tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32297797.post8969050105620785699..comments2023-10-17T01:06:42.287-04:00Comments on The Quiet Life: Living simply. And tiny.Elizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32297797.post-80952331456231856922016-01-05T16:16:24.322-05:002016-01-05T16:16:24.322-05:00Wow, good for you! I know how hard it is to cull t...Wow, good for you! I know how hard it is to cull the book shelves. They all are like old friends. You went thru a lot of books, must have been exhausting making decisions about each one.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32297797.post-25584580341017233612016-01-04T19:43:29.177-05:002016-01-04T19:43:29.177-05:00I spent some time this weekend reading about Marie...I spent some time this weekend reading about Marie Kondo and watched some videos of people putting her method into action, then I spent hours going through 9 boxes of books. I looked at each book individually and asked myself if that book brought me joy, but that didn't work too well because all books bring me joy, unless they're trash. :) Nevertheless, I managed to part ways with more than half of them, and I'm hoping I can whittle that down some more. I now have just 3 shelves of books...I think that's the fewest number I've owned since high school. <br /><br />Yay me! :)Grace to Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02762614330823622639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32297797.post-89324660409782989042016-01-01T19:36:28.159-05:002016-01-01T19:36:28.159-05:00It's too bad I'm not in Georgia...we could...It's too bad I'm not in Georgia...we could go together and then maybe it would actually be a little bit fun. :) I had never heard that grocery stores had layouts on their websites...that's so cool! One of the worst parts of moving is having to learn new grocery stores...it takes months to remember where things are.<br /><br />You said something else I had meant to comment on...something about living in larger spaces and feeling the need to fill that space...that's exactly our problem. My husband likes large places...he needs a lot of personal space...but I can't make myself feel comfortable in an empty space. I don't like clutter but I do like a room to be balanced and cozy. He would like to live in a cave and I suppose if there was no light maybe then I could live with the empty spaces. :)<br /><br />Grace to Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02762614330823622639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32297797.post-56101779238959230832015-12-31T18:37:00.727-05:002015-12-31T18:37:00.727-05:00I hear ya on the stocking up. I hate to shop too. ...I hear ya on the stocking up. I hate to shop too. I have a set day and I go three times a month. I restrain myself from going in between. Stocking up is good if you have the room (I don't) but maybe not so good if you move a lot.<br /><br />I go to the small grocery store because I can handle small; it's close to school, I don't overindulge because there's less there to tempt me, and I like to support local business. Someone gave me a GC to Kroger and I'll be going there on Jan 10...and I'm fearful because it's so large. So I went to their website and found a layout of their aisles and they have a gizmo where you type in what you're shopping for and it arranges it by aisle for you. I like to be organized. But when it got to Aisle 36 I literally closed the tab and ran away from the computer. And it wasn't done, MORE than 36 aisles??? NOOOO. My little store has 8. And I only go down 2 of those. I'm dreading Jan 10. But I'm also excited because the gift certificate is a Godsend, Jan 10 is in the middle of a 6-week between paychecks period.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32297797.post-49278137362860358142015-12-31T13:15:45.963-05:002015-12-31T13:15:45.963-05:00Purging seems to be a constant way of life for us,...Purging seems to be a constant way of life for us, and yet we don't seem to make any headway on it! I got rid of a great deal of stuff before we moved the end of September - the most I ever have before in a move - and yet the movers told us when they got to the place in the truck where they should have started loading the furniture they still had 50 boxes to load. We are committed to getting rid of 50 boxes worth of stuff, and I've already made a good dent in that, but it seems a never-ending task.<br /><br />I realized with this move that one area I have a problem in is consumables like groceries and toiletries. I stock up on things because I hate to shop so while I'm at the store I make the most of it so I don't have to go back again for a while. I'm thinking a schedule might help, so if I have a regular day every week to go to the grocery store, maybe I won't feel the need to stock up because I'll know I'm going again in another week. But ugh - going to the grocery store every week? :P<br /><br />Grace to Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02762614330823622639noreply@blogger.com