Recently many of our local bookstores have been closing up shop. I hate to see a bookstore shutdown, but I love the savings you can get during these times. I was shocked at which locations they decided to close and keep, and it saddens me. But on one of our trips to the store, I stumbled upon a great book. Organized Simplicity by Tsh Oxenreider. Admittedly, I am not one of the well organized, well disciplined homemaker types, I don't have the patience for a lot that comes a long with being one. However, I am constantly trying to get things together, get organized, and as I go through this book, I see more and more of how I'd like things to work around this house. She's got a wonderful website called Simple Mom, it's full of valuable, useful, information. Many things a lot of you might already know or practice, but many things that have been simplified down that make getting to what's important to you easier. I highly recommend checking out that site, she's got other writers and they've all got different sites of their own and their own space on her site as well. I am a very complicated simple person. I know that it doesn't immediately make sense, but it's the truth. I am basic in needs, I don't need much. But getting to what I do need, well.. just ask my husband, it isn't as simple as the need itself. He gets the worst of my complication, but at least I am not complicated in my needs, { he's lucky there..} !
To follow, a small list of things I've found useful on her site. Everything from homemade beauty products to household cleaners. Natural, no harsh chemicals, very Eco-Chic & Earth-Friendly. Having a small kid in the house, makes these things more important to me these days. It also doesn't hurt the budget to be saving on those expensive products, that are primarily made up of chemicals we don't need to be using in the first place.
The button above is a link to a project they posted wherein everyone had 5 different tasks for decluttering a specific area over 1 week { I believe a week for each area.. }. I wasn't yet privy to the site when this was taking place, so I am now doing this on my own. However I will tackle things in a different order based on what's in most need here. With luck, I am on the road to a simpler, easier, life for myself & family. I hope you enjoy!
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