Category: Simplifying our Lives
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Embracing change…
Dealing with change, especially in close friendships or family relationships is never easy but it is sometimes necessary. If you want to grow, embrace it.
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Three reasons why I LOVE Aldi
Are you really about to read a sequel to last week’s article about why I truly love Aldi, the chain of small, scaled down supermarkets? Yes, because if you’ve gotten this far in the second sentence, you owe it to yourself to hear my three reasons and either judge me…
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ALDI’s saved my life…financially speaking!
“Hi, my name is Nicholine and I am addicted to shopping at ALDI.” If you have absolutely no idea, what I am talking about then let me introduce you to one of the loves of my life! Aldi is an international German chain of small-scale supermarkets spanning 18 countries in…
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10 Tips to Simple Living…Its Stuff You Already Know!
I found this list on the internet somewhere and it spoke to me on so many levels. Its part of who I already am and its a lot of who I want to be and how I want to live. If you are like me, there is a deep desire…
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What’s so natural about the “natural hair movement?”
Five years ago, I decided to “go natural.” It was not an impulsive decision. I had wanted to do it two years prior but was afraid that I wouldn’t know what to do with MY hair. It had been almost 25 years since I had touched the hair texture God…
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Thrift shopping…Oh yes, she did!
Shopping at second hand stores became my salvation (pardon the pun but I had to do it.) It was empowering to be able to walk into a store and know that if you found something you liked, there was a great possibility you could afford to buy it
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Love where you live…It’s Brooklyn baby!
My parents are Jamaican and although I love, love, love so many aspects of my Caribbean culture, if you asked me where I’m from, the answer would be unapologetically Brooklyn, New York. I first attended school on the island of Jamaica until the age of 13 and share many memories…
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Cutting the cord…getting rid of cable
Take back the power! There has been electric power running through our homes for the past 15 years or so, keeping energized, every possible distraction known to man. In a blog last month, we talked simplifying our lives by taking the TV out of the bedroom, and I am happy…
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