Tag: choices
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How did this happen?
I don’t think I’ve presented myself as some advanced de-clutterer. I’m not! The move certainly sped things up and concentrated my efforts. But the underlying conditions can creep up again. I was messy Mesi after all. I often had trouble figuring out what to do with the papers and things to come my way. Having…
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Self-Care Intro
Well, I thought I was going to write a post about some of the small things that are different from life in the USA. Just little oddities that pop up. But the tagline of the blog, Journey through Simplicity and Self Care to Joy, has been rolling around in my brain, nagging at me. That…
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Shopping Madness
The apartment that we are renting is partially furnished. In this case, it has beds, armoires, bookshelves, and a dining table with chairs. In the kitchen, there was a stove, but we supplied the fridge and the washing machine. That’s it! And the beds… really uncomfortable. So we are basically starting from scratch. This may…
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Do the Two Step
After much discussion, exhaustion, and juggling of priorities, we’ve agreed: We are heading to Portugal on July 4th. We’ve got the tickets. The rented apartment is waiting, empty, for us. And the toxicity of our country and state grows, seemingly every day. What we don’t have is our visa approval. Getting all the pieces in…
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A poll about kitchen storage
You know how frustrating it is when your Tupperware or Rubbermaid or other brand plastic kitchen containers don’t match up? So annoying. So about 2 years ago (guessing?) I bought some pyrex containers that all matched and were enough for our needs. And that was nice. But what was surprising was the sense of calm…
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Goodbye Big Bend
For most of the last 12 or so years, my wife and I have gone to Big Bend National Park with friends during the last week of the year. The trip is organized by a friend who loves the park and the stars there. The stars are incredible. So many are visible there compared to…
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Big Decision
Image is of decades of my computers and data that I’ve been storing. I want to make sure that the hard drives are securely taken care of. I did a decent job of moving the data I needed forward from some of the computers, but not others. So there is this big question of what…
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It’s Getting Real
Within the past few months, several things happened. (Okay, I started writing this in January 2021. Darn procrastination! So I’m just leaving those references.) My wife and I talked about books, the new year – 2021 for the win! my wife found a YouTube channel about a US couple that had settled in Porto, Portugal.…