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“The works” 5 minute salad + an inspiring transformation

salad & soup, vegan/health, simple cooking, be inspired

My friend Gena recently shared what she eats during a typical day.

I loved that everything she shared was fresh, colorful, & rather simple. Although one of the first comments made about the article was that the diet was “pretentious,” which, made me laugh out loud–Gena’s style is simple & straightforward, anything but pretentious.

And that’s the thing.

A plant-based diet can be as complicated, pretentious, & expensive, or as low-key, simple, & frugal as you want it to be. The possibilities are endless, & it’s really up to you.

Which brings me to the hard reality that, lately I’ve been lazy. With a capital L.

Or another way to look at, pregnant with a capital P.

It’s a good thing I did all my recipes for my ebooks in September & October when I had more energy. Now the apathy towards...

Frugal Holidays: 5 reasons why dejunking before the holiday season is essential

frugal life, frugal holidays

Last week we kicked off the frugal holidays series by discussing the concept of simple giving.

Many of you had a lot to say on the matter–thank you for sharing!

Scroll down to the bottom of the post to see a roundup of all your great comments.

For this week’s installment, let’s talk about dejunking, and why it’s particularly important right before the holidays.

I spent a good deal of time this weekend rearranging my kids creative space–going through puzzles, craft supplies, papers, books, dolls, & other miscellaneous things.

I have to do this every few months, usually compelled by the fact that there’s a library book missing & the only way to find it is to go over the house with a fine tooth comb. In this case, said library book was stuffed underneath a couch. As were multiple...

{MM} Sometimes balloons fly away, car doors fall off + my fave thanksgiving inspired links

marvelous mondays, personal

Sheesh. What a weekend.

First, our $35 lawnmower we bought off craigslist died, completely, fully. (This is San Antonio, where you still mow your lawn in November. It is 80 degrees out, after all.)

Salem’s balloon that she got from the park blew away while at Hyrum’s soccer game. Not surprising, but rather tragic for her.

Then Saturday evening, I was craving ice cream (one of those very pregnant, primal cravings, like, “I NEED ice cream, NOW”). I had zero energy to go to the store. So I sent Joseph. It was to be a quick run to the store (it’s just 5 minutes away). Everyone was in bed except Salem. An hour passed. He hadn’t taken his phone & I was starting to look at the clock every minute or two.

Then my crazy, irrational pregnant/motherly/wifely intuition kicked in & I started...