Vlog #40 winter projects and what the men and boys do

[@jenniferclement9094]

Watching your videos is so therapeutic to me, in a crazy world I find peace watching your channel ❤

[@bunnythug]

The aerial shot of you colony was nice to see. You have a great home there.

[@nunyabizness3890]

I love your mother's voice.

[@vw2869]

I’m a Mennonite living in Manitoba. Found your channel a day ago and just love it. The outdoor scenery in this episode is just beautiful!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Welcome and Thank you im glad that you are enjoying the videos 😊

[@scotserve]

Not long found you but I enjoy your blogs. And I love your dog she's beautiful I hope its a she

[@patriciacorlis8488]

The music with the aerial shots was majestic. Well done.

[@stephdame8789]

You are very blessed to cook and sew with your mom. And have Time with your family. Enjoy these moments.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

something I;m always grateful for :)

[@byrds58sylvie]

Ahh! The shirt turned out a treat! Congrats on your first shirt by yrself! Kona and that torn up bed! Sometimes she shows you she is still a puppy. God’s love and ✌🏻 be with you and yours.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Yes it was so satisfying to see that it turned out. You should have seen that face when I asked her what happened she was so guilty I couldn't help but, laugh quite something. 😆

[@GinaC4]

Kona is so cute; she reminds me of my son’s german shepherd, Hazel. Such a sweet dog.

[@LenfantHomestead]

I love watching your videos with the sewing I wish you would share more of the how too sew steps I have multiple machines but lack the knowledge. Your work is beautifully crafted.

[@nancywendt610]

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[@joy7363]

Love the drone footage! I’ve been binge watching your vlogs and the quality is better and better. Really great job!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thanks so much!! I'm glad you like them.

[@johngrober6244]

Thx Giselle 🎄👍🙃🙏🏻

[@JourneyOfFaith72]

Giselle, I’ve been watching your channel for quite some time now but had somehow missed this video. It may be my favorite so far. Love it! Good job!

[@TheSilmarillian]

What an amazing way to live ones life thanks for sharing again hello from Australia.

[@allisonpacino]

The shirt looks great! You like coffee as much as it do😁

[@tracinixon5820]

Great job on the shirt! :)

[@jenniferdupree1569]

Giselle! I have just discovered your videos and I want to thankyou for allowing us to see a day in your life best wishes! I love them!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

You are so welcome! my pleasure I'm glad that you enjoy them

[@jenniferdupree1569]

@@gisellewaldner9406 I really do it gives you an insight of how other cultures work! please give Cona a few pets and a doggie hug from me. I hope you have a blessed day and please never stop doing your Vlogs!

[@cindiallain8542]

Thank you.

[@matthewmoreau4488]

Thanks so much! i’ve been looking forward to this vlog for awhile. 😃 Yet again another great video 👍

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thank-you 😊

[@lisadaughteroftheking5852]

That lis so interesting that you are doing exactly what I’m doing, sewing blankets at home. Our church has sewing circle or we had sewing circle before Covid, once a month where we also sew blankets for charity and since we can’t have sewing circle at church I am doing sewing at home☺️

[@gisellewaldner9406]

😊😊

[@Avocadomushroom]

5:50 aww your hands 😩

[@candacehahn665]

So... I just binged watched ALL of your episodes... in 3 days! I absolutely LOVE them! I adore Cona ❤ We have a German Shepherd as well. His name is Ryder. Sadly, he's far from the puppy Cona is! 8 years old, and has really slowed down. I love your recipes for food, soaps and cleaning liquids 🙂. I can't wait for your next Vlog! Have a great week Giselle!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Awww thankyou have a good week and im happy you enjoy the videos and you watched all in 3 days!!! 😊. Kona turned 1 a few weeks ago and she is very much still a handful but, we a love her all the same.

[@candacehahn665]

@@gisellewaldner9406 ...Cona is a beautiful German Shepherd 😍

[@houndlover870]

I'm bringing now. Very little is worth watching on KZbin these days. These videos are not only professionally put together but wholesome and refreshing as well.

[@realeyesrealizelies_]

I love how much you love your dog❤️

[@gisellewaldner9406]

😊😊

[@janetlarue1231]

Yay! We have looked forward to your video all week.💗 Have a blessed day.

[@plainsimplechristian5569]

The shirt looks great. Good job. Those cookies look like they’d be good with milk 🥛 so it’s not so sweet. I made an apple crumble pie once and it was soooo sweet!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

I guess we only know once we try certain recipes although I should have known the flour is substituted with powdered sugar.

[@suetomlinson7942]

Such a pretty area you live in. Also, I really enjoy seeing all the equipment you use for large scale cooking, etc. I often wondered how it would be possible to prepare it all. Now I can see you have a pretty great set up to be able to do things large scale.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Yes without that setup I don't think we would manage that well its really important for how much food we have to make.

[@laurie9377]

U got a drone!!! So cool 👍❤️

[@jpinkley1]

Your shirt looks beautiful ❤️ amazing job!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thank you so much!!

[@houndlover870]

Whooa, you have horses too?! Lovely!! 💘😻💜

[@Karlthegrubber]

Myself and my family love your videos. Hi from Ireland

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Aww that's sweet I'm glad greetings to you and your family

[@lt.danslegs9737]

Perfect timing as usual. 😁

[@wanieta9271]

Excellent job on the shirt

[@gisellewaldner9406]

thank you :)

[@reneapringle8708]

Thank you for sharing I remember when I was a girl my family would make our own sausage. What Devotion are you reading from?

[@bettyyoung4926]

I had dogs as a child and would go for walks alone with my dog. I really miss that, I am happy for you.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

thank you I love being able to do it and that she gets so excited every time I go.

[@kassrripples3659]

Wish my sons could go there for a few months for work training and work experience. They are 13 and 17.

[@karensiegel6669]

I have a grandson that would benefit from this community greatly. Covid-19 has kept him homebound too much.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

There have been times when people stayed with us for a couple weeks if you ate interested.

[@houndlover870]

Oh Kona dear, why did you kill the bed? 😆 My Cinnamon kills anything with fluff and squeakers. Maybe they are distant relatives. 😆🤣😂

[@ellenmorrison5614]

Binge watching the vlogs. Love the dresses so pretty, but they don't look like they would be warm enough for winter.

[@maggiedoor6093]

Adina Walter is another Hutterite channel to watch.

[@ellenmorrison5614]

@@maggiedoor6093 thank you for the suggestion. Have a blessed day.

[@dalewaldner6490]

loveing it

[@evelynjepson5955]

today, Im off to my mother in laws to make cabbage rolls. Although my mother in law was born here, her parents were Ukrainian. We are making them, but they are a lesson for me on how to make them...I get a break at 2 for an hour, off to get some food at a local no frills, then back there.

[@pusherw2861]

Great video,god bless you

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thankyou 😊

[@lt.danslegs9737]

Gisselle I’ll tell ya something. If I was around all the amazing food you make I’d weigh 600lbs. 😂 Also, Kona always puts a mile on my face. I’m a sucker for dogs.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

🤣🤣 This made me laugh. Yeah she is a cute one 😊

[@deb664]

I wish I could sew like you, sugar!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

I'm still in the learning stages but, as they say practice makes a master

[@chrisstahl4444]

Wats the corn starch thing with the vicks we're do u use it

[@lisahaffner3337]

You work so hard. Do any of the boys in your family help out with household chores?

[@luxurydesign1760]

You are right we need a break every now and then

[@anitacarpenter5714]

Can I ask if you as a female can choose to work in what is considered the men’s jobs? Or can the men do the cooking weeks?

[@hopehope9301]

Giselle, "malish " is a baby boy in Russian language. "malishka " is a baby girl. If you want to say just a boy - malchik , a girl- devochka. Are they colony's horses, your family or your personal property?

[@debb9695]

Kona = cute cute cute

[@madonnapralle5159]

I have read Sarah's Key and my thoughts were the same as yours. Interesting. Sad. It is difficult to imagine the experience s documented in the book.

[@jodystepnowski695]

My aged ears missed what you said your were making with the cornstarch and...Vicks?

[@The.Bees.Knees.]

She was making shower melts. If you are stuffed up add one to the floor of the shower and they slowly melt releasing the Vicks In the steam. It helps open up the sinuses.

[@kathrynflynn5889]

What’s in the shower melts? Thanks!

[@RRaucina]

In this photo of the red swing there are no houses across from you. It seems that in other videos, there is a row of new houses there.... ???

[@dietcoke77]

Are the boys taught at a young age how to do basic chores such as cooking, laundry and household duties?

[@aprilmapp3140]

nice filming god bless you.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thankyou 😊

[@lisadaughteroftheking5852]

Wow! Good job on your first shirt sewing! I used to sew shirts for our boys when they were younger and the collar was always so tricky! I’m curious, what brand of sewing machines do you guys prefer if you have a preference?

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thankyou im happy that the first one turned out so well...the machine brand we have is Pfaff

[@andrewhofer7563]

Do u look like your mom ..Someday hope to see your Mom in your video ...again your doing an awesome job on your vlog 💖

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thankyou 😊 but, how do you know my mom? (I'm curious 😊)

[@dd1394]

You would do better to sell your beautiful quilts to people then use the profits to buy outdoor sleeping bags for the homeless or the less fortunate. Your profits from the quilts would buy more sleeping bags. The sleeping bags would be warmer and your beautiful quilts would not be damaged in the outside weather.

[@sherryshelton199]

Well done on the shirt!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thankyou 😊

[@nancywaldner9694]

The shirt is beautiful! I love when you work with your mom.( A tip: Lower the feeddog on your sewing machine, Pfaff performs better when you do)

[@gisellewaldner9406]

@@nancywaldner9694 thankyou 😊...but what is a feeddog? Im really new to names of parts.

[@HazelHammond1505]

Your cookie looks so much like fudge.

[@fer1800]

Another video that makes me go clean something! Love the motivation , thank you. When I see you are relieved from a break of kitchen floors but still cleaned your whole house with a smile, it motivates me to find something to clean and smile that I have "it" to clean. p.s. Are you making a junk journal?

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thankyou 😊....but, what is a junk journal?

[@fer1800]

@@gisellewaldner9406 Its a journal that you make from scraps of junk mail, old books, pieces of pretty paper that you saved. You can add lace and shells, add pockets with little cute things in them. I saw on your table a book that looked torn with pieces of fur tree etc. I thought you were making one. I just made my first. Of course(lol), I found videos on KZbin and that's how I had learned about it.

[@fer1800]

kzbin.info/door/SkwO0IRem3AAzRvMj6jPbw

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Ahhh the one im making is a bullet journal but, the way you described a junk journal makes me think they are very similar....I'll have to give it a go thanks for the idea 😊

[@fer1800]

@@gisellewaldner9406 I'm gonna look up a bullet journal!

[@jakegross124]

Waiting for this week story

[@gisellewaldner9406]

😊

[@vedcon]

Kona (after your question 10:14~25): "Haf haf it was necessary coz you were so busy with your sewing and chores and I just felt so bored...😢" | Thanks for the peek inside your guys business.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

she's quite something sometimes I just shake my head and laugh.

[@jser4822]

Tip of the day, Giselle, pour a few ounces of vinegar into the that humidifier and run it, if will clear the valve and make it blow more air and then use the vinegar to clean the inside of the bowl, it's really dirty.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thankyou I have tried so many things and scrubbed it I also almost didn't put in that clip in the video its just horrible.

[@karensiegel6669]

Would you care to share the recipe for the sweet chocolate cookie? The shirt you made is very very nice.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

thank you...sure I'll try and find it for you

[@janellkunkle5169]

I have a question. Do you get outside visitors ( not of your faith) to the colony?

[@gisellewaldner9406]

yes back when I was still in school we used to get a lot of people interested in seeing how things work and what we do, it has slowed down over the years but, it still happens.

[@kassrripples3659]

I love that you show us how to make soaps and shower melts... I’ve never seen this process before... you used Vicks... menthol chest rub? In this recipe?

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Yes I did 😊

[@marygee3981]

Thank you! Nice videos 🙂 I am wondering about 13+ young people working with heavy machinery for years. In shops and kitchen/laundry. Please talk to your elders about hearing protection. Buy ear plugs in bulk👍. Impressive community. Could you tell us about the differences between communities? Thanks!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

we have ear pieces on hand and they know that they have to wear them. I can talk about that but, do you mean from colony to colony or from group to group? (we have three different groups of Hutterites).

[@marygee3981]

So kind of you to reply. I guess I was thinking of everyone. Hard workers all. 🙂

[@danielnmaryannyoder]

@@gisellewaldner9406 can you please explain how you have 3 different groups? I'm guessing that there are the old traditional ones, and the ones like you (by the way, are you also from Ft. Pitt Saskatchewan?) Is there then also a third group which are 'in between'? I was born and raised amish.

[@amandacampbell4278]

I dont know how to spell it but can I get your recipe for knodle with the potatos?? They look yummy!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

was it at the beginning of the video?

[@annamarie5988]

We have apple sandwiches with cream cheese and apple and its delicious! Better than cheddar cheese! Its like the butter but creamier

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Ohh I just love cream cheese although I have never thought to put it in an apple sandwich. 😊...thanks for the idea

[@idothings6685]

Do you get any spending money from the colony??

[@gisellewaldner9406]

yup we get a monthly allowance.

[@dixieiler5071]

@@gisellewaldner9406 You should hold stock in the 'Thrift Stores.'

[@VikingMale]

❤️🌹

[@dixieiler5071]

Going to check out the book from my public library. If you liked that book, another one to read is 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris as told by Slovakian Jew Lale Sokolov. 95% of the story is true.

[@bunnythug]

What is the main source of income for the colony?

[@hopehope9301]

I think manufacturing production ( firetrucks) with some agriculture ( I heard they sell some on farmer market) .

[@josephmcnulty6922]

Hi Giselle, can anyone be a Hutterite or do you have to be born into it?

[@gisellewaldner9406]

We have had people join the community so yes its possible.

[@hopehope9301]

Hutterites is the ideology not a nationality only. But I heard that, in some colonies, non white ppl will not be accepted as a Hutterites. I am not sure about this one.

[@aodhmacraynall8932]

'oi, if ya didn't drink sa much coffee, ya might not 'ave sa much trouble fallin asleep.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

I don't have trouble falling asleep it might have happened once but, thats about it

[@aodhmacraynall8932]

@@gisellewaldner9406 oi, I know 'ow ya feel. I'm willin ta fight for my coffee too!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

@@aodhmacraynall8932 ok I must admit I love the way to talk/type 😊

[@aodhmacraynall8932]

@@gisellewaldner9406 Thank ya.

[@rachelgodschild168]

How do y’all afford all the food???

[@gisellewaldner9406]

we have a business, we also do farming and during the summer months we have our own veggies so no need to buy which is a huge help :)

[@tyguyrocks]

Have you travelled outside of Canada before?

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Yes I have.....US but, never over seas

[@tyguyrocks]

@@gisellewaldner9406 Cool! Does most of the colony have passports then?

[@kassrripples3659]

@@gisellewaldner9406 I’d love to show you Australia one day

[@gisellewaldner9406]

@@kassrripples3659 and I'd love to see it

[@dyuissensarsembayev2990]

@@kassrripples3659 There are some Anabaptist's communities in Australia too. I personally know about communities in Tasmania, Queensland and SA. Kiwi land has some too.

[@kassrripples3659]

I’m intrigued by the tie dyed fabric of your dress... you said a few weeks ago you needed to color dye the pink jacket to a dark colour grey or navy or black because that’s the uniform the dark jackets ... but what about the dresses and the fabric choices for your dresses, what’s the rule in your colony about the dresses?

[@gisellewaldner9406]

On our colony for the most part all colors are ok except really bright one like yellow or even white is not allowed...its just too bright

[@kassrripples3659]

@@gisellewaldner9406 when was the design of the dress chosen? Has it stayed the same for a hundred years? The dresses do look very neat and comfortable and I like the white blouse under.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

@@kassrripples3659 the dress has changed over the years quite awhile ago it was actually in two pieces the skirt and the top weren't attached but, we make them now where everything is together although there are still some colonies that wear their dress as two pieces and not one.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

@@kassrripples3659 we have always worn dresses the style just changes as the years pass

[@rachael943]

Giselle what camera do you use? Thanks! Love it!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

I use a phone its all about the lighting

[@layne696]

How can a man go about getting a dozen of those shirts

[@nancyst.john-smith3891]

Marry a Hutterite woman? I was thinking that Giselle’s sewing was so good that she could sell shirts. My husband loves snaps on his shirts, too.

[@agirly1503]

My mom still cuts my hair I'm 42😁

[@gisellewaldner9406]

some people say that no matter how old you get you will still need/want your mom, ask for advice, tell her something and I find that it's true. :)

[@bernadettespilchen3129]

Are you the official (only) gluten free baker on the colony?

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Oh no but, my brothers are the ones that have celiac so my mom and I alot of it. 😊

[@jaypipken7444]

Do you have a boy your sweet on . Or is there a boy sweet on you ?

[@gisellewaldner9406]

nope to both questions

[@tomcollins9804]

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[@jakegross124]

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[@josephmcnulty6922]

Your poor hands look so sore.🙏🙏

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Yes I'm working on healing them.

[@vedcon]

@@gisellewaldner9406 The gloves (especially the rubber ones), cold, wet,... are all factors to contribute to hand skin problems. Pls try to search for such ointment I recommended elsewhere, perhaps a MD could recommend a local Canadian alternative based on the healing ingredients?

[@chrisstahl4444]

Wats the corn starch thing with the vicks we're do u use it

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Its a shower melt you put it one the floor when your showering and as it melts it help with sinus and a cold.

[@chrisstahl4444]

@@gisellewaldner9406 can u bath with it inbox me recipe pls

[@gisellewaldner9406]

No you can't put it in a barh tub...you put it into your shower so that the steam from running water should help when you have a cold

[@gisellewaldner9406]

1 cup cornstarch 3 tbsp Vicks 5-6 tsp water Food coloring (optional) Mix well and freeze 2 hours before using it...store the rest in the freezer.