{A simple, green, homeschooling family of six learning to thrive with less on a modern-day Iowa homestead.}
I’m not much of a morning person. I never have been, really. I’m envious of those people who bounce out of bed all cheerful and spry, because that’s almost never me. I usually want to hit my snooze button a couple of times and wake up slowly. My husband, though, bless his heart…he wakes up [...]
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Disclosure: This is a sponsored post, but all opinions are mine. ARM & HAMMER™ Tooth Tunes™ recently sent me one of their ToothTunes toothbrushes to try out. I’ve posted a couple times in the past about the importance of oral hygiene and am excited to share with you another fun way to liven up a [...]
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My blogging buddy Cara from Sweet Hersey Living {remember her pierogi tutorial?} told me last week that the new buzz among food bloggers is SKINNY. I had no idea. I really must get with the times. Anyhow, a lot of my recipes probably don’t qualify for skinny, but this one actually does! I was thrilled [...]
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Yesterday was not a stellar day in my mom world. My kids were at each other’s throats {and mine}. They didn’t want to cooperate with anyone. And yelling seemed to be the order of business at our house. I swear, if someone had happened by our house during one of my “moments,” that person may [...]
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It seems there is always something to gripe or worry about when it comes to gardening. Last year, many of my cold crops were long planted by now – in fact, I finished up in March {except for the potatoes}. This year, it has been so cold and wet, with frozen, snow covered ground until [...]
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Happy Tax Day! Hopefully you are not slaving away trying to finish your taxes by today’s deadline. I’ve been there – it’s nooooo fun! We have another buy week ahead of us. My oldest daughter turns 9 on Thursday which means visitors and parties and makes it even more important to get a good meal [...]
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So I’m pretty bad about always following the same old recipe. I love to have a base recipe that I can change around depeding on my mood and what’s in my pantry, which is why I love my basic Fruit & Honey Granola recipe. Recently, I changed up my base Fruit & Honey Granola recipe [...]
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Potatoes are one of my very favorite crops to grow! For one thing, organic potatoes are hard to find in my area, and when I do find them, they are really expensive. Potatoes are also found on the Dirty Dozen list – which means that they contain a lot of pesticides. Since I keep my [...]
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This year has been the craziest year ever for me! Traveling in January, my Grandmother’s death and all the travel that involved, and spring visitors have really added an element chaos to our lives. Every time I think we’re back in the routine, something happens and we’re disrupted again. Last week we had wonderful visitors [...]
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Did you know that indoor air quality is often worse than outdoor air quality? Radon, second hand smoke, mold, and VOCs {volatile organic compounds} emitted from paints, pesticides, cleaning supplies, and furniture are often found in homes. All of these toxins when coupled with tight houses that don’t pull in enough fresh air to counter [...]
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Welcome! I'm Michelle and I'm glad you're here. Simplify, Live, Love is a blog about simple life in rural Iowa. We are a self-employed, frugal, green, mostly homeschooling family of 6 working to go off the grid on a modern day homestead in Eastern Iowa. Please subscribe for gardening tips, green living hints, recipes, fun giveaways, and frugal ideas. Thanks for stopping by.
