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By: Angie

Angie — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:42:38 +0000

Hi Kristen, thank you so much for stopping by! You are an inspiration! I love that you trusted yourself and jumped! Your faith is amazing, I appreciate so much that you stopped by and took the time to comment.

Blessings!

By: kristen martini

kristen martini — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:37:59 +0000

Hello, I stumbled across your wonderful blog this morning. Thanks for the mention and your kind words regarding my transition and the story in Oprah Magazine. In reading your friends response to the article I wanted clarify that in my decision to live with less i did so from the start. When I left my then husband and our big life, i did so with less than $3,000 in my bank account and no job. I was fortunate to have a beautiful, inexpensive rental home to cradle us, but that was it. I found a job as an elder care taker and started selling my belongings. “Jump and the net will appear”. I relied on my faith and myself and the knowledge that living with less would allow me to live my own life. What a blessing it has been.

By: SILVERCRONE

SILVERCRONE — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:15:20 +0000

IVE NEVER LEFT A COMENT BEFORE.WHAT CAN I SAY.I TRY TO KEEP MY LIFE SIMPLE.IM 73 YO AND HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS TO MAKE DO WITH LESS

By: Pamela Owen

Pamela Owen — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:10:33 +0000

I am doing the cleaning cupbords this week too. The things I am giving away will go to a teen store for making money to help support their group. Everybody is in a win/win situation there. I am preparing my gardens for planting for the Spring. Seeds are starting in my little greenhouse and some tinctures are making on the kitchen counter. I can not wait to see the first herbs coming up to make some new infusions and new green salads with fresh tomatoes. The rain has stopped andit is time to go and check the rst of the yard. Have a great start of Spring and may His Glory reflect on us all.

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By: Lori Paup

Lori Paup — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:17:19 +0000

Our family is trying to move to Arizona this summer. We are not sure when.I want to be ready when it is time to go.So after looking at ALL the things we have to move, I have decided there is so much here that we don’t need and NEVER even touch! Too much clutter.I try to live simply in every other aspect of my life, I am going to simplify my house. Simplifying my house will make things easier all the way
around. Too mcuh clutter is not for anyone’s state of mind.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:00:11 +0000

As a student living at home, it can sometimes be a great challenge to live a simpler, greener life–because the rest of the family tends to think I’m a kook!

Luckily, I’ve been given a stipend to do much of the family grocery shopping. I’m also the one who does a lot of the cooking. Before this weekend is over, I want to make a meal plan for the next three weeks, clean out our cupboards and fridge, and use my aunt’s work at cost comparison’s to help me make out a safer grocery list for us to shop from.

I really like Kate’s comment about the one cabinet the junk food is in, that she doesn’t open. I’m going to try to see if I can implement that in my kitchen, too!

This summer, I’m joining forces with my aunt to grow as much of our food as we can. I’ve kept a garden for the past two summers, but it was really small and didn’t produce as much as I wanted (because of it’s size). I’m really excited about the expansion this year!

By: kelly

kelly — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:50:31 +0000

I have always had to live a very monastic life. We moved so much when I was a child I never got a chance to accumulate items. The I got older and started college, still I moved a lot and didn’t collect anything except books. All my furniture I could take apart and move in a two door vehicle. My dresser was a stack of milk crates. It all made moving easy. Then I had a kid and I dug a rut and started accumulating like a mad hermit stockpiling for the world’s end. And now my guy of 9 years and I have finally decided to combine households and move our family into one residence. For every item I give up a pile he has to give something up. I started by tossing my 20 yo college text books. He gave up the baseball card collection. My next move is to get rid of all of our 7 yo son’s old clothes. He’s always going to be an only child but its been hard to part with all the cute little outfits. All the newborn to 1yo went to a co-worker, the 3T to an ex-coworker who’s house burned down. The 5T clothes are going to the autism school so they have spare clothes when the kids have accidents. I am expecting my guy to dump several boxes of his old KISS VHS collection. We are working our way through the mess to get to just our basics and our truly happy items. But after the old clothes I am not sure what I will be willing to part with. I think we will be doing an item by item comparison of kitchen stuff.