We're all about holidays in our household. Santa visits our home every Christmas and Shae leaves him cookies and milk as well as carrots for the reindeer. She also sometimes leaves him a note to let him know that she's been good that year. One time, Santa left a note in reply … [Read more...] about Extreme Minimalism: Week 13 – Easter In September Edition
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Extreme Minimalism: Week 12 – Random Crap Edition
Most weeks of our extreme minimalism challenge have had some kind of theme. There's been kitchen stuff, wifey stuff, puppy stuff, stationery stuff and more. Well, this week's theme is... random stuff. While Shae was going through one of our closets, she pulled out all kinds … [Read more...] about Extreme Minimalism: Week 12 – Random Crap Edition
Extreme Minimalism: Week 11 – Stationery Edition
OK, so for the last two weeks I haven't really gone to extreme lengths when minimizing our stuff. We had a couple of busy weeks of travel looming, so I went for the low-hanging fruit of minimizing our overstocked pencil and pen collection. Considering we hardly ever write … [Read more...] about Extreme Minimalism: Week 11 – Stationery Edition
Extreme Minimalism: Week 10 – Still Sort Of Cheating Edition
As you might have read last week, I sort of changed my self-imposed rules for our Extreme Minimalism challenge by counting 27 coloring pencils as 27 different items. That was because we had a busy week-and-a-half of travel coming up, so I'd wanted it to be a quick … [Read more...] about Extreme Minimalism: Week 10 – Still Sort Of Cheating Edition
Extreme Minimalism: Week 9 – Sort Of Cheating Edition
By the time you read this, we should have landed in Dublin, Ireland for Shae's non-surprise birthday trip. That's after spending a long weekend up in Washington D.C., so it's been a busy week leading up to this. That meant when I was picking out the items for this week's … [Read more...] about Extreme Minimalism: Week 9 – Sort Of Cheating Edition
Extreme Minimalism: Week 8 – Cupcake Edition
Our kitchen was the target in the first two weeks of our Extreme Minimalism challenge. It was time to return there to find what we needed for this week's installment. It's week 8 of the challenge and so that meant getting rid of 24 items. It was actually pretty easy this week … [Read more...] about Extreme Minimalism: Week 8 – Cupcake Edition
Extreme Minimalism: Week 7 – Bathroom Edition
So far we've said goodbye to stuff from our kitchen, closet and even our dog (well, not literally saying goodbye to Truffles, just her stuff). It's week 7 so it's time to let go of 21 items. I figured I'd try and minimize a different part of the apartment, so went through our … [Read more...] about Extreme Minimalism: Week 7 – Bathroom Edition
Extreme Minimalism: Week 6 – My Clothing Edition
I've had it easy the past couple of weeks as Shae was the minimizer last week and Truffles took care of the week before. Well, this week it's back to me and I figured I'd say goodbye to some of my clothes. That was easier said that done though. I've never owned that many … [Read more...] about Extreme Minimalism: Week 6 – My Clothing Edition
Extreme Minimalism: Week 5 – Wifey Edition
For the first few weeks of our Extreme Minimalism challenge, I got rid of several of my items. Last week it was Truffles's turn and this week someone new joins the challenge - Shae! It's week 5 of the challenge, so that meant she needed to let go of 15 items. As you'll come … [Read more...] about Extreme Minimalism: Week 5 – Wifey Edition
Extreme Minimalism: Week 4 – Puppy Edition
We've spent the last three weeks going through our possessions as part of our Extreme Minimalism challenge. The first couple of weeks we let go of various kitchen items, while last week it was unneeded electronics and other miscellaneous stuff. It's now week 4 which means … [Read more...] about Extreme Minimalism: Week 4 – Puppy Edition