I was talking to a friend on Sunday about how tight our finances are. It’s at the point where I know exactly how many days grace period each company we get bills from allows before they charge a late fee, because there is nothing in reserve, and Aaron’s payment schedule […]
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The Art of Life
Our peach trees have that leaf curl disease that will eventually kill them if it goes untreated. We didn’t strip all the leaves last fall and spray it and it shows. Tons of little tiny peaches that drop before they are ripe and are rotten from the inside out. But […]
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You know what’s not simple? Trying to get rid of your extra stuff, AND, take pictures of it and record the process. Let’s face it. I’m not a very good blogger. But I make headway. And I have lots of awful before shots. I have a box full of clothes […]
Read MoreThe Simplicity Project – Too many clothes, nothing to wear
When I was 4 my mom went to the hospital to give birth to my little sister and my grandmother came to take care of us for a few days while she was there. My mom and I had spent quite a lot of time going through my clothes and […]
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Last year I finally got over my fear of Excel and learned to use spreadsheets. This is relevant because for the first time ever I used Excel to make up our new schedule. I even had 3 different sheets going on in 1 workbook, one for the basic schedule, one […]
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It’s the first day of Lent. Here’s day one of my Lenten Meditation for Children. Parts of this experiment were just one big giant fail. I can’t not multitask. I can’t. I’m a mom and it’s such a habit for me that I just couldn’t remember that I was trying […]
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When one is setting out to change old habits and establish a regular bedtime, at a reasonable hour it would be best to first inform one’s spouse of one’s intentions, rather than assume he read your blog post about it. Because if he doesn’t know he is very likely to […]
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So it’s my birthday today. (I’ll go ahead and pause for a moment so you can all mutter the obligatory well wishes.) So it’s my birthday and I have an idea that I’ve been saving for this occasion. I’m going to spend this year trying to simplify my life. This […]
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I have this fantasy that things were easier for women in my position before the advent of women’s lib. Don’t get me wrong; I enjoy the almost equal footing with men that I enjoy in our culture. I’m glad that there are women running companies and pursuing careers and using […]
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