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January Declutter Calendar Coming Soon!
Hey everyone! I’m working on a January Declutter Challenge calendar! My goal is to share a calendar with you for daily items to declutter in about 15-minutes per day! These will be items that most everyone will be able to get rid of at least a few items daily! I am working through it right now with a friend of mine as the guineapig! Drop your email address in the subscribe information at the bottom and I’ll be sure to get you more information about it! I plan to share photos, directions, ideas on what to do with the clutter, and YouTube videos to work through this together! See if…
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Minimal Packing for a Family Trip: Less Stuff and More Fun
Minimal Packing for a Family Trip: Less Stuff and More Fun I used to be a chronic over packer! I can remember lines at the airport where I was unzipping my overly stuffed suitcase and taking items out just to jam them into an already full carry-on bag. All of this to try and get the weight on my suitcase to an acceptable level! The first time I flew with my husband we were headed to Mexico for an all-inclusive 7-day trip, and I had over 55 pounds of stuff with me! Just me! Not me and him! I can remember getting a little nervous as we got to the…
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Still Getting Hung-Up Decluttering? It Happens!
As far as I’ve come, I still get hung up…I guess I’m saying this to make sure that we are all giving ourselves grace and asking the right questions to weed out the hard stuff. I have gotten rid of thousands of items, literally thousands, but this past weekend I got hung up by a 12-year-old pair of shorts. Yep! A 12-year-old pair of shorts. These shorts are still cute (to me), they are a classic look, they still fit, and are still in good shape. As a matter of fact, I have two pairs of these shorts. One black pair and one blue pair. I love the blue pair. …
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Stupid Easy and Delicious Baked Sweet Potatoes
I LOVE baked sweet potatoes! I will eat them without a thing on them, lightly salted, covered in butter, soaked in brown sugar and marshmallow. Pretty much however a sweet potato is served I’m game! That being said Texas Roadhouse consistently has one of the best baked sweet potatoes I’ve ever eaten. It’s perfectly baked every time. I have no idea how Texas Roadhouse does this, but I have found a way to imitate it at home! This method is so simple that I struggle even calling it a recipe. If you’re like me and you love a good baked sweet potato this will make your life a whole lot…
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Get Out of Your Own Way By Dave Hollis
I recently finished reading Get Out of Your Own Way by Dave Hollis, and now I’m reading his wife’s book Girl, Wash your Face. Reading Dave’s book first is probably slightly out of order for a 30-something year old woman raising small children, but I to be honest I accidentally stumbled upon his book and the title all on its own caught my attention. I didn’t put it together that he was the husband of the author of Girl, Wash you Face, which had been on my radar to read. I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I do think that the book was likely more intentionally written to…
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A Kick in the Butt…
Well, I haven’t posted on here in so long that I forgot how to login! Pitiful right? Sorry if you previously signed up hoping for new and exciting content and were let down! But I’ve made a promise to myself and my readers to do better. To be better. I am committing to posting at least weekly for the next six weeks and then hopefully even more frequently! I look forward to sharing my favorite recipes, books, and moments with you all. Today I am writing to be honest and ask for forgiveness for not being active and to just let you know that I’ve been struggling. Being a…
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#Whole 30 Ten-Minute Chili
It’s November 30th, and our first snowflakes fell here today! This weather always makes me think of a big pot of simmering chili! Today I want to share with you a great tasting recipe that also happens to be #Whole 30, paleo and totally delicious! You can get the recipe for this ten-minute chili by clicking the picture below! I personally have made it in the crockpot and on the stovetop. My family and I prefer it on the stovetop. It’s super easy and so flavorful! I think the coffee and cinnamon add an extra punch of unexpected flavor! I make this at least one every few weeks and it’s commonly a meal I prep for my…
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Christmas Gluttony with a Family
Well another Thanksgiving has come and gone, and what must follow the Thanksgiving holiday, but Black Friday. This is my second Thanksgiving and Black Friday with our youngest daughter, and I find myself wondering how to prepare for Christmas. Christmas is often a time that many of us purchase things that we don’t need and give others things that they don’t need. This is something I want to change with our youngest daughter, but even as she will only be 14 months old I feel pressure to consume to show our 14 month old daughter “our love.” She doesn’t need anything as we have been showered in gifts for her and many…
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My First Time with Trader Joe’s Peppermint & Tea Tree Shampoo Bar
Photo credit: Trader Joe’s Website, link below I am so excited to share with you my first experience using a shampoo bar! I have dappled with different shampoo options for a few years now. I’d love to say it’s completely to save water, use less plastic or overall just reduce my footprint, but it’s mostly because I’m lazy! I don’t mind washing my hair…I just hate everything that follows! Detangling, combing, drying, styling, you know the drill! With my long hair it’s always a chore! Currently, I wash 2-3 times a week. It’s usually two and on wash day it desperately needs it! My goal is to have healthy hair and to get to wash day without…
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A Life Up-Tweak
Do you ever get the feelings that life needs to be re-worked, tweaked or that a jumpstart might do it good? I’m struggling with this feeling right now, and whether it’s because of quarantine and COVID-19 or extra stress or a combination of things it doesn’t really matter. What does matter is that I need to do something to shake it. After mulling it over I’ve decided on a few things to try to uncomplicate life. I want to make it feel like there is time for family and rest, and for me. Yep… I said it. I’d like some time for just me and to relax how I see fit. So for the upcoming week I…
