simplify family life

Have you ever seen a gorgeous ice cream recipe in a book or magazine that you’ve been dying to make? Ever had that heart-sinking feeling that comes with the instructions at the end of said recipe, ‘freeze in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturers instructions’? I have.

Simplify by Not Playing the Comparison GameI’ve heard a lot of people say that they can’t watch HGTV or look at home magazines because it leaves them feeling discontent with their own homes. If you struggle with feeling like this, here are a few things to remember: 1. Someone’s home will always be more beautiful [...]

Amazon.com currently has more than 33,706 books on parenting. 33,706! Is it any wonder that we agonize over the simplest parenting decision with advice coming at us from all angles? The “experts” all know exactly how you should parent — and yet none of them agree on what the best methods are. Family, friends, neighbors [...]

There’s no denying that “going green” is steeped in its own form of consumerism, but at the heart of it, green living, frugal living and simple living go hand-in-hand. A perfect example of this, in my opinion, is line drying your clothes. Line drying saves energy as well as money, and although it does take [...]

I love technology, so this isn’t a “technology is evil and robs us of real life” kind of post. However, just as technology can simplify our lives (which we’ll talk about more later this week), the inherent danger is that it can also be consuming, keeping us from participating in real life. We’ve probably all [...]