Monthly Archives: January 2019

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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An Almost Lunch

While I hadn’t really solidified a complete plan on eating out during our No Buy January challenge, The Hubs and I had a plan to reduce our monthly budget for restaurants. Clearly that’s a problem that we need to iron … Continue reading

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