Simple Plan: Part 1
The feedback about the Year of Simplicity is an inspiring one. It turns out that there are a lot of other crazy ass mommies and daddies besides myself and Erik ready for the simple life too. For those...
View ArticleSimplicity Plan: Part 2, Get in my belly.
The food we eat: I’m going into this category thinking simple and clean without excess. Simple meaning basic, nothing with a ton of ingredients or too time consuming in the area of preparation. This...
View ArticleSimple Plan: Part 3 Make It Work.
I’m one who has too many clothes but nothing to wear. I’m a Mommy who tends to put on the same “fall back outfits” again and again. I’m a wife married to a husband who owns a gazillion t-shirts but...
View ArticleI Confess.
I know I’m in the middle of relaying our goals of The Year of Simplicity but since I am scattered brained I figured I throw a related but other posting into the mix this Monday. It’s related since it...
View ArticleTick-Tock.
Cluttered time with excess distraction creates a frazzled mind. So wouldn’t simple time without distraction result in peaceful minds?? Let’s un-clutter our time. Let’s get back to the basics. Let’s...
View ArticleMommy’s 12 Rules to Simplifying Spending.
Simple Plan: Part 4 of The Year of Simplicity. We find ourselves with excess when we end up spending our money purchasing it. Here’s my 12 step program to stop the spending that’s resulting in the...
View ArticleThe Simple Life: Self-kindness
Simple Self. A concept made up of how you treat yourself mentally and physically. Uncluttering the negative self language and useless avenues of energy. As a mother and wife, I am responsible for more...
View ArticleWhy’d You Do It?
Why’d you move into a smaller home? Let me tell you why. Over the last 10 years our living space has varied. We’ve lived in shared spaces. We’ve lived in different cities. We’ve lived in different...
View ArticleWomen: Frantic Hamsters
Frantic hamsters. As I talk to more women it seems that we all begin to follow this path of check marks and lists. A list for yourself, a list for your marriage, a list for your children, a list for...
View ArticleSelf Centered…
With the new year ringing in I sat down with my better half to review the goals we had made just a year before. We had separated the goals into categories of couple, family, Erik and Brooke. Reading...
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