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Pin It Some people do their best thinking in the shower. I do my best cleaning when I’m on the phone. I’ll never clean otherwise. But get me on the phone and I’m wiping down the cabinets, cleaning the refrigerator and de-cluttering everywhere. One day about five years ago, while on the phone, I went into . . . → Read More: One Less Goldfish Pin It At one point in my life I was an accumulator of ‘stuff’. Clothes, shoes, purses, toys, kitchenware, garden tools, you name it. I didn’t have as much stuff as some people, but it was more than I needed. Our house was big enough to hold it all, so I never gave much thought to . . . → Read More: Less stuff. More life. Pin It As a new mom, I felt like each morning was a race. We all have a certain routine in the morning and not until the routine is complete do we feel human and ready to take on the day. With a new baby I wasn’t getting a lot of sleep, so setting . . . → Read More: The best thing I ever delegated  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Family Life  delegating, less, minimalism, minimalism family, minimalist, Simplifying Pin It This is my Nana’s steak soup recipe that is similar to what is on the menu at a local restaurant called Plaza III. INGREDIENTS: 1 1/2 lb ground chuck 1 c chopped onions 1 c chunked carrots 1 c chopped celery 2 quarts beef stock, vegetable stock or water 1 stick butter or 1/2 c flour . . . → Read More: Steak Soup Pin It When I sat down to write this post I had every intention of writing some sort of narrative of how I successfully manage my time. In the past this was true the majority of the time, but with the addition of this blog to my daily to do list, I find myself needing to . . . → Read More: It’s not time management, it’s self-management. Pin It “She attended faithfully and well to a few worthy things.” This line is from a book of meditations called Walking Towards Morning. One of the meditations was the subject of a sermon I heard recently. The line is an epitaph that the author came across once. She initially thought it a strange thing to put on . . . → Read More: “She attended faithfully and well to a few worthy things.” Pin It We were in our new house and we loved everything about it. It was half the size but also half the mortgage, half the gas and electric bill and my husband’s commute was now half of what it had been, down to less than 15 minutes. We loved how with the house being much smaller . . . → Read More: Paris. My inspiration to get rid of more stuff. Pin It In some ways our decision to sell the house and downsize by half seemed spontaneous but in other ways it had been a long time coming. Like years and years. It felt good. It felt great. We were excited. I’ll spare you the painful details of getting the house ready to sell, having it . . . → Read More: Downshifting (part 2) Pin It How far away from outgrowing our car did we get? Well, not as far as some but far enough. We got married and built a big house. We thought we were being smart, building a house that we could grow into. We would save all the expense and work involved in selling a house . . . → Read More: Downshifting (part 1) Pin It A new year and a new blog! An adventure that I am looking forward to. Becoming a stay-at-home mom after leaving a corporate environment was certainly an adventure. It was like full blown shock and awe. I found myself at home with three little boys not knowing how to manage them or our life. . . . → Read More: Happy New Blog! |
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