simple & frugal living

Retro Reading~ Christmas Manifesto, Part 2

by gidget faith

This post was originally published August 12, 2008 and has been slightly updated/modified for 2009. You can read the re-published version of Part 1 here. When a family close to us decided to stop giving and receiving presents at Christmas a few years ago, I’d say we were surprised (but not really surprised) and in [...]

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Retro Reading~ Christmas Manifesto, Part 1

by gidget life is beautiful

This post was originally published August 11, 2008 and has been slightly updated/modified for 2009. Most of us love Christmas, but it can tend to be a stressful season, too. When we’re deep in the season, with all of the hustle and bustle, there’s often little time for reflection. I thought I’d take this week [...]

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Emma’s Kitchen Remodel – Part 1

by Emma food

My husband and I recently purchased a condo in Southern California.  We had owned a home in Australia, and were able to use the profits from selling that back in 2006 to buy here, what an amazing blessing! The place is a little older, and has some older touches, but nothing so dramatic that we [...]

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Do Something.

by gidget sewing & crafts

I’d love to be able to say that every day, I accomplished this to-do list. I’m thinking about making it a sticker I can put on my new to-do list each week or else slap it up on the wall where I’ll see it all the time. I would feel very accomplished if I did [...]

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My New To-Do

by gidget simple & frugal living

I’m a big list maker.  The very mention of lists makes Moondoggie recite something about “lists of lists”- somewhere on youtube there is a funny video about that but I can’t find it right now. But I digress. I’m a big fan of a couple of bloggers’ to-do lists, but finally decided to combine my [...]

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It’s The Absolute Ultimate!! #19 ~ Get What You Need Cheaper

by gidget green & natural living

You know the saying, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure… Well, there are many ways to get what you need, even if it is a name brand item, for less money. A while back I wrote about how a friend bought brand-new Pottery Barn crib bedding for a great deal by buying it second-hand. [...]

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Sharing Posts with Google Reader ~ Read What I Read, and Share What You Read!

by gidget simple & frugal living

The only way I can keep up with as many blogs as I like to read (and still I don’t have time to quite read all of them) is to subscribe to them in an RSS feed reader, specifically, in Google Reader. In order to quit posting my weekly link love posts and free up [...]

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It’s the Absolute Ultimate!! #17~ Preserving Memories, Part 5

by gidget sewing & crafts

This is Part 5 in a series by my “real-life” friend, Danielle Zacharias, of Side by Side Video… {Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here and Part 4 here.} Photos: Printing and Digital Equipment Recs Once your photos are organized and you have a system for how you will continue to put [...]

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It’s the Absolute Ultimate #16~ Preserving Memories, Part 4

by gidget sewing & crafts

This is Part 4 in a series by my “real-life” friend, Danielle Zacharias, of Side by Side Video… {Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here.} Practical Ideas for Going Digital If you had a chance to read my last few posts, there was a lot of information about why we need [...]

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A Pottery Barn Commentary

by gidget sewing & crafts

Once, a new friend came over and remarked to me upon seeing my house for the first time, “Ooh, I like your house! Because it doesn’t look like it came right out of a Pottery Barn catalog like most of my friends’ houses do!” I shrugged the comment off as what must have been a [...]

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