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  • 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.
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    • 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)
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Blog

The One Where the Tangent Becomes the Post.

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Despite being 45 minutes late to the Cleveland Blogger Meet-Up last night, and dealing with the meanest parking attendant lady ever.(I drive up to the guard shack, stop. Roll down my window and she doesn’t open her window or turn around. I wait a minute or two, then figure maybe I pay over at thatRead the whole post >>

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Total, Unabashed Cop Out.

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I’m home from the Cleveland Blogger Meet-up, tired, and refusing to give up on NaBloPoMo. But whoever said it had to be quality? A few photos of I’ve snapped lately: Found on the slide at a playground. I wish I could claim this as my work of art. At the park on a gorgeous fallRead the whole post >>

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Worth it Wednesday: Caffeine Addiction, er, Edition.

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I talked a lot in the beginning of this blog about coffee; particularly, how to use a reusable mug at a coffee shop. In case you were wondering what travel coffee-tea-hot chocolate mug I use, wonder no more! OXO GOOD GRIPS LIQUISEAL TRAVEL MUGWorth: It’s $19.95 at Amazon right now. (Great gift idea: I gotRead the whole post >>

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A Few Confessions Are in Order.

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Sometimes I see maternity clothes in my size on super-mega-clearance at Target and I’m really tempted to buy them. Like, I have to convince myself not to buy the adorable clothes. I’m addicted to The Biggest Loser – especially Colleen and her father, who are from Highland Hills in the Cleveland area. Represent! (Although, BiggestRead the whole post >>

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Baking for Better Spirits. Or, Yay! Winter!

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So, winter is here. Let us all respond with a resounding “Bleh.” It snowed today. It was bitterly cold with a wind that cut through my wool winter coat. In fact, I was feeling rather disgruntled with the day in general – it was dark by the time I left work and I realized IRead the whole post >>

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A Few Letters.

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Dear Netflix – I wish my free trial subscription would go on forever and ever. I am just too cheap to pay for you. Thanks,The cheapest girl ever girl who prefers Target to Netflix. Dear Public Library – Thank you for being you and providing me with endless great books and movies. Mwah, A satisfiedRead the whole post >>

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Little Nubs from the Conference.

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I just got back from the conference and I am too entirely exhausted for a long post. Instead, I want to share with you a few quotes from the speakers that I found somewhat inspiring or useful. We don’t ride a roller coaster to get to the end of the roller coaster. We don’t goRead the whole post >>

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Great, Now I Look Like My Mom.

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Say goodbye to medium brown with a sligh redish tint hair… I set out last night to dye my hair dark brown – a shade closer to my eyebrows (and natural hair color). I left it in 5 minutes too long (oops) and used the entire bottle on my now-shorter hair (double oops). The result?Read the whole post >>

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R-E-G-R-E-T, Find Out What it Means to Me.

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Regret is a funny thing. I know many people proudly claim that they “live without regrets,” but I must admit that, sometimes, I regret. Sometimes, I regret little things… Sometimes, I regret spending three bucks on a latte because the espresso is all burnt-tasting. Sometimes, I regret when I started dying my hair, because nowRead the whole post >>

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Worth it Wednesday: Let's Get Something Straight.

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My hair is a crazy animal, and I never quite know what to do with it. I usually go with curly, as it’s quicker. However, I recently purchased a new straightening iron that might change some things… IONIC NANO SILVER TOURMALINE CERAMIC STRAIGHTENING IRON*[Kudos to Sarah for suggesting I do a Worth it Wednesday onRead 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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