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Retro Housewife Goes Green | Vintage Homemaking

by Lisa

Hi, I'm Lisa and I'm the Retro Housewife. Let me take you on a journey to the past to learn from homemakers from the mid-century. Learn vintage recipes, cleaning tips, frugal living, how to be more sustainable, all like a vintage homemaker.

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March 2024 Retro Housewife Goes Green- Monthly Update This email may contain affiliate links. I earn a small commission from these links at no additional cost to you. Happy April!As always the month went by so fast. It was quite an eventful month for my family. A couple of weeks ago we had an historic hail storm. Being in southern Oklahoma we are no strangers to hail, so when I say historic you know it's bad. That hail may look big but that is a rather melted piece. We had softballs and...

26 days ago • 3 min read

March 2024 Retro Housewife Goes Green- Monthly Update This email may contain affiliate links. I earn a small commission from these links at no additional cost to you. Happy March!Can you believe it's already March? Spring is just around the corner and here in Oklahoma we got a bit of a taste for it with some sunny days in the upper 80s! However, we are back in the 30s now, can't say I love the back and forth. My husband and I have decided that we want to spend a lot of time this year fixing...

about 2 months ago • 2 min read

Good morning! Spring is just 31 days away and that means it's almost time for some spring cleaning. This year I want to make your spring cleaning easy by inviting you to join a spring cleaning challenge! We will be following a 1940s spring cleaning routine. It will be a fun way to do our spring cleaning together. Each week starting in March you will get an email with the tasks for the week. Plus you'll get tips and tricks, a printable checklist, and more. All you need to do is click here to...

2 months ago • 1 min read

January 2024 Retro Housewife Goes Green- Monthly Update This email may contain affiliate links. I earn a small commission from these links at no additional cost to you. Happy New Year!I hope 2024 is off to a good start for you! We had a pretty relaxed NYE here. My husband and I stayed home and watched football, played games, and ate tasty food. We had ordered some food from Mackenzie Limited. We enjoyed all of the things we ordered and it was nice to have some different food and not have to...

4 months ago • 2 min read

December 2023 Retro Housewife Goes Green- Monthly Update Good morning! Happy December! I hope everyone is having a great start to the holiday season. I adore this time of the year and spend November getting the house all decorated for Christmas, yes I'm an early decorator. I don't celebrate Thanksgiving but I do celebrate my own made-up holiday of Macy's Parade Day. 🤣 For the day I of course watched the parade. I also made a meal for my husband and in-laws. We also had a family Zoom call with...

5 months ago • 2 min read

November 2023 Retro Housewife Goes Green- Monthly Update Good morning! Happy November! October was a nice month around here. I love fall and we've had cooler temps this month which has been nice. It was a bit too cold and rainy for a couple of days which isn't my favorite but now it's sunny and in the 50s. Yesterday my niece and her parents and my parents came by to trick or treat. She was adorable. She's 2 1/2 which is a really fun age. We gave her a book, Hocus Pocus Little People, and a...

6 months ago • 2 min read

The holiday season is right around the corner! And that means parties. Parties can be a lot of fun but they can also be stressful for the person planning them. My new party planner can make it a lot less stressful and help you stay organized. It's available now and it's a download that you print so you can use it right away and over and over again. It contains 40 different pages to help you plan. Most of the pages are blank so that you can fill them in to fit your needs. And the best part is...

7 months ago • 1 min read

The holiday season is right around the corner! And that means parties. Parties can be a lot of fun but they can also be stressful for the person planning them. My new party planner can make it a lot less stressful and help you stay organized. It's available now and it's a download that you print so you can use it right away and over and over again. It contains 40 different pages to help you plan. Most of the pages are blank so that you can fill them in to fit your needs. And the best part is...

7 months ago • 1 min read

October 2023 Retro Housewife Goes Green- Monthly Update Good morning! Happy October! Can you believe it's already October? September blew by and I'm not really even sure what I did all month even though it felt busy. Anyone else? I have been working on my fall cleaning and decluttering. I plan to continue that this month. And if you haven't already follow me on Instagram because I'm posting more often there and I'd love to connect! I'd love to hear how your September went, hit reply, and...

7 months ago • 1 min read

September 2023 Retro Housewife Goes Green- Monthly Update Good morning! Happy September! I don't know about you but I'm really hoping this month brings some cooler weather. It has been so hot in Oklahoma. Even with the temps I've been getting into the fall mood. I've shared some fall recipes and posts this month and have more coming soon! Also be sure to check your email because soon there will be a fun fall challenge. And if you haven't already follow me on Instagram because I'll show my...

8 months ago • 2 min read
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