used now, or something that makes me smile when I see it I don't need it and if I need it in the future I can find another one of most things.
It's freeing to not have all the "stuff" taking up space in the house and in my thoughts.
Hey guys, would you be kind enough to take a photo of the solar garden lights at night for us to see? The garden looks beautiful during the day ,I can only imagine what it looks like in the evening. Blessings to you and yours as well ❤
Absolutely! Blessings right back!
I would like to see that too ❤😊
I have taken a chair in a favorite spot and made a Bible study and reading nook. I have a nice lamp, my Bibles and commentaries and things around me that make me happy.
What a cozy idea Cathy!
I love my flower and vegetable gardens, walking my dogs, mowing the lawn, going to the library with my granddaughters and picking out books to read to them, and baking zucchini bread. Life is good. You just have to look for it. Have a great weekend.
YES! Well said!
I feel so contented when I’ve cleaned and polished my home especially the kitchen and bathroom.hanging up clean towels and new soap . Also I change around my cushions and throws and move my plants to give a new look,best of all I don’t have to spend any money only elbow grease and time 😅☘️
Yes, little changes add so much!
My contentment comes from creating unique gifts for my family and friends. Most recently, I created a “family tree” coffee mug design for my cousin’s daughter and her husband for the birth of their daughter. I ordered the mugs for my cousin and his wife, his daughter and her husband, and the in-laws. I design and send birthday, holiday and sympathy cards. Specifically, I send sympathy cards to all public safety agencies which have lost a member in the line of duty, as well as their families.
Enjoy canning, drying out herbs and making quilts. My husband and I like to collect new tits fur Toys fur Tots
What a lovely idea Debbie!
In this world of a lot of discontentment, untruthfulness and just plain mean heartedness, your videos are uplifting, encouraging and just plain joy. Thank you so much. Bless you both.
You are so welcome! Thank you Joann for the very kind words!
I found myself smiling and feeling content watching this video. You and Paul have that effect on a lot of people! ❤
So very kind to say Janet!
I love to organize and take pride in keeping tidy! I don’t lose track of things! I care for all that I own and feel grateful for every single thing in my home. And I thought of you, Emmy, when I blessed some folks at our local thrift store! Brand new items that have sat unused for 3 years all were donated!! 🙏
Good for you, I do the same.
That's wonderful Eleanor!
I'm a single, 64-year-old, retired RN. I love being at home in my 900 sq ft condo, "Rose Cottage." I have a 12-year-old rescue cat, SmokeyRose, who brings me so much joy. I find contentment in simple things: Sitting on my patio, admiring my flowers. Washing dishes by hand (no room in my tiny condo for a dishwasher). Tending to my vegetables and herbs in my container garden. Trying out new recipes (I will be making that corn chowder soon). Watching your videos is one of my favorite pastimes. I feel content and satisfied when I stay within my grocery budget by shopping the loss leaders and markdowns. I just love living a simple lifestyle. Blessings
Sabrina wonderful! Such a great attitude!
I would love to score a find like you did with the recipe cannister and cards. $4.00 is just a steal. Wow, that chowder is perfect for the winter months coming up. You guys make me look forward to retirement. We have about a year or so until we are able to retire. We are praying that we are healthy enough to do the things we are planning to do.
We pray the same for you! I'm sure you'll enjoy it thoroughly!
Im enjoying listening while processing the neverending garden goodies!! This brings contentment!! And no chemicals! We make our own breads and raise our own meat too.
We do too. Coming into spring here in Australia 🇦🇺 so I am starting to plant my summer veggies. I am inspired to can heaps again this year. 🩷
Wonderful! I wish I could find a local meat supplier!
I don’t know how much money it saves but it brings me contentment. We never buy apples, strawberries or foods we can make with them from the grocery store. Every year we go to pick what we can at local farms. Then I make everything from pies to jams, butters, applesauce and dehydrate fruits for snacks throughout the year. I love looking forward to what we can go pick ourselves each season and then cooking with it.
Love that! What fun too!
A made bed - essential for a good day ahead
Agreed!
Being home in the little world we have created is pure joy to me. Gardens, animals, skills learned and put to good use and the time to read and paint, too. What’s not to be grateful for? Lovely message. Looking forward to our first corn chowder as fall settles in. I ‘throw’ mine together as a result of watching my mother..nothing written down. Susan
I love corn chowder too
Susan, Thanks for watching!
What brings us contentment is sitting on our front porch and watching the birds frolic in our bird bath. Simple but it brings such peace and contentment
Yes, the simple pleasures!
I failed to mention in my previous comment that the family room that my husband put on the back of our home now gives us the joy of being able to watch our chickens in their Coop and area our goats. Also a chocolate lab who loves to run around in the backyard. We're able to see fox come through deer, and other wildlife. It's very relaxing
Oh that's so wonderful!
Found contentment this week by using up some odds and ends to make a fish pie from scratch. Had a couple of fillets of frozen fish, bag of mixed frozen veg, a couple of potatoes. I defrosted the fish and the veg, threw together a white sauce, made mash, assembled the pie and grated cheese on the top. 40 minutes in the oven. Delicious.
That is awesome! Sounds great!
Thank you Emmy and Paul for another wonderful video as always! I find the most contentment in my garden. Not only is it beautiful to sit in and enjoy, but it always feel the most rewarding eating the vegetables and herbs that come from it. I love to wake up in the morning and pick my cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers and in the evening snip off herbs for my meals.
So wonderful!
I have all my recipes in my computer. When i had a printer, i printed out. I have all the hard copies in binders. If i made a recipe I liked from a cook book, I recorded it in my computer with ratings. excellent, very good good, fair. I stopped typing up fair recipes. I am content to cook & sew, read, do crossword puzzles, score my favorite baseball team and watch British mysteries and detective stories. Every once and a while I will do a crochet project. I am never bored.
Sounds great! Yes, boredom is not an issue here either lol!
Being outside in my backyard brings me so much contentment. Tending my veggie babies, listening to my hens chattering, pulling weeds and neatening things up brings me joy and a vital feeling of connection with God’s beautiful Earth.
I’m having a big no-waste food week, starting this morning. I had signed up to bring some snacks for our church social hour. In looking through my freezer drawer I found some frozen berries and half a loaf of homemade bread. I cut the bread into cubes, mixed it with the berries, half a dozen eggs, milk and cinnamon and voilà- French Toast cups baked this morning in muffin tin liners. They were a huge hit! Last night I used a ball of pie dough and mozzarella cheese from the freezer to make a Tomato Basil Tart. The rest of this week is devoted to using more contents from that drawer as well as the veggies still coming in from the garden. I haven’t needed a major grocery run for weeks and that’s a great timesaver ⏰
Brilliant! Love that!
We are currently in our summer home in Greece. I have really enjoyed repurposing an old worn out tablecloth into an apron and a bread basket with still some fabric leftover for other projects that might come up :)
Oh wonderful projects!
Hi Emmy and Paul, For your recipes.....if you have ones that you want to keep the actual paper (may have been hand written or have pictures) you can find photo albums with the peelback pages or the replacement pages and use a 3 ring binder. It allows you to place them together by type and is a wipable surface in the kitchen. The rest you can copy onto the beautiful cards you found.
My contentment is 2 fold, first I am content when i pay all my bills, that is such a relief. Second, I feel contentment when I have what I need at home to keep me fed and occupied if I could not get out to the store or other places for enjoyment. I am a homebody to the core so having it all here makes me smile and I can sit back and relax.
Have a great day and as always thank you for your content. I absolutely love your channel.
Holly your comment are always so encouraging! Thank you! I am a homebody as well!
I love staying home, weaving and listening to music. So thankful for this hobby.
Wonderful!
I love when you do the refrigerator clean out videos. You are the queen of using leftover food! Thank you. 😊❤
LOL! I'll take that title! Thank you!
Hi, nice to meet you, I am new here. ( smiles) What time is dinner, I will be there,my mouth was watering.. hugs
Welcome to this lovely community!!! Emmy and Paul are amazing!!!! So real and encouraging 😊
Welcome Sheryl! So happy you found us! Thank you!
Hello,it is nice to meet you also.@@creativelycountry1617
Peace ful loving home being organise surrounded with like minded family crochetting making coffee cup tea y lynch dinner at home soending time with my kitten oytside in back yard in a nice day ❤
Perfection Kerry!
I make Quilts out of old clothes and Blue Jeans. It peaceful to just sit and sew away and make something you can snuggle with up on the couch. I do zero waste! If I have any leftover veggies, for something that can go into a soup or stew, I cut it up and put it in a zip lock bag and freeze it till I am ready or the bag gets full, to make a pot of soup. Nothing gets wasted. I save all different size glass jars. and reuse them for other things. There are so many uses for Glass jars. I love watching your channel, I always learn something new every time I watch you both. Thank you for sharing!!! keep on smiling!!!
Nancy, greetings from Germany. I do a lot of things similar to you. Reuse old clothes, small quilts for dementia patients, rag rug for my home. Mason jars for pretty much everything and and and
Thank you Nancy! You are so welcome!
Hi Paul and Emmy! My Husband Richard and I are early retirees , he retired in 2015 at 52 due to some health issues and I in 2020 during the pandemic. I’m 59 and am still trying to find contentment in our home . I do get a lot of enjoyment and encouragement from your channel. I have to say that this Summer planting and gardening and making our yard look more beautiful has really helped me find this. I’m still learning to be more frugal and recently started thrifting vs going out and buying new things. I’m trying to make our home more comfortable and relaxing. I’m grateful to be able to be home and enjoy my time with Richard, our family and Friends. ❤
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and share Lisa
I’ve been finding such joy and contentment in my prayer time and bible study. Even though the study is for adults, I read it out loud for my kids. I pray out loud so they know how to pray, as in we pray for the needs of others and thank Him for our many blessings. We talk about the Bible verses, expecting all about how we can utilize the verses in our own lives! I am finding peace in having a closer walk with Jesus and being a better mother m to my boys. My husband is happy we got the bat out of our home. The boys were very content that they got their first set of colored pencils….which kept them occupied for a few hours. I’m dealing with some sort of cough/sinus issue so I really needed a few extra hours to nap with them being quiet.
Jennifer, very well said. That's the truth!
I garden, crochet, enjoy organizing too. I like my books and reading them. I keep a calendar/appointment book that I write/record daily tasks. Just enjoy sitting in my home with how I decorated it, its quietness, my cats. Looking out at the birds/critters visiting. Those recipe cards filled out and the box would make a great gift to a newlywed or someone leaving home for the first time.
Oh yes it would !
My Mother just passed and I'm going through her things. My Sister and I were adopted and it brings back the magical childhood my Mother and Father provided us. Every treasure I find, brings me such contentment of how blessed my Sister and I were.
Kelly, I am so very sorry for your loss! What wonderful memories!
Boy was I looking forward to this video. I just finished watching it. I have contentment in many things. Lately it’s finishing pending diy projects that were delayed since Spring. As I finish, materials go back to their place. And I feel better. I enjoy having a pretty garden. It’s nice when everything is deadheaded and weed free. I need more perennials but our garden store closed. I will look for Rose of Sharon. I need August flowers.
Lastly, I enjoy fall and winter decor. So when fall hits, I put my wreath up, front porch decor, fall bouquets, change out the linens and make wreaths from my vines. I harvest the garden and do canning.
Jane, love this! Every season has it's own beauty!
Oh my gosh, Emmy! Did you come into my house to find those recipes? I have a couple of stacks that look just like that. Good luck with that project. That soup looks so good!!
Thanks Alice LOL!
I love working in my gardens and weaving rag rugs with old tshirts I get from garage sales.
Oh I bet those rag rugs are lovely!
Peace in the home coming through the door brings me a lot of contentment, life is so busy these days it is nice just to have peace and quiet.
Isn't that the truth!
I have several things that bring me contentment. First off, it is starting my day with my Savior, thanking him for bringing me through another night and praising him for the many blessings He has given me. Next, I am an avid reader, so sitting down with a good book and cup of tea brings me contentment.
As I do a lot of crocheting, I like to take my leftover yarn and make lapghans for the local Hospice. They are very grateful when they receive them.
And lastly, making my bed every morning. If I don’t get anything else accomplished during the day, at least I have that done.
Great video ! Loved that you have my favorite flowers sitting on your counter!!
Sheila wonderful comment! Thanks!
Love your recipe project. Similarly, I created a book with a white 3-ring binder with plastic sheets. I used post-it notes to create dividers. Like you, I try to waste as little food as little. Every 2 weeks, I make a “clean out the refrigerator soup” which is both healthy and frugal. Never heard of corncob broth - great idea!
Would you mind sharing the base for your soup please? Thank you! ❤
Thanks for watching Alisa!
We find contentment in our favorite hobby: square dancing! We've made so many friends and have so much fun. Everyone brings a snack and admission to the dance is only 6 dollars per person for a whole night of fun! Of course we pay a babysitter too, but it's worth it and a super fun date night 😊❤
What fun! Sounds great!
I am very content at home. I find it a full time job to take care of home, the garden and helping family. Animals also add to my contentment. I think contentment partly comes from gratitude. Your videos are really a blessing.xx
YES! Gratitude is 99.9% contentment!
Contentment for me is napping with the cat. We both love our afternoon cat naps. Xo
Oh my gosh the best!
I find contentment in watching and feeding the squirrels in my backyard every morning. They benefit from the nuts I give them; I benefit from watching them while I drink my morning coffee. I have found that watching these little cuties bring me a great deal of joy!
So true!! They are such gifts!
I don’t own a home, and with the craziness of housing prices, I don’t know if I ever will. I have been really trying to be thankful for having my necessities and even some wants. I’d love to have a home, garden, etc. I live in an apartment with no outdoor space. Being content for me is remembering that there are pro’s & cons to most things, and I need to be thankful for what I have, and find ways to be around nature despite not having my own home/yard, etc. We have so many luxuries that others do not, so being content shouldn’t be hard, but we need to remind ourselves of the blessings we do have and not take it for granted. Thanks Emmy & Paul.
Wonderfully said!
I like how the mirror reflects more beauty in your garden.
Thank you so much!
Your recipe file box would go great in your quiet bag.
Oh yes!
Contentment is making or cooking something that brings others joy.
Love that!
Cleaning my home always brings me contentment. Lately I have been making writing journals along with kits to decorate them. Most of the supplies I get free from my local ReUse centre. They will be donated to inner city school and Boys & Girls Club for the kids to have fun creating with. I love the feeling of turning old papers and greeting cards into a fun journal.
What a creative and clever idea!
Question of the day: I find I'm more content when I plan extra time for the tasks of the day ... that way, I can do what needs done at a slower, more peaceful pace.
For example, supper is served at 6 - I usually meal plan a day in advance, sometimes a few days (when my children were all still at home, I'd meal plan for 1 week at a time). I do what I can earlier in the day and then begin the rest at 5 pm. Usually it will only take me a half hour, but that's if I rush. Rushing stresses me out, so knowing what I'm making, doing some ahead of time, and then starting at 5 to be ready by 6 means I'm actually ready and relaxed by 6.
I do the same with laundry and cleaning - allow extra time so I'm relaxed instead of stressed.
Wonderful tip!
Everything in my home brings contentment. If it doesn’t, I get rid of it. I make my home my sanctuary and in it are items that bring me joy and contentment. One of my favorite things is my art. I have art on my walls from my mom, my friends, or other artists I enjoy. Every time I see it, I smile. I think about the person who made it. I admire its beauty. It puts me in a happy mood.
So true, that is such a good point!
Being organized brings me contentment!
Yes, me too!
I love y'all's channel! When things are not going well you remind me to be thankful for what I have.Thank y'all!
You are so kind Lashay! Thank you!
Not getting up early and facing traffic to go to work as I am retired . My husband and I both enjoy our crafts . For me it is sewing , crochet and knitting and machine embroidery . For my husband it is woodwork . Another pleasure is finding frugal finds on food , fruit and vegetables and then like you both finding recipes that I can use . Loved the corn chowder too .
Thanks for sharing Mary!! Wonderful!
I find contentment at our dining room with wrap around windows, we watch the birds visiting our garden and the flowers swaying in the breeze.
Sounds like perfection!
Frugal win of the week… zero waste breakfast burritos. I took five slices of bacon, one cup of instant brown rice, some frozen fajita vegetable, eggs, and some left over tortillas from fajita night. It made a total of ten burritos. We ate some for breakfast this morning and then I made the rest of them up, wrapped them individually in aluminum foil and placed in ziploc bags. For the next week, I now have a quick breakfast that can be reheated in the toaster oven for my husband to eat on his way to work. Normally, those few slices of bacon would have probably been thrown out because it wasn’t enough for us to eat for breakfast like we normally do, but by crumbling it up and adding it to eggs and rice, I stretched it and my husband said they were the best I’ve ever made! ❤
YAY! WIN! Thanks for sharing Myra!
I so enjoyed this video. You two are a breath of fresh air! It’s like visiting with old friends that have much in common!
My husband and I find extreme contentment puttering around our home with big and little projects. We also enjoyed visiting in our backyard on our patio, enjoying nature.
Yummy recipe!
Thank you for your channel being a bright spot in our lives!
So kind as always Mary! Thank you so much!
All of us have a "cook book" like that! Mine is in a manila envelope.
That chowder is amazing 😍!!
And, yes... contentment. Decluttering, cleaning and organizing, plus, getting projects like your recipe project done, bring contentment! ❤️
Exactly Jonna!
I have my Mom's book of clipped and copied recipes. They have notes and splashes on them. It brings me so much joy. I remember her sorting through it looking for a recipe and how happy she'd be when she found one she forgot about.
I am the most content with my home well organized, with areas set for creative projects, family togetherness, and relaxation. Oh does that make me feel content and happy.
Michelle yes!
This year I took the Family garden over. My kids who live with me still are working now and I have retired, And a recent widow. My contentment is finding ways to make my garden better.(Buckets for the win, planted zucchini, And bush beans in buckets, had the biggest crop of both we’ve ever had) fact, this year’s been the best garden we’ve ever had. My happy place right now is out in the garden, and I’m enjoying finding new ways of using the The produce. (I have never made corn chowder or even had it so your recipe today is going into my we’re gonna try that next week list )Up to the last two years it’s just been a hobby garden this year. It’s a survival garden and we haven’t wasted very much at all this year. I am really proud of us. We’re getting it into the dehydrators in the freezers And we’ve tried more canning this year. We even did dandelion jelly lol.
Oh how wonderful! Good for you!!
Hi Emmy ,
I am content preparing home made meals .
As I cook , having in mind health I cook fresh and nutritious .
I love deco my home with things I have but I arrange it differently .
I buy things that are affordable for my economy and really enjoy them for a very long time .
I enjoyed your vid as I share same values in life .
God bless Emmy and Paul and family 😊✨
Angela, thank you so much! God Bless!
Love the topic of contentment. At times I forget to really sit back and be content with what I have instead of always wanting more. I do find contentment in my home. I love the smell of a good candle or wax warmer that makes my home feel cozy. That brings me great contentment.
Love that!
Soup is not my favorite thing, but I must say that the chowder you prepared looked very good!
I am retired and find contentment in crocheting items for gifts and to donate. Right now I’m crocheting a kitty cat for my adult older daughter. They have 3 cats, and she told me she’d love having some of these cute little animals to decorate her home office. Having them to look at while working will bring her joy….😀
❤️-Brenda
Brenda, what a wonderful idea!
Wonderful video Emmy and Paul. I love to watch while doing my dishes. Just put my headphones 🎧 on and next thing I know the dishes are done and I'm motivated to plan some meals. 😊 I just love being home. I still have 3 and a half years before I can retire. But, I work toward that everyday.
Patty, thank you! So happy you enjoy our videos!
This morning after watching this video, I did a little simplifying. The table next to where my husband sits that had all his meds was a mess.I now personally give him his meds so I gathered them in a small box and sit them back a few feet on the kitchen table. I only put on his table what he personally uses. So much more user friendly. Took my car keys and took off everything that I don’t often use and placed them in another place where I store excess keys. On my key ring are 4 keys: one to our truck, car, house & lawnmower shed.
Perfect! It's theses little things that enhance our lives!
Peace and contentment with what we have is real
It sure is!
Loved the variety of today's video! The soup makes me excited for fall! I love to deep clean my house in the summer...today I scrubbed the 2 shower curtain liners and then tossed them in the washer. They are drying on the line. Getting the nooks and crannies of my house clean makes me content with my home. I also love to declutter for 20 minutes at a time. Making my house 'lose weight' brings contentment because it is easier to take care of. But the 'whipped cream' on top of my contentment (besides my relationship with Jesus!) is to take a little time several days a week to play the piano (working through my childhood piano books!) and to do a little artwork (watercolor painting, card making, doodle drawing and lettering.). A day with some creativity feels decadent!
Oh I adore how you add music and art to your daily life!! Wonderful!
Your garden is darling. Love what you've done with it.
So kind, thanks!
😊LOL Emmy your recipes look like mine. Maybe this winter when it is to cold to be out.
Cleaning out organizing is my hopes and plans for Fall and winter.
I love being home and doing things.
Shopping no not so much try to only buy what is totally needed not wants. Enjoy your weekend Emmy and Paul.
You as well Sandra! Thank you!
Oh, Emmy! Your corn chowder looks amazing! I make a lot of different soups/stews in the winter. You're making me hungry for corn chowder and it was 96 degrees here today--and I'm wanting soup! Thank you both so much for reminding people that more and more "stuff" doesn't bring joy. The Bible says that Godliness with contentment is great gain. Have a blessed weekend.
You as well, thank you!
There is a verse in the Bible that my husband reminds me of whenever we feel discontent. And I don't remember exactly where it is and I'm kind of paraphrasing it but it says to be content in whatever state we are in. And that's the way I feel about being frugal. We have a home that we are mortgage-free living in we are Consumer Debt free. This is our Oasis we have three and a half acres back in the woods and we are living the life that gives us the most peace joy and contentment. Because my husband is a home improvement contractor he obviously is very handy and he put a family room on the back of our home with high ceilings and a lot of open Timbers and just a really rustic beautiful feel. That has just added more joy and contentment to our home and this will be the home will be in forever.❤
Sounds absolutely perfect! God is so good!
@@FrugalMoneySaver amen, He sure is!
😊yum 😋 that soup looked great 👍 I enjoy being content in my home by taking on organizational projects. One day I clean/organize under the sink, another day it's going through the pantry & tidying up. These projects make me happy & content that my home is tidy AND I enjoy listening to talk radio 📻 so it's very entertaining as well. Happy day to you & Paul. 😃
Sounds great Michelle! Thank you!
Thank you for these tips! Contentment at home is the very hardest part of frugality for me, because I just want to go out and do things. And even inexpensive activities can add up quickly!
Organized brings me joy!
Your corn chowder looks great! I find contentment from hanging out with my animals (2dogs, 2cats and chickens) gardening spending time with friends, doing various projects and enjoying the projects I have done. my latest organizing project was going thru my old jewelry now I can see what I have and enjoy it plus remember to wear it. I’m retired and it is so wonderful to have the time to do these all things
That is awesome! Yes, our pets are such a joy!
I get contentment from caring for my cat and also from laundry! I love to hang out clothes in the sun, bleach things, mend things even iron since I have so few clothes that need it! Carole
That's inspiring!
Christmas is December 1st. I do it two weeks Tamils Lemon pepper, Rice, Broccoli Biscuits. Spam baked with fruit cocktail, carrots salad, Greek Meatballs,, Lemon Orzo green beans. Oregano Lemon Chicken, Rice , leftover vegetables. Ravioli Primavera, Italian Bread, Salad. Pagano sandwich, fries , salad. Then leftovers
Sounds delish, Sheryl!
That chowder looks amazing! I find contentment in keeping my pantry organized and well stocked/rotated. I also love making new meals/recipes out of odds and ends in my fridge/freezer to avoid any waste.
I also love to draw and paint so I enjoy making cards and gifts for others. Wonderful video!
Thank you! All wonderful ideas!
Hint: cut and tape those magazine recipes onto the front/back of index cards instead of handwriting them. I also save recipes in a vinyl 3-ring folder filled with clear sheet pockets.
Thanks for the tip!
We have a older home and what brings me joy is seeing all the little projects that we have done and made ourselves coming together. It's so fun to look around and realize we did it. And the simplest things are usually the best, like the pantry selves my husband just put in, game changer.
Yes, exactly!
I find contentment in just being home, believe it or not I love to do laundry, folding clothes and smelling the freshness of the clothes. I like quilting, reading and doing puzzles. That corn chowder looks really good, may have to try that. thanks Paul and Emmie
I agree! Being home is truly such a blessing!
I’ve got my routine down to where I do not spend money during the week. I do shopping on the weekends and spend my week days time reading, cleaning, working and working out during the week. This brings contentment.❤
Love that! Thanks!