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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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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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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…
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Too Much Tech: A Family Experiment Update
Hey everyone! I hope that your family is doing ok through quarantine! We are holding up, and we are starting to prepare for things to open back up, as our governor is releasing guidelines for the state. So, we’ve been doing “Tech Free Tuesday’s” for at least a month now and I’m glad to report it’s actually going well (anyone hear the surprise there?)! If you missed the first post explaining more about Tech Free Tuesdays you can read it here https://typeaeverything.com/too-much-tech/ and then come back to read about the update! First, I need to explain that we decided to do Tech Free Tuesdays, but we have been doing them on…
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Too Much Tech: A Family Experiment
Does anyone else love technology and the parts of our lives that it makes easier? I know I do. I have read about people that ditch their microwave or delete all the apps off their phones, and this is great. I just don’t think my family is quite there yet. Yesterday we had a “clean out the fridge” night for dinner where everyone made their own plate of leftovers and the microwave was the star of the show! And life without google maps, might literally mean I could never go anywhere new! As a family, we have drastically cut down on the TV being on. Our family of five might turn the…
