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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.
    • 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.
    • Western Massachusetts
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Blog

Hump Day (I Hate that Term.)

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Wondering why I was cursed with a HUGE zit on my nose.Excited for The Office tomorrow!Disliking guns; especially on today’s Virginia Tech anniversary.Not sure about my future, and pretty much hating that fact.Enjoyed my mint chocolate chip milkshake in the gorgeous sunshine and amidst budding trees.Stephen Colbert is possibly one of the funniest men alive.Read the whole post >>

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Selling My Soul to Make Money

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I must love the feeling of adrenaline that comes with deadlines, because I’m always scrambling up to the last minute. Case in point, I just went to the post office this morning to file my taxes (I mostly e-filed, but there were some state things I had to mail in). Also? I have a quarterlyRead the whole post >>

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Laugh On

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The average four year old laughs 500 times a day. The average adult? Fifteen. How sad is that!? Three blogs sure to bring me laughter: Not That You Asked… Tied Together With A Smile Mighty Maggie Three television shows that constantly make me crack up: Friends The Office (and it’s finally back on!) Flight ofRead the whole post >>

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Friday Fun

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Some of the searches that brought people to my blog..Indulge me grammar: Indulge you in what? Bad grammar? Nope, don’t think so. Indulge you in your quest to rid the world of bad grammar? Sweet. I’m totally there. i’m happy weirdo: Maybe you can help this guy with his grammar. And his life. (Only joking.Read the whole post >>

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Buy Nothing '08

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Ladies, I appreciate the kind, awesome empathizing y’all showed me when I was so upset. This job is NOT permanent, it’s a one to two year position. So, yeah. I am learning a lot and growing because of difficult situations, but it’s difficult. And I should probably stop talking about work in case I wantRead the whole post >>

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Indulge Me For a Moment as I Whine

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I had envisioned this a primarily environmentally focused blog (HA! Blog! that word is still really funny to me. It’s so hard to take blogs seriously. Blob. Booger. Flog. So many things the word “blog” reminds me of.) ANYWAY. I wanted this to be mostly “green tips” from my experiences and stay out of theRead the whole post >>

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Make It Work, People

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[Note: I’m having a pretty terrible day. But I don’t want to write about and dwell on it, because I’m pretty sure that would just make things worse. Thank God for awesome coworkers who listen and care, that’s all I can say. Just wanted to warn you in case I come off as really aRead the whole post >>

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Library Lovin' & Lots O' Links

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It’s much easier to not buy new things when you can get an endless supply of free movies, TV shows, books, and cookbooks from the library. I LOVE the public library! LOVE it. Libraries are hidden gems, totally underutilized (especially by 20 somethings). Even when I was in college, I had a library card toRead the whole post >>

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InDecision 2008

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I hate making decisions. Let me clarify that, I REALLY hate making decisions. The summer before I was a senior in high school, I chose to live in the States with a friend’s family instead of returning with my family to Malaysia. Because, like, I totally couldn’t live without my friends, right? The night beforeRead the whole post >>

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm

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Yesterday as we were wheeling our bikes out of the grocery store parking lot, Mike said: At first, I saw a Prius, and I was like, “Yeah Prius! Woohoo!” then I was like, “You know what’s better than a freaking Prius?!? Riding your effing bike to the store!” He then proceed to analyze how AmericansRead 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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