By Laura Aridgides, on January 23rd, 2012
 I became a fan of Tsh Oxenreider of Simple Mom when I read her first book Organized Simplicity. And she has done it again with One Bite at a Time – 52 Projects for Making Life Simpler.
I am all about simplifying and I love to read other’s work on the subject. In fact, I devoured Tsh’s book in just one sitting!
Although these projects are designed to be spread out over time, I have several that really resonated with me that I will be working on in the next few months:
- Establish a morning routine (although I have one, it needs to be tweaked)
- Establish an evening routine (although I have one, it needs to be tweaked)
- Menu planning (I need to be more consistent in this)
- Eat whole foods (goes with menu planning!)
- Get more sleep (need to stick with a consistent bedtime, which an evening routine should help with too)
- Wake up earlier and use kaizen (this would be the goal that goes with “get more sleep” above)
- Switch to non-toxic cleaners (I love that Tsh is not the “throw it all out right now” kind of gal…instead she encourages to switch when you run out of what you are using right now…I found some great recipes on Pinterest for when I run out, and Tsh has a few in the book too)
- Drink more water (this has been on my list for so long…perhaps I should try kaizen on this one too)
- Switch to gentle, eco-friendly hair care (again, when I run out of what I am currently using, but I’m all for cheap, easy and good for you! Recipes are in the book for this one too!)
And there were so many more! Although some of the ideas that Tsh mentions are not new to you, I love how she can simplify and add extra insight to the topic that makes it seem easier and more doable.
I’m excited to get started on my list of things that resonated with me (there were more too), and I would highly recommend One Bite at a Time to anyone who wants to start the new year out right, or who just needs a little help simplifying. There is something for everyone! Now it’s your chance to win a free copy of One Bite at a Time!
The giveaway will run through Sunday, January 29, 2012. Here’s how to enter:
***BE SURE TO LEAVE A COMMENT FOR EACH THING YOU DO!! So, if you do all five, that would be FIVE SEPARATE COMMENTS (more if you are tweeting daily)!!***
- Subscribe to my blog by email and leave me a comment on this post letting me know you are a subscriber.
- Join my site with Google Friend Connect (on the right side of this page) and leave me a comment on this post letting me know that we are now connected.
- Follow me on Twitter @LauraAridgides and retweet this giveaway (@LauraAridgides is giving away a free copy of One Bite at a Time by @simplemom enter here–> http://ow.ly/8D4oo #giveaway #simplify) then leave me a comment on this post letting me know that you have followed and tweeted. You can tweet once a day for additional entries (leave me a comment each time)
- Follow Tsh Oxenreider on Twitter
- Like Simple Mom on Facebook
So, there are FIVE total entries that you can get! (Plus more for tweeting daily)
Winner will be chosen at random (random.org) on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 8 pm EST.
Good luck!
Dr. Laura
By Laura Aridgides, on January 23rd, 2012
I finished the storage closets!! Yeah!!
I know you probably were wondering where I had disappeared to for the past few weeks. I went into the black void called…
Packing and Moving!!
Yes, although I actually DID finish the storage closets weeks ago, I haven’t been able to post them here because I have been packing…and packing…and packing.
But, with the moving day nearing, I still have more packing to do. And, I must say, I am SO grateful that I have eliminated 7500+ things from my home in the past 15 months! I can’t even . . . → Read More: Minimalist Monday Mission: Declutter 365 – Storage Closets and Moving
By Laura Aridgides, on January 16th, 2012
I’m teaming up again with Jessica @ LifeAsMom to share what books I am reading this year.
Here’s what I’ve been reading since my December update:
Books I Finished This Month: (book review HERE) (book review HERE) What good books are you reading?
To your success,
Dr. Laura
New to Dr. Laura’s Adventures? Start Here Subscribe via RSS Subscribe via . . . → Read More: January Reading List
By Laura Aridgides, on December 27th, 2011
I became a fan of Tsh Oxenreider of Simple Mom when I read her first book Organized Simplicity. And she has done it again with One Bite at a Time – 52 Projects for Making Life Simpler.
I am all about simplifying and I love to read other’s work on the subject. In fact, I devoured Tsh’s book in just one sitting!
Although these projects are designed to be spread out over time, I have several that really resonated with me that I will be working on in the next few months:
Establish a morning routine (although I have . . . → Read More: Book Review – One Bite At A Time
By Laura Aridgides, on December 26th, 2011
Because of the holiday this week, I didn’t get to finish the storage closets (although I am almost there), partly because there were things “hiding” in there…if you know what I mean…but I did get to do a bunch of shredding and narrowed down my digitizing pile!
Perhaps you have noticed that “digitizing files” was really high on my list (below), yet it was not done yet. There was actually several good reasons why this turned out to be for the best.
Originally, I was just continuing to add to the pile of things to be . . . → Read More: Minimalist Monday Mission: Declutter 365 – Shredding and Digitizing
By Laura Aridgides, on December 19th, 2011
This past week, I finally moved on to another new area, having covered most of the areas I have done before. So, I decided to start on the storage closets!
I have two storage closets – a large one and a small one, and both are chock full of things that I would love to sell, so they made an ideal next step in my decluttering process.
Originally, my plan was to do the large storage closet, the small storage closet shelves, and the small storage closet banker’s boxes in three separate weeks. But, when I . . . → Read More: Minimalist Monday Mission: Declutter 365 – Storage Closets – Part 1
By Laura Aridgides, on December 19th, 2011
I was recently introduced to Amish fiction author Cindy Woodsmall when I read her book The Christmas Singing.
I love Amish fiction and Cindy is a phenomenal writer. The latest trilogy of books for the Ada’s House series are fun, upbeat, and full of wonderful characters.
Since I like to read things in order, and I had read some previous reviews of The Harvest of Grace, which is book 3 in the series, saying that it was better to read them in order, I did just that.
First comes The Hope of Refuge, followed by The Bridge of Peace and the . . . → Read More: Book Review – The Harvest of Grace
By Laura Aridgides, on December 18th, 2011
I’m teaming up again with Jessica @ LifeAsMom to share what books I am reading this year.
I can’t believe another year has come and gone for Booking It! And this year I read 118 books – more than an average of 2 a week – including some major 1,000+ page books! WOW!
Jessica will be Booking It again in 2012, and I love keeping track of the books I have read, so I’ll be joining her again next year…until then…
Here’s what I’ve been reading since my November update:
Books I Finished This Year (Past Month is *) . . . → Read More: December Reading List
By Laura Aridgides, on December 6th, 2011
I love reading Amish fiction and I am a huge fan of popular Amish fiction authors like Beverly Lewis and Wanda Brunstetter.
So, when I was given the opportunity to read The Christmas Singing by Cindy Woodsmall, I jumped at the opportunity…and was not disappointed.
If you love Amish fiction, you will love The Christmas Singing! I was hooked from the very first chapter and finished the book in less than a day because I couldn’t put it down!
The Christmas Singing is the story of Mattie and Gideon. Separated through life’s circumstances and reunited by tragedy…can they give love . . . → Read More: Book Review – The Christmas Singing
By Laura Aridgides, on December 5th, 2011
This past week, I continued revisiting the areas that I have already done again to see what else needed to go!
I thought the easiest thing to do with revisiting the areas I have already done is to go in much the same order I have already done!
So, this week, I got tired of the office (and of the clutter from one of my children that was blocking parts of my office), so I went to the other parts of the house in a bit of a whirlwind. I also spent a lot of time . . . → Read More: Minimalist Monday Mission: Declutter 365 – All Around the House Revisited
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