For the past 20 months or so, Mondays don't instill dread the same way they do more most 9-to-5ers. Instead of that Sunday Night Feeling, I get a frisson of hope for the week ahead. It's a new leaf. A new start. A chance to do things right this week. Never one to start in… Continue reading The Possibilities of Mondays
Category: Simple Life
14. Time
Time is a funny animal. There is never enough but sometimes there is too much. It goes too slowly and it flies by. I waste time more than anything else and yet I am always bemoaning my lack of it. I have a busy day at work today, or at least, I have some important… Continue reading 14. Time
Using ZipList to Menu Plan
I have mentioned before my love for the incredibly useful tool that is Ziplist. It lets you clip recipes from online (always retaining the source link), it lets you easily build shopping lists from your recipes or manually. It has an iPhone app. I was pretty stoked, then, to discover that they have just introduced… Continue reading Using ZipList to Menu Plan
A Problem that I Have Had
In our quest to have a simpler, less-cluttered lifestyle, we realised we needed to do something about our DVD / BluRay collection. A few years ago, we put all our DVDs into fancy Slappa cases which held the DVDs along with their cover art. For a while, this solution was most satisfactory. The cases took up less room… Continue reading A Problem that I Have Had
My Future
I am guessing that the creators of this writing challenge (and the vast majority of the Tumblrs participating in it) are still fresh, young things with their whole lives ahead, unmapped and unplanned. I, on the other hand, may be a wizened old crone, but I still have hopes and dreams for the future: to… Continue reading My Future
Frugal February
As I caught up with my blog reading last night, I read Caroline's post about her participation in Frugal February and I thought that I would jump on board. As part of our new simple living outlook, our finances are under scrutiny and a month (at least!) of very careful spending will be useful in getting… Continue reading Frugal February
Meal Wrangling
Trying to live a more simple, well-organised life means getting the whole dinner situation under control. This is the area with which I struggle the most - I go through phases of having all our meals planned for the next fortnight or beyond only for it all to fall apart when the next lot of… Continue reading Meal Wrangling
The Little Things
The next chapter of Organized Simplicity is about savouring the little things. It is about using all the fantastic organisational tools set out (i.e. the home management notebook and all that entails) and reaping the rewards through enjoying simple pleasures with your family. Tsh suggests some things to do with your time that will help… Continue reading The Little Things
Sweet Gift Idea
My latest blog obsession is blogs about organising. I can't get enough of them. One of my favourites is IHeartOrganizing and Jen has just shared some brilliant gift ideas. This Ice Cream Sundae kit jumped out at me. So scrummy! Other blogs I like to browse include Life... Your Way which covers everything from organisation… Continue reading Sweet Gift Idea
Personalising my Notebook
Since setting up my Home Management Notebook, I have been about as productive as I have ever been. Apparently, I am very task driven and a checklist motivates me more than any treat-based system! Since using the weekly cleaning checklist provided by Simple Mom, I have been able to get more housework done and certainly… Continue reading Personalising my Notebook
Notes From My Day 