June 2, 2009 by Marci | 4 Comments
I have the next two days to do with what I please. The kids are at my parents getting spoiled, so I have no distractions until my husband gets home tonight. So, what am I going to do with this precious time? Well, I made a list – of course. Actually, I made [...]
June 1, 2009 by Marci | 2 Comments
Summer has officially started in our house. Kids are out of school. The weather is great. My tomatoes and herbs and flowers are planted. The kids are going to my parents for 3 days. Life is good!
I am going to use these few days to actually plan out our summer. More on that in a [...]
May 15, 2009 by Marci | 2 Comments
These past couple weeks, Tsh at Simple Mom has been hosting a Spring Cleaning Party. There have been lots of great ideas shared about cleaning, decluttering, and organization. I did my Spring Cleaning back in March because I had cabin fever and wanted to pretend it was spring just for my mental well-being. So, as [...]
May 12, 2009 by Marci | 5 Comments
Emily at Not Finished Yet had this comment last week on the post Got A Plan?,
All fine and good, but what if all the tasks (and goals and plans) on one’s neatly organized list are … really boring? Cleaning is just not exciting, nor is organizing and planning. Connecting with other people via hanging out [...]
May 4, 2009 by Marci | 1 Comment
This may seem like I’m cheating, but I am loving it anyway. This has been the longest winter and wettest, coldest spring in a long time. It has been miserable. This week, the temps are finally into the 70s and there is no rain in the forcast until the end of the week. So, my [...]
May 1, 2009 by Marci | 4 Comments
This week has been kid’s room transformation week at our house. First, we painted and reorganized our 4 year old’s room. It turned out great. All done in a couple days. Then, we decided to reorganize my daughter’s room. It took me all morning just to pick the 2 laundry baskets of junk off her [...]
April 30, 2009 by Marci | 2 Comments
During the day, I spend most of my time in and around our kitchen area. If I’m not preparing a meal or snack, I’m cleaning it up. Or I might be reading the mail, coloring with the kids, working on an art project, going over homework, surfing the web working on my laptop…. My house [...]
April 24, 2009 by Marci | 7 Comments
Bread has been on my mind for a while. I haven’t bought commercial bread from the grocery store in months. (Have you checked out the ingredient labels?) I strive to keep my family healthy and make good decisions regarding their food. I just have a really hard time giving them over-processed, chemical-laden food. It seemed [...]
April 14, 2009 by Marci | 4 Comments
Every December, I go through the kids’ toys to make room for the new ones they will be getting for Christmas. I throw away all the broken and “junk” toys. If I have anywhere to donate toys, I donate the good ones. Some toys get put in a box for a big consignment sale in [...]
April 2, 2009 by Marci | 2 Comments
As you know, my plan was to finish spring cleaning by the end of March by tackling this task bit by bit. It is April 2 and I am here to report that my spring cleaning is almost done. The old, “busy” me would be condemning myself for this failure to reach my goal. Luckily, [...]
April 1, 2009 by Marci | No Comments
Why do we say yes to so many things and end up kicking ourselves later for it? Our quest for a simple life is thwarted by those around us who “need” us. I am constantly re-examining what is really necessary in my life and learning to say “no”. It is hard. There are so many [...]
Marci Goodwin is wife to an amazing husband and mother to two phenomenal kids. She is on a quest to get the "busy" out of her life so she can spend time on what's really important. Life is just too short to spend it on stuff that just doesn't matter!
