After 5 years of dreaming about about not owning car, we finally sold our car. It was exciting and slightly unnerving as we had been car owners since age 16. The timing felt right to sell our car. The sharing economy became a proven business model giving us ride service choices like Uber and Lyft, which …
There are many tasks that you will need to preform before your travel departure date. Home owners, renters and parents traveling with kids can all understand the need for a travel checklist. We refer to a checklist before setting off on any trip, whether its a packing list or a to-do task list before departure. Listed below …
When visitors came to our sparsely decorated, 2,400 square foot home, we would sometimes get asked if we were moving. We weren’t moving (yet), we were becoming minimalists! We began downsizing to spend more time with our children and each other. In 2013, we had 2,400 square feet of stuff and by Dec 2015, we fit everything we …
Below listed are learning resources for children whether home educated, self directed or the child receiving a public or private education. This list is updated regularly. Please let me know if you have a wonderful resources that you think we should mention. Art Apps Toontastic Museum of Modern Art Art Online Autodesk Sketchbook Curriculum MobyMax.com …
My story. I was a stay-at-home, homeschooling, mom of two driven kids and I was finding it difficult to find downtime. Taking time to play a 20-minute game with the kids would usually stress me out because I felt behind in everything. Scheduling was not my problem as we were plenty busy with classes, trips, errands and …
Listed below are young kids, preteens and teens reading lists of books that we have either enjoyed or are eager to read. Here’s a collection of books that you may want to add to your kids Goodreads lists. Young Kids and Pre Teens Reading Lists All My Friends Are Dead Bink and Gollie: Two for One …
My current reading list containing books that I’m eager to read and several favorites that I’d read again. This book list is mainly for me to have a central, easy location to access this information before I started using Goodreads. Several suggestions littered throughout this page are pulled from fellow books recommend by Willow and Birch’s lists. Visit our …
The Havana Mojito as shared with my Los Angeles bookclub by Rosa Lowinger. It’s not a Havana Mojito without the Angostura! Havana Mojito Ingredients Rum Lime cut into wedges – 1/2 or whole lime depending on taste Soda or Sparkling water 2 Tablespoons Sugar A dozen fresh mint leaves Ice Angostura – a couple of drops …
A few months ago our kids took their first trip where they packed their own luggage and managed it throughout the trip. It was a milestone that we have repeated a few times since, and each time we made clumsy mistakes but those have helped fine tune our process. It was pretty easy to move …
So you want to buy your Minimalist friend a gift. What do you do? What would they want or not want? Minimalists tend to be quite selective about what they bring into their space. Generally speaking they may avoid items that can’t be consumed, worn, or use regularly, and preferably, in multiple ways. So what do you …