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7 Quick Takes: November 4, 2011 (Vol. 102)

~ 1 ~ This weekend, I’ll be headed to my first craft show as a vendor in about two years.  I’m really excited, as I always enjoy getting a chance to talk to people and check out what other people are working on as well. Now, mind you, but “really excited,” this does not mean [...]

Our Food Pantry Donation

  During Lent, as you may remember, we limited the types of things that we could buy from the grocery store.  We didn’t actually end up saving much money (at all), but we ate a lot healthier (given what we were allowed to buy).  Still, I wanted to report back that we did hold up [...]

Too Many Choices Can Make a Person Freak Out

I have read snippets of several studies that show that people tend to buy more when given fewer choices.  It seems so counter intuitive in our culture.  Aren’t lots of choices better? Let me tell you, if you had seen me in the Verizon store looking at new cell phones, you would have known that [...]

Top Ten Things I Have Been Thinking Of Lately

It seems like I have been a little aimless lately. I had been wanting to participate in Top Ten Tuesday and figured, “Hey, why not just talk about what kinds of things I have been thinking of lately?”  So, here are my random things that I have been pondering on. 1.  Am I ever going [...]

Strategies For Getting Caught Up On Email for the Easily Distracted

Did that title catch your eye?  It probably means that you are a lot like me.  I have the best of intentions to get caught up on email, but then one email makes me say, “Oh yeah — I meant to check that on Facebook.”  Or, maybe an email mentions an idea that I want [...]

7 Quick Takes: October 23, 2009 (Vol. 19)

~ 1 ~ Right now, I have orange star-shaped Post It notes all over my house.  They are stuck to the walls and to many surfaces.  Many, many surfaces.  Some have pictures on them, and some have labels of whatever they are stuck to. Molly and Jack did this yesterday.  They did one, and then [...]

Spring Cleaning for the Summer

I had previously decided that I wanted this to be a productive summer. I suspect that I felt more strongly about this because now that we’re homeschooling, this break time feels more important than summer break ever has before. One of my goals for the summer has been to do some “spring” cleaning around the [...]

Fewer Gifts + More Thought = Nicer Christmas

I wrote last year about my “fewer gifts + more thought = nicer Christmas” equation. My post on it last year, however, was one of those “in theory” posts. I hadn’t actually tried it out at that point. So, today, you can read my new and improved article (with my experiences from last year) at [...]

13 Random Ideas for Organizing Around the House (TT #30)

13 Random Ideas for Organizing Around the House 1. Use an ice cube tray to organize small items, such as paper clips and thumb tacks in the office, eyelets and brads in the scrapbook room, or buttons and notions in the sewing room. 2. Put the date that you bought spices on their lid (or [...]

Advent Conspiracy

I saw this video while bopping around the blogosphere and I was really moved by it, so I wanted to share it. h/t to Gold Family News

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