Large Family Minimalism: Is It a Realistic Goal? This post contains affiliate links. What exactly is minimalism? Here’s the thing, minimalism is a fairly new word in our western vocabulary. You could scour the internet and library and find dozens of different definitions. I’m not really interested in other people’s ideas. I consider myself a…
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FortunaForAll #cbias #collectivebias How to Organize Your Dog’s Supplies Before They Take Over Your Life I think you all know that Frodo is out to get me. Oh, sure, he looks sweet and cuddly (okay, he is…
{Before I launch into my post…does anyone else find it ironic that I post about one of my goals in 2018 being to write three quality posts per week…and then I post nothing? At all? Welcome to my life. First I was having some work done on the backend of my website, then, well, life…
These DIY triple bunk beds are perfect for large families. Chuck and I have always lived in small places relative to our large family. We had three children in a one-room basement suite, four kids in a two-room duplex, seven kids in a three-room 1,400 square foot house and, at our peak, 13 kids in a four…
Post contains affiliate links. I had a friend once tell me she couldn’t afford to use the library. What do you mean you can’t afford the library? The library is FREE. Yes, my friends, it is free…until you have overdue fines on 57 books and owe money for the book your toddler dropped in the…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #OrganizeWithBrilliance #CollectiveBias Things have been crazy here between snow days, and then Chuck getting sick (he’s still out of work) has meant I have had very little time for shopping and cooking. Twice last week the kids made their…
My husband and I don’t see eye-to-eye on clutter. Mainly because he doesn’t see the clutter in the first place. He is a pack rat who doesn’t mind a mess. I am a minimalist who is driven to distraction (literally) by clutter. I can’t relax and enjoy a movie if the room is a mess….
Post contains affiliate links.Our kids are obsessed with LEGO. This is an obsession that we have gladly fed over the years. For Mordecai’s 14th birthday, we decided to convert an old table into a LEGO table for him. Here I will show you step-by-step how transformed a preschool table into a workable LEGO table. DIY LEGO…
Post contains affiliate links for some of the camping hacks featured here. Camping with kids, especially more than two or three kids, takes some real planning, forethought, and a few good camping hacks. We have been camping with our large family since 2002 when we had six kids seven and under! Over the years I…
The large family minimalist. I am a minimalist by nature. Chuck commented years ago that if it were up to me we wouldn’t even have furniture…just a couple of pillows on the floor. My response? Think of how easy it would be to clean! My friend Sara and her husband recently renovated an RV and…