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Setting up a Minimalist Home
I’m certain that my level of minimalism probably pales in comparison to others’ but for my family, our current level of minimalism is a huge improvement over the way we used to live. Though it may seem counter-intuitive, we’ve had to buy some things to help us acheive our minimalism goals at the new house.…
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Home, Sweet Home
September 16th, 2013…the first day of the first chapter of the rest of our lives! Closing day on our new home! Everything has gone extremely smoothly, with the exception of one teeny tiny thing…the title company missed a signature and hubby had to go back in first thing this morning to sign. What a blessing!…
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Methods of Avoidance…Costco
I’ve been avoiding Costco the past couple weeks. Bad, bad…I know. I’ve hit up Target and Wal-Mart for milk, produce and other staples and even though the prices seem reasonable, you just can’t beat Costco’s prices. Produce at Costco tends to be around half of what it costs at Wal-Mart. Milk is similar in price…
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A Year of Less: The Linen Closet
How many sets of sheets and blankets and towels does one family need? Apparently not as many as we had…we had a completely filled 36″ wide, 10′ tall linen closet JAMMED and we hadn’t even been using the items in it but rather re-washing the towels, sheets and blankets already in use. I knew I…
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Hello again, Costco…
Monday is my normal grocery shopping day, and I’ve been going to Costco most of the time. This week I went to Fresh & Easy. I met my goal of staying under $100 for the week, but I took the kids with me and ended up buying a lot of junk food I wasn’t…
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Sunday’s house….
….was a total no-go. Monday AM we found out that there were half a dozen cash offers and that the seller wouldn’t even read an FHA offer. So…back to the drawing board we went. Tuesday I embarked on a long day of house-viewing with our agent, who had set up 8+ appointments and had made…
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On the home front…
We’ve been house shopping. We live in a lovely rental in a beautiful neighborhood. We were in escrow on the home across the street when we discovered it had several un-permitted additions and there was no way to bring everything up to par legally while closing within 45 day as planned. We had to cancel…
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The Costco Experiment: Progress Update 2
Last time I wrote, I was a day away from heading to Costco again for the bulk of our weekly groceries. I spent about $245 that trip, which was over my goal of $200 but I did stick to that $200 if you only count food and household items. I did spend an unplanned $30…
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The Costco Experiment: Progress Update
Day 7 since my Costco trip, with another trip planned for tomorrow (Monday). While I got off track a little relating to my bulk cooking plans, I’m catching up today and will be caught up before my shopping trip tomorrow. I have a list and since there’s still a lot of food left from the…
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And best laid plans…or…sick kid!
I didn’t make much progress this week on my bulk cooking. I’d planned more. I got a great start to the week but then little miss Katie decided to get sick on Wednesday and she *just wanted me* to be with her all the time. It has definitely been really nice having leftovers in the…