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A Simple Holiday Season (the latest on The Simple Mom Podcast!)

by Tsh

The latest podcast is up! In this episode, I’m talking with my friend Megan Tietz of Sorta Crunchy. We’ve been trying to podcast all throughout the fall, so it was great to finally catch up with each other! In this episode, Megan and I chat about We talk small houses (and how to deal with [...]

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Plan Your Peaceful Christmas: Task 6 (Embrace Imperfection)

by Tsh

Christmas is in about a week. I don’t mean to cause your stomach to sink, but have you finished your shopping? Do you have all the ingredients for your baking? Have you done the laundry and packed for your travels? And in the midst of it all, are you actually enjoying the season? No need [...]

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My Favorite Gift Ideas from Amazon

by Tsh

My favorite places to Christmas shop are Etsy and other cottage industries. My second favorite? Amazon. I can’t remember the last time I Christmas shopped at a brick-and-mortar store. I love shopping online because I’m not a fan of crowds and of being overwhelmed by stuff—if I can’t see it, I don’t know what I’m [...]

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Home for the Holidays: What’s your favorite holiday flick?

by Tsh

To add some fun into our Home for the Holidays week, we thought we’d ask YOU to share your favorite things about the holidays! On each site, we’ve got a question we’d like you to answer. Share your thoughts here in the comments, and then hop to the other sites to find out what we’d [...]

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Home for the Holidays: Compassion

by Tsh

We could do a daily run of giveaways during Home for the Holidays, but instead we wanted to pepper our week by telling you about some organizations doing remarkable things. I met Maann on another hot, sweaty day near the equator in the Philippines (her house is shown above). Our group of bloggers had been [...]

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An easy, no-frills advent calendar

by Tsh

I know you’re up to your eyeballs preparing for Thanksgiving. I am, too. But one of my favorite post-meal activities is to craft, so I make sure I have the craft supplies I need by Wednesday. As in today. Yeah, there’s football. But I’ve never been good at just sitting there in front of the [...]

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Plan your Peaceful Christmas: Task 3

by Tsh

So far in our steps for a peaceful Christmas series, we’ve talked about preparing your holiday budget, planning your gift giving, and organizing your calendar. One thing per week, a little at a time… they help make the holidays enjoyable instead of chaotic. What’s the next step? Well, doing this week’s task early enough will [...]

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