Musings :: Moments :: Memories
I am taking advantage of a rare bit of time without the children to do some of the many things that I have had to put on the back burner since having Austin. I am writing so infrequently here, I wanted to take a look at the blog and decide how I wanted to proceed:… Continue reading Far From Simple
For someone who is usually only too happy to share her thoughts and feelings, it always catches me off-guard when I realise I have been bottling things up. I can always tell when I am feeling stressed because it shows in my face. Not in my expression. In my actual face. For a few days… Continue reading Currently
While I was on maternity leave and then working part time, I was drawn towards simple living and embraced the idea of paring everything down. I made my simple goals and as a family, we made decisions about our spending, our ambitions and our way of life which centred around intentional living and which moved… Continue reading Regaining Simplicity
Back when I was waist-deep in PGCE stress, one of the things I was looking forward to in June was being able to blog more regularly. I miss writing and am looking forward to writing as much as possible over the summer. Yesterday, we returned from a week in Bognor Regis with ricardo's family. It… Continue reading Back for the Summer
It's no secret that I am a massive fan of SImple Mom and her book Organized Simplicity. It helped me get my house in some semblance of order and it was particularly useful when I was only working a couple of days, since I had the time at home to put a system into place… Continue reading One Bite at a Time
If you know anything about me, you will know that I love a list. And I love a to-do list even more. What I hate is an uncompleted to-do list. I started reading Organized Simplicity back in March last year and it has been bothering me for a while that I hadn't finished. I hadn't… Continue reading A Journey, Not a Destination
Does it sometimes feel that all you are really working towards in life is an empty plate? That is, having the opposite of having a lot on your plate? This is what it feels like to me. And it is pretty futile since life will keep piling the food on, no matter how much you… Continue reading Plate
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
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
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
Notes From My Day 