How to Handle Dental Emergencies Imagine biting into your food only to feel a sharp pain. You look in the mirror and find your tooth has cracked. That’s when you have to take a trip to the emergency dentist. And emergency dentists are going to cost. There are a variety of ways in which you
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Home Tour: Living with 3 Teenagers in a 2 bedroom Apartment
The oft heard phrase I hear when people find out we have three children and live in a two bedroom apartment and that we hope to stay in this space is: just wait until they are teenagers! In fact there were some funny and informative comments of that exact nature in a few posts in
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Minimalist Families Series
Minimalist-ish Family Series: Ashley
Tell us about your family, who you are, where you live and things that you love: My name is Ashley and I’m writing from Victoria, British Columbia. My first born was three months old when my husband and I bought a condo. We had been living with my in laws for two years and prior
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7 Foolproof Ways to Save More Money
7 Foolproof Ways to Save More Money With consumer confidence climbing to heights not seen since 2001, it may seem like those penny-pinchin’ days of the Great Recession are behind us. However, the impact of those hard times is far reaching, as evidenced by Americans’ plans for spending tax returns: according to the National Retail
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Minimalist-ish Family Series: Adrian Crook
Happy to share an interview with Adrian of 5Kids1Condo.com, a single dad of five living in 1000 sq ft condo, with you today. Great thoughts here on how living with less impacts kids and family life. Also: those sweet IKEA hacked bunks we have were originally his! 1.) Tell us about your family, who you
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Getting Started
Getting Minimalist-ish in 2017
We’re currently exploring and getting to know a small island about 100 miles from Africa and a two hour ferry ride from Sicily. As I’ve written before, we’re having kind of a weird stretch right now as a family and I’m learning lots about managing life in less than ideal circumstances. With less time to
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Baby
A Minimalist Stroller: The Mountain Buggy Nano
For the parents of the young ones and the parents-to-be out there: a never before found on this blog stroller review. I don’t think I have ever reviewed anything besides books here. But today I am sharing a great find for parents that actually fits in with a minimalist parenting lifestyle. A revolutionary stroller
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Holidays
You Can Buy Happiness This Christmas
Somewhere around December 29th last year you said, I’m not doing this again. Do you remember? It was after exchanging a lot of gift cards with relatives, a lot of last minute fluffy throw blankets with the gift receipt stapled to the tag because you knew they would be returned for store credit. Or