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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
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    • 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
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    • 9 Ways I'm Going to be Greener at Home.
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    • 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.
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    • My Freelance-aversary & Some Thoughts on Making Your Life What You Want.
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    • 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
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    • 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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Archives for quick takes

Five Things.

Filed Under: Personal & Life Updates 10 Comments

I really want to tell you… 1) Working from home has been more difficult. I am not always adept at juggling the mom-work thing. Most of the time lately, I feel like like I’m failing at everything and drowning. This might have something to do with the fact that I’m coming off of several monthsRead the whole post >>

January 10, 2014 · Tagged With: quick takes 10 Comments

5 Things on Friday.

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1. If you pay attention to me on Twitter or Instagram, you regularly see or hear about Gabe’s antics. He’s both incredibly sweet (telling me how much he loves me, unprompted; rubbing my back and getting me a blanket and generally just being wonderful) and incredibly…three. What do I mean by that? Sobbing because we didn’tRead the whole post >>

December 6, 2013 · Tagged With: quick takes 15 Comments

A Fews Odds and Ends – On Having a Three-Year-Old, Cutting My Hair, A Work Update, and More.

Filed Under: Personal & Life Updates 19 Comments

I have some things to say that haven’t really fit into an entire blog post. Let’s chat. My hair has reached extraordinary lengths. (See?) I haven’t gotten a haircut in over a year and I know I’m due. This happens every few years – I get sick and tired of dealing with tons of hair,Read the whole post >>

November 13, 2013 · Tagged With: business, Gabe, quick takes 19 Comments

Five Things // About the Sad Thing, Coffee, Jobs, Money, & Birthdays.

Filed Under: Career & Business, Personal & Life Updates 14 Comments

I might just start randomly inserting Hawaii photos into posts. 1. That thing on Monday went well. My first one was an early Monday morning procedure, too, so it was pretty much all the same doctors and nurses and a bajllion other medical professionals. The only person to express any human emotion was my doctor.Read the whole post >>

August 22, 2013 · Tagged With: coffee, miscarriage & pregnancy loss, quick takes 14 Comments

Quick Takes // On Trips, Money, and the Silver Linings Playbook.

Filed Under: Personal & Life Updates 12 Comments

1. I mentioned briefly that we went to DC. It was really fun. I got to meet up with several blog friends, navigate the city like a pro (Gabe’s favorite part was riding the “train,” as per usual), and explore tons of museums. It was really nice to take a trip together. Traveling is absolutelyRead the whole post >>

June 14, 2013 · Tagged With: miscarriage & pregnancy loss, quick takes, travel 12 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

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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