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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.
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Archives for musings

Big Kid.

Filed Under: Personal & Life Updates 8 Comments

I can’t pick up my baby anymore. He’s too big or I’m too small. Either way, I can’t remember the very last time I was able to pick Gabe up and hold him. Sure, I can give him a piggy back ride, but it’s not the same as hug-holding him. Every time we walk anywhere, Gabe slipsRead the whole post >>

November 18, 2015 · Tagged With: essay, motherhood, musings 8 Comments

Choosing between Convenience and Values.

Filed Under: Green Living & Sustainability 3 Comments

A reader asks: How do you decide when to focus your energy on better choices versus choosing convenience? I think it can be so hard to opt for what’s right over what’s ready (example: the pants I know fit from Banana, versus seeking an ethical and sustainable new brand when I need new pants now…)Read the whole post >>

November 11, 2015 · Tagged With: clothes, intentionality, musings, shopping, social justice 3 Comments

Life Lately – More About Summer & Moving.

Filed Under: Motherhood, Personal & Life Updates 12 Comments

What a summer it’s been! It’s been full and hectic and wonderful and stressful all at once. Theo turned one, the boys had a joint birthday party, Mike is getting his PhD this Saturday, we traveled to Toronto, and we’ve been married 8 years today. Trying to soak up as much Ohio-ness as we canRead the whole post >>

August 11, 2015 · Tagged With: marriage, musings 12 Comments

How to Survive Winter.

Filed Under: Personal & Life Updates 11 Comments

A long time ago, I surveyed you guys about blog content, what you like, don’t – several people requested a post on how to survive winter: “I’ve figured out how to physically survive winter (wool, silk, wool, wool, Primaloft) but this winter in DC really hit me hard emotionally. So! How does one emotionally survive winter whenRead the whole post >>

March 18, 2015 · Tagged With: cold, exercise, musings, reader question, Reader Questions, winter 11 Comments

2014 in Review.

Filed Under: Personal & Life Updates 6 Comments

January Finally started to feel better, pregnancy-wise. Drove through a terrible snowstorm to Madison, Wisconsin. Gabe had six snow days, sidelining my attempts to finally ramp up my work. February Gabe got glasses and we found out Mike was placed here for his year-long pre-doctoral internship, so we took a mini vacation. Took a breakRead the whole post >>

January 6, 2015 · Tagged With: musings, year in review 6 Comments

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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

Cloth diapering, the second time around.

I cloth diapered Gabe from about 10 days old, and did the same this time around. Here's what I wrote about cloth diapering last … [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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