It’s officially been two full months since our international students moved back home to their countries… and I guess we’ve just been so busy with weddings and remodeling this summer, that I never posted anything about our hosting experience.
Well, today is the day… I’m sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly 🙂
Over my blogging break, I thought a lot about my business — things I love, things I don’t love, things I wish I did differently, and things I wish I would have realized early on.
If you’ve ever had even the tiniest dream of starting your own business, I’d encourage you to read my thoughts… however, I’ll warn you that I’ve included a healthy dose of reality!
I’ve gotten quite a few questions asking what diaper bag we use, what we keep in our bag, and how we organize it.
And while I only have one infant’s stuff to cart around with me — I can at least offer some insight into how we {try} to keep things simplified and organized when it comes to the diaper bag.
I’m not sure if there’s anything more refreshing on a hot summer day than a cool smoothie made with your favorite fruits!
Today, I’m sharing an extremely simple recipe that can be adapted to make almost any variety of fruit {or veggie} smoothie — oh, and I’ve got a fancy new blender for “show n’ tell”!
When was the last time you changed the bag in your vacuum? Or, if you have a bagless vacuum, when was the last time your cleaned/changed the filters? Did you even know that your vacuum had filters… and that you had to clean them?
I’m guessing that if you don’t know the answers to these questions… it’s probably about time to “clean” your cleaning tools!
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about WHERE I work best, WHEN I work best, and HOW I work best, partially because I’m weird and like to think about things like that… but mainly because my time is limited these days and I need to know that I’m making the best use of my working hours.
Since summer is already half over, and since Dave will be going back to school before we know it, I’ve decided to take 2 full weeks off from blogging.
My hope is to get some much needed rest, cross a few things off my list, have a little fun, and come back with new energy and lots of new ideas to share here on Simple Organized Living!
Over the past 2 summers, Dave and I have spent SO much time renovating the inside of our farmhouse that we haven’t had a chance to put in our vegetable garden yet. We’ve decided that next spring/summer, we will focus on a garden. Yeah, I’m just a little excited!
If you share my enthusiasm for fresh-from-the-garden produce but don’t have the time, space, or ability to grow your own… then keep reading.
I’m happy to share that after a two-week lull {and tons of debating back and forth} we had our “Ah-Ha Moment” for the kitchen the other day… at about 11:30pm. Believe it or not, Dave actually played a pretty big part in our new game-plan.
So without further adue, here is our {almost} finalized kitchen design.
Two weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about saving and spending. My point was that we all have different priorities and, therefore, we all save and spend our money in different ways.
Today, I’m sharing a few more thoughts based on several emails I received after that post went live… and I’d love to hear what you think about saving and spending throughout different seasons of life.
The other day, Dave and I were both in the mood for pasta. However, while our kitchen is under renovation, I have no oven and no stove top.
After searching around the internet, I came up with a delicious slow cooker recipe that doesn’t even require boiled noodles. It’s a delicious “remake” of our favorite pizza pasta dish!
Every piece of clothing Dave and I own is in our closet or in our dresser drawers and we intend to keep it that way, partially because we live in an old farmhouse where extra closet space is slim to none, but also because we don’t want more clothing than we have space for.
Come take a closer look at our closet… and our minimalist wardrobe.
It’s already been a full week since we arrived home from our crazy 5-day wedding road trip with Nora. And since I asked for your tips for traveling with tots before I left, I figured that I should also share what I “learned” on our first road trip with a baby.
Here are a few things we did that really helped the trip to go smoothly.
Dave and I LOVE leftovers. However, since a massive amount of leftovers can be a bit boring (think lasagna every night for a week!) I’ve started to create “homemade TV dinners” from our leftover meals.
It’s a delicious (and frugal) way to use up those leftovers… and it’s so nice to have a few microwavable meal in the freezer when I don’t feel like cooking.
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