Ok, I hate the word “budget.” Not because it means you have a set amount of money for something, but because it sounds like frugality, whether forced or otherwise, but in reality people who should never use the word “budget” use it freely all the time and leave me scratching my head. For instance, the … [Read more…]
Reading through Facebook today I found this posted by another Nourishing Minimalism, a blog I started following. It’s a repost from TreeHugger. I find this idea quite interesting because I have been saying for some time that if I could design a house I would do it around the space we use most. Apparently I … [Read more…]
I’m back! Or, at least I hope I am, lol. I have fallen into the “I’m too busy” trap for the past couple of months and I really don’t like it and, because it’s complicated, I’m breaking this one into 2 posts. Part 1 is part my personal “de-briefing” after finishing a semester of participation in … [Read more…]
Only here in a “first world” country, the land of plenty, could minimalism be a “thing.” Only here where we are so overstuffed would we voluntarily decide to live with less. My family sponsors some children through Compassion International. We sponsor them because they do not have. While I sit here stuffing my face with … [Read more…]
“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…]
A glass of red wine is a beautiful thing. Ok, so I don’t really think I will find happiness in a glass of wine, although it may make me ever so teensy weensy more pleasant after a long day… However, the simple act of drinking your daily allotment out of a wine glass that might … [Read more…]
First, let me ask your pardon for my big ol’ feet right there all giant on your screen. Hot, huh? It’s just that, well, they are MY feet and I am trying to embrace them. Even though I think they are kinda fat and cankle-y and not sexy at all. I do appreciate my ankles … [Read more…]
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…]
From Merriam Webster online: 1sim·ple Pronunciation: ˈsim-pəl Function: adjective Inflected Form(s): sim·pler -p(ə-)lər; sim·plest -p(ə-)ləst Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin simplus, alteration of Latin simplic-, simplex single, having one ingredient, plain, from sem-, sim- one + -plic-, -plex -fold — more at same, -fold Date: 13th century 1 : free from guile … [Read more…]