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Less Stuff, More Life.

  • Minimalism & Decluttering
    • How I Learned to Stop Being a Slob and Started Cleaning up After Myself.
    • Decluttering, Cleaning, and Saving Money in the New Year.
    • Why I Want to be A Minimalist.
    • How to Determine When You have Enough Stuff.
    • On A Bit of Minimalist Travel // Why & How to Pack Lighter.
    • How Routines Have Made My Life Better.
    • A Tiny Christmas.
    • Why I Take a Social Media Break.
    • Or Do Without.
    • All posts about minimalism & decluttering
  • Saving Money
    • My Cleaning & Meal Planning Routines.
    • How and Why We Budget.
    • Doing a Buy Nothing Month.
    • Choosing between Convenience and Values.
    • Frugal Tips
    • 6 Ways We Save Money on Groceries.
    • My Favorite Little Ways to Save Money.
    • Being a One Car Family, Part 1.
    • Being a One Car Family, Part 2.
    • All posts about frugality & saving money
  • Green Living
    • Cloth Diapering
    • 9 Ways I'm Going to be Greener at Home.
    • How to Eat Less Meat
    • Green Living: What I Use to Clean.
    • Airing my Clean Laundry.
    • Still Shampoo Free.
    • All posts about green living & sustainability
  • Motherhood
    • Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss
    • Pregnancy Updates
    • Gabe's Birth Story
    • Theo's Birth Story
    • Everything You Need to Know about Babywearing.
    • Sleep Training Success without (Many) Tears.
    • On Careers and Ladders and Motherhood.
    • Answering Questions: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
    • Anxiety, Committment, and Childbirth, Oh My!
    • All posts about motherhood & parenting
  • Career & Business
    • Tools I Love for Administrative Tasks & How I Use Them.
    • How I Organize Tasks & To Do Lists.
    • My Freelance-aversary & Some Thoughts on Making Your Life What You Want.
    • How I Make Money Online.
    • Why I Use the Genesis Framework.
    • Why I Love Redbooth for Project & Task Management
    • Working from Home Tips & Time Management Strategies.
    • How Does She Do It All? She Doesn't.
    • Working Mama // Figuring Out Child Care.
    • Reader Question: Discerning A Career Path.
  • Travel
    • Our "Workcation" at the Outer Banks.
    • Traveling with a Babe.
    • Costa Rica and Puerto Rico Visit, Part 1 | Lazing about at a resort
    • Puerto Rico, Part 2 | Eating our Way Through Old San Juan
    • Where to Stay & What to Eat in Puerto Rico. (Part One)
    • What to Do & See in Puerto Rico. (Part Two)
    • Anatomy of a Mini Getaway.
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Blog

Quilted Stockings : A Step-by-Step Tutorial

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Let me start off by telling you that I am not in the tutorial business. There are plenty of bloggers who do plenty of tutorials, but when I was looking for a tutorial to make stockings, I was unable to find what I was looking for – so I had to wing it. I thoughtRead the whole post >>

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Photo Friday.

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Still loving the Ergo. (And his fuzzy blonde hair!)

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All You Need is Love (Letters).

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This post was supposed to go up yesterday, but I was sicker than I ever have been in my life, thanks to (most likely) food poisoning (never going to eat blue cheese or at a restaurant again…ugh). I’m feeling bit better, so I didn’t want the chance to share this with you all to passRead the whole post >>

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Just Be.

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I have problems with relaxing. I thought maybe it was a new thing. Because, you know, I am busy. In addition to working 20 hours a week at the high school, I have a steady stream of design business and an Etsy shop. OH, and a 15-month-old toddler that likes attention and requires supervision. So,Read the whole post >>

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Photo Friday.

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  String of lights + bowl = the easiest pretty Christmas decor ever.

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Merry Gap-mas.

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This giveaway is closed! Thanks for entering! “Oh, hey! I want to write about Gap jeggings, so I’ll take a picture of myself in them to show how awesome they are!” And then Gabe started yelling and my mirror was dusty and I am stuck with this photo. It’s a true story, though. Gap sentRead the whole post >>

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A More Frugal, More Simple Holiday Season.

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As we all gear up for the holidays – three more weeks! – I thought I’d share a few ideas and ways we try to simplify our holiday season. Typically one of the most costly parts of the holidays, gifts can be a wonderful part of the season! But they can also get out ofRead the whole post >>

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Photo Friday.

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Like father, like son.

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November Update & December Intentions.

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[November Goals Revisited] Keep my house clean with the daily 6 ( make beds right away, keep your kitchen sink empty, do a load of laundry most days, clean up after yourself, bathroom wipe-down, before bed 10-minute clean up)  |  Medium check! I did most of these many of the days, but I think theRead the whole post >>

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Embracing and Being Me.

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A few weeks ago, there was a church service at school and I sat among students in the large gym. About halfway through, I realized I could only hear myself singing; none of the students around me were participating verbally at all. Instead of embarrassing me into silence, I just shrugged. It struck me howRead the whole post >>

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Saving Money & Living Frugally

Doing a Buy Nothing Month.

Every so often, my eating junk food gets a little out of control and do a little juice cleanse. To help reset my body’s ideas of … [Read More...]

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Simple Living & Minimalism

Long Distance Moving and Decluttering – A Few Tips.

We're in the midst of a long distance move to Massachusetts this month (in the nomadic portion of our move - we moved out of our … [Read More...]

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Green Living & Sustainability

Choosing between Convenience and Values.

A reader asks: How do you decide when to focus your energy on better choices versus choosing convenience? I think it can be so … [Read More...]

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Motherhood & Parenting

The Story of Eleanor.

(Warning, this post will contain mentions of bodily fluid) How Eleanor Came to Be. I want to write this all down while I still … [Read More...]

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Career & Business

A New Leaf. Little Leaf.

(Yes, I am a dork.) Your website should be like an extra employee. Who works non stop 24/7. I recently overhauled my site … [Read More...]

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Recipes

Recipe: Curried Greens and Chickpeas

Recipe: Vegetarian Ramen.

Recipe: Sweet and Sour Tempeh with Pineapple and Cashews.

Recipe: Tofu Lettuce Wraps.

Recipe: Bistro Broccoli Chowder

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