Being a blogger, I have the privilege of “meeting” (rarely face to face), readers and others who are striving to live their lives with less, while making what they have, work. Mary, an incredible woman who has already inspired me in many ways, shared this simple of idea of how to add lighting into your…
Read the title of my blog and it’s in your face: organizing. For some, the word “organizing” causes one to cringe because they can’t imagine having an organized life – let alone an organized life with LESS. Do you ever think “but organizing costs MONEY!” If organizing DID cost money, I would tend to agree…
What do you keep underneath your sinks? Is this area known as an area of junk? Is it packed so full that bottles tip over when you are trying to take one out? Is it even filled with more than the trash itself? My Dutch heritage says to keep the trash underneath the kitchen sink….
Does this scenario sound familiar? It is 7:30pm and it is time for the kids to go to bed. You ask them to pick up their toys, but they refuse. You wait until you do your weekly cleaning (maybe you struggle to do it weekly…) and you ask them to clean their room, but you…
The most dreaded happens. The fire alarm goes off and you know that it is not just a dead battery. You hear reports of a hurricane or tornadoes heading your way, so you prepare as much as you can, but it still takes over your home. The house has flood protection, but the rains have…
Freezing food is something I take advantage of whenever I can. Our first 7 years of marriage, we did not have a chest freezer. What were we thinking, I don’t know. Our refrigerator/freezer, well, the freezer part was a problem. Anytime someone would want to get something out of our freezer, they would have to…
