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Trash Bowl

You know how sometimes you find these tricks that make your life easier? (Some people call them hacks, though this thing is so simple it doesn’t even count as a hack. A hack has some level of genius behind it.) … Continue reading

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Reduce/Reuse

Over here we are gearing up for Baby #3. Chaos and Mayhem are sharing a room now, which means that they are no longer sleeping. Okay..that’s not exactly true. We’ll get there. Sorta. Some day. Chaos’ old room is going … Continue reading

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Buy a Minimalism Book?

Seems sort of counterintuitive, doesn’t it? I really want the new book Josh Becker wrote (The Minimalist Home). It’s been sold out on Amazon for weeks, but now it’s back. He’s also offering a whole bunch of “extras” on his website to … Continue reading

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Power Reading

I’m in a book list committee within my school district. We choose 20 books (geared to grades 3-5) each year and send the list to the elementary schools. From there, most librarians encourage their kids to read these books. It’s … Continue reading

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Fracking LEGOs

Somehow we ended up with A LOT of LEGOS. Like A LOT. A LOT. They used to live in and around the LEGO table that was in our living room. But I’ve been trying to push reroute our children and … Continue reading

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Minecrafting and crafting and crafting

I just spent the last two days in a workshop for Minecraft Education. While I hate being away from the library, I was interested to see if Minecraft was something that I could bring to our school. Um. I’ve never … Continue reading

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Warby Parker

I REALLY like saying the name. Like- a whole lot. You know how if a woman has a dress with pockets and you say “I like your dress”- she’ll undoubtedly respond with, “Thanks! It has pockets!” Okay- so if you … Continue reading

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Gift Cards

If you haven’t heard, Gymboree is closing 900 of their stores. Read it here  Ordinarily it wouldn’t really matter to me. 95% of the boys’ clothes come from garage sales. However, The Hubs and I have really been focusing on … Continue reading

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Box of Cords

Have you seen that post going around the Internet recently? Yeah, that one. Well, The Hubs and I managed to accumulate a box of cords. Like a banker’s box overflowing with cords. We’re proud to be directly in line with … Continue reading

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What is This Nature Thing?

Okay, I’ll admit it- we don’t get outside as much as we would want. The Hubs and I find that by the time we get home, get dinner cooking, eat, and then clean up- we’re basically out of time with … Continue reading

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