Posts by andromedajulie

That is great - thank you! and I love the goal of filling up a garbage bin or a box for donation every week... etc.! I think i'm gonna keep "livable home" as a little mantra every time I'm thinking, oh, I should keep it....

Okay,... I have lurked on here a bit and been intimidated but have realized that my life is OVER if I don't start getting rid of stuff... the quality of life is just sinking in the piles of crap. So..... a big question to those of you...

This thread may not belong here but I'm not sure where to post it.   I am almost 42 and nursing my 15 month old baby. I had mild postpartum depression in the first few months after she was born but have been great since,...

I am so excited to read this thread... I started crying today thinking, I cannot believe I didn't do this when I was younger, I am so stupid. DH and I are 44 and 42, with a 14 month old and a 9year old with some special needs... he...

Wow! It's like I've been looking for this thread all my life!!    I grew up Christian but without Santa as a literal thing. I raised my DD1 with Santa, just because my ex-husband felt very strongly about it. Am now...

Yes, wool is so awesome, you can wear it repeatedly without washing it... I mean, literally, unless it gets actually dirty, I would wash it every few weeks or so. I think wool naturally possesses anti-microbial properties, and it just...

I recently loved: Room by Emma Donohue Don't Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon and am reading Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell   recently finished all the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear -...

Wow, I totally get it. I am intimidated by even the shortest lists. DH and I are both slobs by nature, so it's tough.    I want to point out that housekeeping is a skill and only one part of taking care of the home and...

mamaofthree: yes. by janitor job, I meant that a lot of it is grunt work, cleaning up after people, doing many things that are not noticed. not meant insultingly to anyone who cleans for a living! I mean that I have had many people act...

BeckyBird - excuse my ignorance, but about your greenhouse - what exactly does that enable you to do? Grow things year round? Do they have to be hardy like kale and stuff? Or is it for starting stuff in spring?   This thread...