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A Final Portugal Recap: Top Recommendations, Things I Want To Do Next Time + How Much It Cost

I’ve started getting into the habit of doing a post-mortem of sorts after we finish a trip. What worked, what didn’t, and what we ended up spending. I always enjoy reading these sort of…

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  • Budget, Habits, Organization, Planning, Portugal, Travel
  • Sep, 17, 2024
  • 37 Comments

Where Do You Keep That? (Part One)

I am shamelessly using Engie’s post prompt that she got from Stephany who got it from a recent episode of the Girl Next Door podcast when the hosts discussed where they keep various standard…

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  • Habits, Home, Life, Organization, Personality Insights, Random
  • Sep, 16, 2024
  • 45 Comments

Barcelona: Planning, Getting There, What It Cost…and an Unexpected Footnote

I’ve recycled a bit of the text from my Rome travel summary because, not surprisingly, we plan trips in similar ways year over year.

PLANNING

At this point, we’ve settled on a fairly clear division of…

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  • Barcelona, Organization, Planning, Travel
  • Apr, 10, 2024
  • 30 Comments

What Do You Do with Worn (Not Dirty) Clothes?

I’m baaaaaack! My little bloggy break was lovely but – Wow! – I missed this space and all of you.

A short and sweet human interest question for you this morning:

What do you do with…

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  • Habits, Home, Organization, Personality Insights, Random
  • Feb, 26, 2024
  • 61 Comments

It’s Time To Talk 2023 Finances (Or, Look At My Pretty Pie Chart!)

This is either going to be YOUR TYPE OF POST or a complete snooze fest. If it’s the latter, feel free to skip today’s offering and come back tomorrow. If it’s your “thing” here…

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  • Budget, Life, Organization, Thrifting
  • Jan, 16, 2024
  • 29 Comments

On Stickers, Workouts, and Gold Stars: Rewarding My Inner Toddler

Sometimes I am convinced I am a fully-grown toddler (for many reasons, but today we’ll only discuss one) – I love stickers.

There is something so fun about stickers. A few years ago -…

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  • Creativity, Gold Stars, Organization, Personality Insights, Planning
  • Jan, 03, 2024
  • 38 Comments

A Festive Brain Dump + My “Christmas Spreadsheet”

I could separate these thoughts into a few different Christmas posts but, instead, I’m going to throw them out there in one chaotic, festive mess and let the wrapping paper words settle where they…

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  • Christmas, Minimalism, Organization, Thrifting
  • Dec, 20, 2023
  • 30 Comments
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