Hello readers! I’ve been overwhelmed by the supportive emails and comments and overall great response I’ve received to my request for feedback about the blog. After going through all of them, there won’t be any major changes, but the one comment I received most often was a request for more day-to-day posts, a glimpse into […]
How Downsizing Upsized Our Lives
I am so excited to feature this guest post from Betsy & Warren of Married With Luggage, one of my all-time favorite blogs. Betsy and Warren sold everything they owned, including their home, to realize their dream of traveling the world. This post is about how they turned their dream into their current reality, and […]
Read my interview at Simpler Living!
I was so excited when the lovely Naomi Seldin of the fabulous blog Simpler Living asked me to participate in her series of interviews with other bloggers. I finally got around to answering her questions, and you can read the entire interview here. Simpler Living has become one of my favorite blogs, as it offers […]
How buying less stuff can be empowering
I made the decision to join The Compact and live a nonconsumer lifestyle as an experiment, because I wanted to learn to live on less money and embrace a less materialistic lifestyle that I had a sense would make me happier. Almost two years later, I can’t imagine ever going back. A new reader has inspired […]
Frugal, At-Home Beauty Treatments
Gorgeous! Here I am testing out one of the Frugal Beauty Treatments I want to share with you. Because just because you don’t want to spend spa-level money doesn’t mean you can’t have a spa-level experience. I’m also showing off the evidence of my recent shoulder surgery — bandages and rashes across my collarbone. Sexy! […]
Drought tolerance
These flowers were planted just two years ago. This one is my favorite, the Matilija poppy. Lavender… And this one’s called lion’s tail. I love it, but it only bloomed like this for about two weeks in June. All of these plants are drought tolerant, and we didn’t need to water them all winter. What […]