We’re moving to… … the Isle of Man. Yes, I had to look it up too when I first heard of it. I had some vague sense that it was in/near the UK but wasn’t sure. Is this a HUGE change from Vancouver? Yes. Am I excited about it? Yes. For the last six
Getting Started
How to Sell Everything You Own in 8 Weeks
It looks like we’re moving. Overseas. In less than two months. At the beginning of last month, my husband was contacted about a job. Two days after the first phone call, and a bunch of tests and phone interviews later, he was asked to fly over for an interview. There was a crazy milk
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Finances
How I Used Minimalism To Get Out of Debt Fast
The Fastest Way to Get Out of Debt Okay minimalism, you’ve convinced me you’re one of the best ways to get out of debt fast. We are plugging along here, using minimalism to simplify our life, and the results are impressive. We expected that my year of maternity leave would be a nail biter financially,
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Home
do books make the reader?
The best summers of my youth, the ones before I started working full-time at the beach concession stand, were spent reading. I’d ride my bike or walk to our local library and fill my back-pack. With no school I was free to stay up as late as I liked to finish a book the same
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Finances
Debt Busting: Week Three
We’re getting serious about casual spending this month. For more details about our debt busting plan check here. Week 3 by the Numbers Groceries: Week 3: $ 80.60 Total for March: $312.97 The goal for the week was $80. Seemed very attainable. Chris would be gone and we had a few things already on hand.
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Life
2011 Challenges: great hair and fast eating
Back in January I wrote about wanting to change a few things in my life. Writing, friendships, slowing down and better hair were on the list. I know it’s March and most of us have either given up or forgotten about our hoped and planned for new habits. But I’m not going to let myself
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Finances
Debt Busting March: Week 2
We’re getting serious about casual spending this month. For more details about our debt busting plan check here. Week 2 by the Numbers Groceries: Week 2: $132.36 Total for March: $232.37 Meh. Decent week here and I used a few things up from the freezer (wild Atlantic salmon – yum!). I was aiming for another
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inspiration
Family-Sized Minimalism – the book!
First, a huge congratulations to Faith on completion of her book, Family-Sized Minimalism! Faith has been working on this for many months (along with working at her “regular” job, homeschooling her three children and continuing on with minimaliz-ing her home). I know a lot of midnight oil was burned in the creation and revision of