pinkytoe
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Attitude is 99%. I sometimes find myself feeling down about a situation and I have to rely on that other voice reminds me that my reaction is a...

I was hopeful that the trend towards large homes was on the decline but that doesn't seem to be the case here. I guess large is a personal thing...

We are also scouting out areas. One of my tactics since we have a few years is to check the temperature every week or so at the places we are...

I am one who never has cash on me but I do have a bit stashed away at home. I find that if I have it on me, I will spend it and thus far have not...

Clothes are probably my only shopping "issue" because there are so many choices and so little quality. All I want is classic, well-fitting clothes...

This weekend we went to look at some open houses nearby and were shocked to see that on one particular street most of the 1950s bungalows had been...

What helps me is to do little household chores on weekday evenings rather than saving it all for the weekend. Grocery shopping on Monday evening when...

I always sense that it is the big guys like hedge funds who are pulling all the purse strings and manipulating markets. Right now, they are buying up...

Reading another interesting book on health, nutrition and immunity called All Natural by Nathanael Johnson. It delves into so many interesting topics...

Here is the article I referred to:...

I would advise you to read the article that was in yesterday's NY Times by Michael Pollan called Germs are some of My Best Friends (or something like...

Recently, someone on our neighborhood listserve put out a call for old TVs and radios for homeless men who were being trained and housed for new...

I think this is the issue for me; it just feels like procuring and cooking food has gotten complicated and very time consuming. I feel like...

I watched about thirty minutes and lost interest though I thought the acting was very good.

Ours are fixed. Going to the credit union today to sign papers. I learned that Texas has the second highest closing costs in the US (after NY). The...

Saw this a few weeks back and it stuck in my mind for days. I found the idea of being stuck on a "life" boat with wild animals paralleled the...

This is something I think about a lot - I have always wondered about the role of ambition when one is on a simple living path. I feel vaguely uneasy...

I have gone on an alterations, ie re-purposing binge if that counts. I like to buy very good quality thrift store clothes and alter them to fit...

Usually we use tea bags but not any brand or flavor in particular - we also make a lot of hibiscus mint iced tea using loose leaves in a tea ball....

My mother tells me I was the one in kindergarten sitting in the corner and staring out the window instead of playing with other kids. Perfectly...

Me too. I was 13 when I went to my first Jimi Hendrix concert. During that time, I listened to Cream, Traffic, Iron Butterfly, Leon Russell, Buffalo...

We stayed in little teeny towns south of Moab (Bluff and Blanding) last fall because the prices in town seemed high. Definitely cheaper but will...

We use a lot of crushed or decomposed granite - looks much like very coarse sand. Great for pathways or mixed in with soil to improve drainage.

Would love to do the same but all the big gun investors in our neck of the woods have cornered this hot market. One thing we have considered is...

I saw the article yesterday and was surprised to see it featured on the front page. I like the concept of simple living as efficiency - I guess...

Have you read the book called Wheat Belly? Surprising to me, but the author (a cardiologist) claims that eating wheat products can cause a lot of GI...

I am very phobic of driving on expressways or of being followed too closely by vehicles. I think both stem from a near collision long ago when I...