I have decluttered very little in the last week. Work has been extraordinarily stressful. By the time I get home in the evening, I am completely exhausted. I basically have dinner and go to bed. Technically, at this point, the “streak” part of my Holiday […]

The answer to the question, “What have you been up to lately?” is “Nothing much”. As I mentioned in my last post, work has been more demanding lately, leaving me fairly exhausted at the end of the week. Usually, I head into the weekend with […]

For today, I have a few decluttering tips, courtesy of Joshua Becker at Becoming Minimalist. The original post is here. start with the easy stuff set small goals give everything a home give yourself permission to let go deal with clutter hotspots declutter daily be […]

You may remember that I recently started making my own soap. I was tired of all the plastic bottles that accompanied our hand-pump soaps and body washes. Between the cost of these soaps and the ridiculous amount of packaging, I was ready for a better […]

This post was originally published February 13, 2015. Since my soap-making supplies arrived from Brambleberry earlier this week, I have been happily trying out soap recipes. I ordered a sample set of melt-and-pour soap bases, a sample kit of floral fragrances, three of Bramble Berry’s […]