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December 16, 2012 in Simple Challenge
When you set up the Christmas tree how long did it take? How much did you need to move?
What about getting ready for company this season? How much stuff needed to be moved to make room for company?
Sometimes clutter seems to be what gets under foot, but that isn’t the only clutter.
Ready for the next challenge?
December 9, 2012 in Simple Challenge
Have you thought of downsizing before? Do you want to downsize but can’t now for some reason?
Than this is a great challenge do do!
Ready?
December 2, 2012 in Simple Challenge
How did the last double challenge go? How have the challenges in general been going? What have been your favorite and most challenging so far?
The purse and the book were both fun for me last week. I found a new purse and I just got a book from one of my favorite authors. (I plan out the challenges several months ahead, so I got lucky on timing 
)
November 25, 2012 in Simple Challenge
How do your counter-tops look? I got back from vacation this week and my kitchen had some crazy times. First all the unpacking and sorting, then all the restocking (we had nothing to eat in the house… I even had my fridge turned off to save electricity while we were gone), and Thanksgiving cooking.
However, nothing belongs on my kitchen counters and there is a special kind of sanity joy that comes from cleaned off kitchen counters. …I might not have my life figured out or under control, but I can get my kitchen counter-tops cleaned off
I wanted to also clarify this past challenge based on feedback I received. As a minimalist and focusing on simple living in this blog I am focusing on having less things – not having more organized things, or hiding things. The point of this past challenge was for visual minimalism as well as a push to clean out extra kitchen clutter (on the counter or in cupboards where space needed to be created) that would be removed from the house for good.
An organized house is better than a disorganized house, but a simple house with less stuff is even better (tweet this)
November 18, 2012 in Simple Challenge
How did the last simple challenge go? I learned that the most cluttered part of my life… by far… was my computer. I spent the better part of 3 days cleaning off both computers and our extra hard drive. Since we are traveling now it has worked good to do in the car. It is amazing how many extra files and programs get collected on the computer when I am working on it all the time. yikes.. but now my computer ‘closets’ are all cleaned out, working quicker, and are easier to use.
November 11, 2012 in Simple Challenge
How did you do with your phone? Were you able to leave it, or turn it off when you didn’t need it last week?
I have barely used my phone at all for the past few weeks, it has been great.
… however I have gotten into a bad habit of playing my husband’s iphone games on his phone while he is driving, so it will probably good when we get home for him to take it with him during the day again. I am reminded that I really can’t handle a smart phone.
Ready for this week’s challenge? … this is the biggest challenge for me personally yet.
November 4, 2012 in Simple Challenge
Welcome to Simple Challenges!
How did the outside clean-up go? Was the weather still good for you? Hopefully you weren’t affected by Sandy last week.
October 28, 2012 in Simple Challenge
What closet did you clean out last week? What did you find?
Because we have been on the road for over two weeks now the only closet I can clean out is the car. I did that Monday… and it seems I need to do it every few days because stuff gets so messed up. After packing up 6 times now we have gotten better at packing the car as well
October 21, 2012 in Simple Challenge
How did the last challenge go? Were you able to limit e-mail to once a day? (or a different goal you set) E-mail is a big challenge for me.
I managed to check only once a day all week except Monday… I checked 3 times Monday but I only returned e-mails once. I am really enjoying vacation for this. At home the computer sits there and I get on and off to work on my writing all day because that is the only way I can fit it in around the kids school work and .. parenting in general. Somehow, every time I sit down I feel like I need to check e-mail and it kills valuable work time. Hopefully during this trip I can break that.
Ok, moving on quickly to Challenge #6 because I am having trouble finding internet up in the mountains this weekend:
October 14, 2012 in Simple Challenge
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How did the challenge go last week? Did you sell something?
We have been trying to get stuff done all week and leave on vacation. I found 5 printer ink cartridges from an old computer that I wanted to sell… but couldn’t figure out where I could list it that would still make it worth while after I paid for shipping. Instead I donated them to Goodwill. We have made 2 donation runs this past week
Lily sold something! She sold a skirt that she didn’t wear anymore to ‘Once Upon a Child’ and they gave her $2.80 for it.
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