Winter morning routine. Questions and answers. Hot winter food. Changes in the forest house

Let’s get to know each other better. I answer your questions.

Winter morning routine. A typical village lunch for the whole family. Of course, it should be a hearty hot meal. Cooking vegetable stew from vegetables from your garden.
Let’s also see how things are in the forest house and what Changes have taken place there.
#cooking #cleaning #quietvlog

Pizza dough recipe.
500 grams – flour,
25-30 ml. olive oil,
300 ml water,
0.5 tbsp. salt,
1 tbsp. sugar
3.5 grams yeast (dry)
If you make the dough the night before and refrigerate it, you will need 7 grams of yeast.

I use a subtitle translator. Therefore, I apologize for any errors. Please enable the desired language in your smartphone’s CC settings. I am glad to welcome you to my channel and in my videos. I’ll start today with the fact that I need to freshen up the floor a little.

To be honest, I really want to remove all the New Year’s decor. I enjoy the New Year holidays twice: when it comes and when it goes))) Once I put the Christmas tree away, I can do a thorough cleaning.

Under the last video you asked me a lot of great questions. Thank you very much! Also, thank you so much for all your heartfelt comments! Let me start with introductions. I’m Olesya, I’m 43 years old, I’m married. My husband’s name is Alexander, he is 51 years old. We live in Belarus.

The most common question. Do we have children? Yes, we have a son.

He is 15 years old, he is in the 10th grade (we study at school for 11 years). At the same time, he attends music school. Why don’t we see your son in the video?

He is a teenager and, like all teenagers, has his own interests. He also doesn’t like to appear in videos. Where is your first (main) house in the village or in the city? This is an interesting question. As you know, we live in an old wooden village house.

This used to be a village. My husband’s father was born in this house in the village. But the city gradually swallowed up the village. Now it turns out that we live on the outskirts of the city.

So all the nearby villages were annexed to the city. But this did not change anything except the status of the settlement. How do we go to the store and how does our child go to school?

Nowadays it’s hard without a car. We go by car 1-2 times a week to go shopping to the supermarket. My husband also takes the child to school by car and picks him up. How long were you married? My husband and I have been married for 23 years.

Have you always lived in the countryside? Yes, I was born and raised in the village. We ran a farm and I even had to milk a cow. Who am I by profession and did I work professionally?

I am an accountant by profession. Yes, of course, I worked since I was 18 years old. But I didn’t always work by profession. For the last 6 years my work has been related to creativity.

For the last three years I have worked in a government agency. I left my job because I was burned out and tired, I wanted a change. My husband advised me to try making videos and posting them on YouTube, it was a kind of hobby. I didn’t even know where to start.

I started filming my life moments and sharing some experiences. I have no goal to be smart and impose my ideas. I just share what I know and also learn from you. I didn’t even think that my videos would find so much response in your hearts. Thank you so much for having me!

Who shoots and edits the video? I shoot and edit videos myself. Where did I learn to make videos? I didn’t study anywhere specifically, I learned everything through experience. I tried to make every video at least a little better. The most common questions are questions about the forest house.

How far is the forest house from our main house? If you take the shortest road, then 15 km, if you take the usual road through villages, then 25 km. Why did you buy a forest house?

We have always dreamed of having a house near the forest. But we couldn’t find a middle ground. There were nicer houses, but in a field, or completely ruined ones near the forest.

Then we began to look for at least an atmospheric place. As you have already seen, the buildings there are in poor condition, but there is prospects. What are your plans for the forest house? Will we move there to live? First we need to put the house in order and create living conditions.

We are actively working in the house. It is not always possible to take photographs when we are doing very dusty work. In the spring we need to put the barns in order, as I plan to start a farm.

We need to equip a chicken coop because we want to raise chickens and have ducks. We want to grow organic food, build a sauna and live a simple but happy life in accordance with nature. This will require a lot of work from us, but I think we can do it.

Is the stove the only source of heat? Yes, the wood stove is the only source of heating in the house. Are there any neighbors at the forest house? In fact, this is a small village located in the forest. There were 30 houses there. Now some have already been demolished.

In winter, one person lives there; In summer, 6 families live in this village. The remaining houses are abandoned. Are there large wild animals in the forest? Yes, in the forest there are foxes, hares, moose, and roe deer. There are also wolves and bears in our forests.

But, according to our neighbor, no bears or wolves have been seen yet. But roe deer constantly wander around the yard, judging by the numerous tracks. At the moment we only come during the day and clear the house of the old interior.

We want to completely clean it down to authentic wooden walls, then do a complete renovation. Shall we plant a garden? There are old trees on the site, we plan to clean them and plant new ones. So yes, there will be a garden. When do you plan to take possession of the forest house?

It’s difficult to set deadlines here. Since we do everything on our own, it will probably not be so fast, but I would like to do it this year. It’s very dusty in the house today and we’ll have a snack outside. In addition, the weather outside is surprisingly sunny. It’s still cold though.

In a forest house you forget time, as if it stops. The whole world is left behind. We don’t even have cell phone service or internet there. We seem to be cut off from civilization. Do you draw strength from the forest?

Oh yeah! I love walking in the forest, I love every tree and leaf. The forest gives great energy! I’m relaxing there! We won’t cook today. We took some snacks with us. What could be better than lunch in nature?

Dried meat, bread, ginger-lemon tea, fresh air, dancing forest, the sound of the wind and the singing of birds… Here’s a recipe for you from the bustle of the city))) Oops… that was unexpected, the door opened due to a gust of wind… lol

Do you have a secret to your productivity? I don’t have any secrets. I’m a workaholic. It’s more of a flaw lol. But I’m not a machine… I’m also prone to fatigue, especially now that we live in two houses.

No people are perfect and I am imperfect. You need to learn to perceive yourself as you are and love yourself exactly as you are. I’m tired of this dried hydrangea. She’s already crumbling all over. I’ll leave only the lavender and these branches. I think we can safely prepare for spring lol

Would you like to sew a bird like this? That’s better… But in reality, you need to do an audit and declutter a little. I’m going to bake some pizza tomorrow morning.

The recipe is simple: 500 grams of flour, 7 grams of yeast, 300 ml. water, 25-30 ml. olive oil, 0.5 tbsp. salt, 1 tbsp sugar Mix everything and knead the dough. I will leave the recipe in the description under the video in the information field.

I will put the dough in the refrigerator overnight. It will rise beautifully overnight. All that remains is to vacuum up the hydrangea debris and you can go to bed. The weather suddenly changed. For the filling I will use cervelat, cheese, tomatoes and onions. I will continue to answer questions.

When will you show the sourdough recipe? I plan to start growing it from scratch next week to film the whole process for you. Have you always been a happy and contented woman or did you have to learn this gift throughout your life?

I guess it depends on how you think. As Kozma Prutkov said, “If you want to be happy, be happy.” Just weed out everything unnecessary, all the worries and worries and learn to enjoy what you have.

They constantly want to force people into some kind of framework and standards. This makes people unhappy because they think they don’t meet these criteria. All this is fiction, this is the fashion of the time in which you live, each era had its own standards. All these are people’s fantasies.

You need to live your life and try to be happy. Then your life will change on its own for the better. I don’t know if there is a recipe for pizza with onions, but we like it. You buy beautiful linen and cotton fabrics: is there a fabric store near you?

Unfortunately, we do not have a fabric store. I buy fabrics either in an online store or go to another city. The nearest town is 60 km away. I noticed that you often use linen, why do you choose it over other fabrics?

Linen is a natural antiseptic, and linen fabric also has health benefits. It is hypoallergenic, prevents the growth of bacteria and the appearance of unpleasant odors. Linen is produced in our country, so for me it is the most affordable fabric, although linen is considered an expensive material Do I sell my products?

Previously, I worked a lot on order and simply made different products for sale. And I even went to the fair, but that was only a couple of times. I also did a lot of decoupage, it was some kind of fashion boom. Then I returned to work and creativity remained more like a hobby.

I still took orders but very selectively. Now I don’t take orders at all, because I don’t have time for it. How do you store and classify all the patterns for the beautiful items you make?

I don’t think I’ll show you anything new. Unfortunately, I don’t have my own workshop, since we have a small house. I’ll show you my stencils. All inscriptions are mostly in English. This is mainly country and Provence style. I used these stencils mainly on bags, fabrics or decoupaged woodwork.

Here’s an example of a towel with a deer. And this is a stencil with which the drawing is applied. Next year you will need to make such a New Year’s pillow.

I store all the patterns in regular folders from office supply stores. But over time, I want to put everything into folders of the same style and color. I also sewed this Santa to order.

Where do you get the templates? I’m looking for patterns from the tilde book on Pinterest. Not everyone has these wonderful books. I’m looking for patterns from the tilde book on Pinterest. Unfortunately, I only have one book, Tilda, which was given to me by a friend.

These books are full of good ideas, sewing guides and patterns on the back pages. I want to sew these deer for a forest house. I also liked these primitive Christmas trees. If you sew several Christmas trees, you can make a New Year’s village on the window.

I’ve never made a quilt. I need to make this task number 1 for myself. At the end of the book there are full-length patterns. It is very comfortable. If you like to sew cute things for the home, then I highly recommend Tone Finnanger books Questions about Nyusya What kind of cat is Nyusya?

This is a simple cat, a mixture of a British breed and an ordinary yard breed. There was a girl with a basket at the market. There were two kittens in the basket. We took one kitten, the calmest one lol

But it turned out that Nyusya is still a bandit and a hooligan But we love her very much. Although She is wayward and has her own character. Does Nyusya go outside? I tried to release it in the summer. But she becomes uncontrollable from fear and curiosity.

I’m afraid she might get hit by a car or go to neighbors who have dogs. Plus, I like the cat to be clean. Do we want kittens from Nyusya? These kittens are very cute, but every time we have to look for the kittens’ owners? So no, I wouldn’t want kittens.

Another frequently asked question. What do you use for tea? What herbs? As a rule, these are thyme, chamomile, different types of mint, sage, St. John’s wort, rose buds, calendula and much more. The garden center always sells seeds for the apothecary garden.

If you are not familiar with wild herbs, you can plant apothecary herbs in your garden. But don’t get too carried away with herbs. You must know for sure that you do not have allergies. I do not make medicinal infusions, but light aromatic herbal teas. Which you can drink every day.

Even if you don’t know herbs, there is now a lot of information available on the Internet and bookstores. Severe frosts have arrived. Today it was -16 Let’s make a hot dinner with the beans we froze in the fall. ghee Sauté the onions and carrots a little

Am I happy with this pan? Yes, I really like her. Tomatoes canned in their own juice, which we prepared in the fall. I’ll add it to the vegetables and simmer a little.

There will be rice as a side dish. For two glasses of rice, I take two or almost two and a half glasses of water. Spices: turmeric, coriander, red hot pepper, paprika, dried garlic, bay leaf salt sugar black pepper frozen green beans Is your harvest enough to feed you?

Unfortunately no. We continue to buy some products in the store. Some fruits and vegetables do not grow in our country or are difficult to preserve. But vegetables such as cabbage, potatoes, beets, pumpkin, onions, garlic, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers can be safely grown and stored all winter or canned.

I hope I didn’t bore you too much. The video turned out to be long again. I set myself the task of making shorter videos. I’ll start with the following. Thank you very much for all your kind words that you write to me.

It’s difficult for me to answer everyone, there are a lot of comments and they are in different languages. But I read them all and am very grateful to you! Thank you very much for visiting my home and sharing these moments with us. I’m waiting for you in the comments section.

See you in new videos! Bye bye!