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Learning to Delight in Your Home

May 15, 2019 By Jen Leave a Comment

delight in your home

Remember back in January when I wrote about choosing a Word of the Year?  My word for 2019 is delight, so I thought I’d give you a little update on how I’m learning to delight in our home.  Our little less-than-perfect cozy house.    I was scrolling on Instagram the other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home, Peace-filled Living, Tips Tagged With: clean, declutter, delight, gardening, home, home decor, minimalist, woty

Cozy Minimalist Home: My Thoughts

February 6, 2019 By Jen 2 Comments

cozy minimalist home the nestere

A few years ago, I read and loved The Nesting Place by Myquillyn Smith.  When I heard she had a new book coming out last year, I knew I'd buy it, just because I loved her first book so much.  Then I heard that the new book was called Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Home Tagged With: book review, cozy, home, house, minimalist

Tips for Building A Capsule Wardrobe on a Budget

October 9, 2018 By Jen Leave a Comment

budget capsule wardrobe

I've been trying to develop the perfect capsule wardrobe on a budget for a while now.  And by a while, I mean over a year. Yikes.  What can I say - I'm a walking, talking, fashion emergency over here, people. :) In case you're unfamiliar with it, a capsule wardrobe is where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Finances, Peace-filled Living Tagged With: basics, budget, capsule, clothes, fashion, get your pretty on, GYPO, minimalist, problem, secondhand, shopping, thrift store, wardrobe

Minimalist Homeschool Curriculum: Kindergarten and 2nd Grade

August 24, 2018 By Jen 2 Comments

coffee and books homeschool morning basket

Well, here it is...our minimalist homeschool curriculum choices for 2018-19! Summer is not typically my favorite time of year.  But this summer was WONDERFUL.  Even though our central air went out in the house.  (EEEK.) We had lots of fun at the pool and at ballgames.  We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: curriculum, homeschool, kindergarten, minimalist, second grade

Six Books I Read in April

April 25, 2018 By Jen Leave a Comment

This has not been a typical April.  Since spring is being stubborn, we had a lot of cold yucky weather that kept us indoors, which means LOTS of time for reading!  Some books were great, some books were not.  And it was a huge mish-mash of of genres. Here are the six books I read … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: be still my soul, book review, book stack, books, bookshelf, cozy minimalist, harry potter, high treason, minimalist, mysterious benedict society, read, reading, the joy of less

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