by Ivory Soap | May 14, 2012 | Household, Simple & Frugal
To everything, there is a season, unless you live in the burbs and the seasons are totally obscured by shipments from Mexico and California. Reduces Your To Do List Pioneer homesteaders lived seasonally. ...
by Ivory Soap | Mar 6, 2012 | Household, Simple & Frugal
I wrote a series of organization posts last year when I was having a baby, writing twice a month for the paper, gardening, writing a book, and homeschooling. It was a complicated plan. But this year, life is less complicated. So the plan is less complicated....
by Ivory Soap | May 30, 2011 | Household, Simple & Frugal
photo by epSos.de Being stuck in the bed postpartum with two bouts of double mastitis has forced me to simplify my days even more than I thought possible before. But note, this post is not titled “5 FRUGAL Ways to Simplify Your Days,” so you might have...
by Ivory Soap | Apr 29, 2011 | Household, Simple & Frugal
1. Save Time – For real. Making your own (jelly, bread, cheese) takes just a few minutes actual work time. Most of the ‘time’ involved in household DIY is wait time, or time you can be throwing Frisbees and playing with the dog instead of driving to the store,...
by Ivory Soap | Jan 12, 2011 | Household, Simple & Frugal
Most home management notebooks start with the minutae and work up, I do the reverse. Here’s a quick list for building the book from yearly to daily. Of course, once you look at it, you might not think it’s so quick, but we’re organizing your WHOLE...
by Ivory Soap | Jul 9, 2010 | Household, Simple & Frugal
Apart from my Finished Room Over the Garage (FROG), my attic covers my entire house. It’s a little house, but that’s still a lot of attic! Yesterday it was stuffed to the gills with CRAPOLA. Now, look at it! (Pictured above.) Look again from the other...
