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The benefit of owning little

June 21, 2016 by mizliz74 Leave a Comment

Lately, I’ve thought about this often. When was I the happiest? And how do I get back there? Every time I ask, I come up with the same answer: When I had nothing. See, after my divorce, I had precious little. I had a futon for a couch and that I borrowed from my parents. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Simple pleasures, The "time" of your life Tagged: breathe, children, clutter free, decluttering, family, living with less, minimalism. clutter, simplicity

Pancakes

February 9, 2016 by mizliz74 Leave a Comment

Today is Fat Tuesday. It’s the last night before the season of Lent and the time when debauchery is to be found in the middle of the street in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Even the church recognizes this night and mine “celebrates” with a pancake supper and a ceremonial burning of the ashes to … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Food and drink, I Love Jesus, Uncategorized Tagged: Crepes, decluttering, Fat Tuesday, gluten free, liturgy, Mardi Gras, minimalism, Pancake Tuesday, Pancakes, simple, simplicity, simplifying, sugar cookies, Wikipedia

Why I am not Kondo-ing my house

June 30, 2015 by mizliz74 6 Comments

Most folks in the simplifying movement and who are into minimalism have probably heard of Marie Kondo and her new book, “The life-changing magic of tidying up.”  If you’re new to the movement you will soon see or are seeing many bloggers talking about Kondo-ing their homes and you may wonder what that is if … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Home Tagged: decluttering, Marie Kondo, minimalism, simplifying, The life-changing magic of tidying up

My failed “purge post”

May 6, 2015 by mizliz74 2 Comments

I started this post last week. Sorry for the delay. See the addendum below. Happy Wednesday! Well. I spent 5 hours decluttering 2 rooms today while my housekeeping fairy cleaned the rest of the house. Did I take any pictures? No. Why? Because I am a bit forgetful. If it’s any consolation, I also missed … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Home Tagged: cleaning, decluttering, housekeeper, minimalism

Pets are simply complicated

September 5, 2014 by mizliz74 Leave a Comment

Apparently I like black animals. My standard poodle Violet is jet black. I love Toothless, the dragon on How to Train Your Dragon, and now, meet Rhino. He’s the little black thing in the picture above. He’s a 4 week old Peruvian Guinea pig who hitched a ride home with us from the state fair … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Simple pleasures Tagged: complicated, decluttering, dogs, Guinea pigs, pets, simplifying, state fair

Getting rid of stuff

August 9, 2014 by mizliz74 1 Comment

I was reading this post that I found on Pinterest today. I have been following the Fly Lady for a couple of years although I haven’t followed closely, lol. I am pretty lazy and my decluttering is in fits and starts. It’s ok with me that the dust bunnies fly around for a while before anyone gets to … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Home, The "time" of your life Tagged: decluttering

Your inbox is empty

August 4, 2014 by mizliz74 Leave a Comment

“Your inbox is empty”   This might be the most lovely sentence in the English language. Empty. As in all 2600+ email messages are GONE.  So long. Buh bye.   I sat down Sunday night and got serious about cleaning up my email. Mostly because it involved sitting and partly because having all that email … [Read more…]

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Posted in: The "time" of your life Tagged: clutter free, decluttering, email, minimalism, simple, simplicity, simplifying, time

How to simplify children

July 26, 2014 by mizliz74 19 Comments

No, I’m not joking. And I’m no expert in this area. I am, however, a mom who is frustrated with how complicated raising children has become. When I had my first child at age 20 I didn’t think twice about breastfeeding him and after he was born he latched on like a champ. A baby … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Children, Home Tagged: children, clutter free, decluttering, minimalism, simple, simple kids, simplicity, simplifying

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