This is a new series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I’ll be posting weekly(ish) about what I’ve done lately to save money and make things stretch in order to further our financial goals, which currently include us paying off a decent hunk of debt. I encourage you to play …
20 Things I Quit In Order to Simplify My Life
Back in 2013, I discovered the idea of minimalism and simple living and was immediately hooked. Ever since, I’ve been on a slow but steady course of paring down, intentionally setting parameters and limits around our days and time, and looking to cut out any excess that wasn’t adding value to our lives. Now, over …
Weekly Frugal Wins // No More Earwigs!
This is a new series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I’ll be posting weekly(ish) about what I’ve done lately to save money and make things stretch in order to further our financial goals, which currently include us paying off a decent hunk of debt. I encourage you to play …
101 in 1001 List #2 {Final Report}
At the beginning of 2018, I decided to vastly change how I approached goal-setting, and instead of setting my usual New Year’s resolutions, I decided to hop on the bandwagon of doing 101 goals in 1001 days (which is just under 3 years). After completing over 60% of my first list (you can see the …
Only Fun Surprises From Hereon Out, Please {Sept 2023 Goals}
August was…something, all right. I knew we’d have some big things happening, like our kids starting school (including our second oldest starting kindergarten at “the big school”) and the usual flower farming craziness since August and September are peak season, but we sure hadn’t anticipated that there would be a super unexpected job loss thrown …
Weekly Frugal Wins // Potluck Party
This is a new series in the style of The Frugal Girl’s Five Frugal Things, where I’ll be posting weekly(ish) about what I’ve done lately to save money and make things stretch in order to further our financial goals, which currently include us paying off a decent hunk of debt. I encourage you to play …
Snapshot of My Life Today 8/31/23
I’m trying to get back into the habit of doing these once a month, just because I personally think they’re a lot of fun to look back on and see how much changes from year to year. Once again, I slightly changed my original prompts thanks to Stephany. Overall, here’s a slice of our life …
Goodness + Beauty {7}
I started this series to encourage me to 1) put a little more effort into my photography again, and 2) notice and acknowledge some of the many wonderful things and ideas that are all around me on a regular basis. For these posts, I’m challenging myself to take at least five pictures of beauty, as …











