- books, Catholics Do What?, Culture of Death, current events, decluttering, design + style, minimalism
Coffee clicks: What the Friday?
This week was one for the record books in terms of watching news come across the wires and wondering not once, not twice, but, well…a lot more times than that if we are, in fact, all still…
The life changing magic of bagging it up (even if it was a gift)
I’m going to hone straight in on sentimental objects in this next installment on minimalism and decluttering, because without a doubt it is the area that trips more people up than perhaps all other categories combined, and…
Big family minimalism + the life changing (yes, really!) magic of tidying up
(First in a series of essays this month on minimalism and its particular relevance to family life.) (Update 1/14/19: Once I got a few episodes into the show, they introduced storylines involving cohabitation and homosexuality, so consider…
- advent, Catholic Spirituality, christmas, decluttering, ditching my smartphone, feast days, minimalism
A minimalist guide to the last week of Advent
Today marks the beginning of my absolute favorite period of time of the whole year: the O Antiphons. It’s the beginning of the end, the final countdown till Christmas. Advent’s last hurrah. I have not strictly observed…
Homemaking hacks that keep me sane(ish)
I was going to write one of those perennially popular and always vaguely intriguing “day in the life” posts but there it sits, languishing in my drafts folder, because do you have any idea how much time…
Spotless would be great, but decluttered is good enough
Hi, my name’s Jenny and I’m a compulsive tidier-upper. My bathrooms might have an easily distinguishable level of grime about them, but rare is the afternoon you’d walk into our home and see toys on the floor…
Blooming in rented soil
Hi, I’m Jenny and I’m a closet real estate junkie. I devour episodes of House Hunters and read shelter magazines like 4 walls and a front door are going out of style. And I regularly nickel and…
Working the KonMari Method with kids underfoot {in 9 easy steps}
One of my most popular posts of all time is the little “how to” I banged out around this time last year about how to hack the KonMari method with a houseful of kids. Except, as a…