This weekend our friends and family held a couple baby shower for My Life and I. While the event was originally planned to be hosted at our friends’ house, we decided it might be best to keep things close to home with My Life getting closer and closer to her due date and our desire [...]

There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found While journeying east and west – The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox In [...]

Ever feel like you’ve done a great job of cleaning and organizing the house, only to stumble upon an area full of clutter that you’ve forgotten about (maybe on purpose)? It’s one of those places around the house where you like to hide all those misc. things like magazines, pens, notepads, books, papers, yo-yo’s, old [...]

Moving day has finally come and gone. My Life and I have sold our first home together and moved to be closer to our family. Thought I’d share some random tidbits and stats from our latest moving adventure with you… This is the third place Laurie and I have lived together. Every other time I’ve [...]

This is part of our series on The Simple Living Manifesto. We invite you to join us on the journey. The 41st idea in the manifesto is: Have a place for everything. Age-old advice, but it’s the best advice on keeping things organized. After you declutter. Read more here. Now that we’ve decluttered, let’s get [...]

Guest post from Rachel Whitmire. Originally posted at the browneyedblessings.blogspot.com. I made my bi-monthly bread shopping trip earlier this week and was thinking about some of the things I do to save money. As most people know, I’m a stay-at-home-mom which means we only have one income. And, if you’ve been paying any attention at [...]

This is part of our series on The Simple Living Manifesto. We invite you to join us on the journey. The 32nd idea in the manifesto is: Make your house minimalist. A minimalist house has what is necessary, and not much else. It’s also extremely peaceful (not to mention easy to clean). More here. I’ve [...]