A year ago this month, Sweetie and I moved into our 672 sq foot prefab cottage situated on a one acre field in a small rural village. We have a vision for this little piece of land. Sweetie wants to grow grapes here (in his retirement) and have vegetable gardens and...
Photo by Lukas: https://www.pexels.com/photo/macbook-air-296076/I could talk about the benefits of simple living forever. Is there a downside I haven't mentioned??? I’ve downsized my life. This means less housework, less commitments, less debt, less errands to run,...
My alternative lifestyle is simple living. The way I live day-to-day is not very similar to those around me. There is no end to the alternative lifestyle choices you can make. You can live off-grid, become a self-sufficient homesteader, live the van-life, or become a...
Sweetie and I are preparing for a 3-week road trip in Vinny Van Gogh (our Dodge Caravan converted for camping). The ultimate destination is sledding in New Mexico. Yes, sledding! Imagine all the fun of sledding down a hill without all the cold snow going down the back...
Welcome 2024! It’s that time of year to bring out a fresh new journal and get cracking on capturing all the glorious new mistakes I’ll be making this year (and possible some fantastic wins). 😊 I used to have the same issue every year…finding a journal that meets all...
New Year’s resolutions have a bad reputation. Experts all over the place are telling you not to bother making them. In fact, when I did a Google search on “why you shouldn’t make new year’s resolutions” I got back 1,240,000 results.A well quoted study published in...
