As we head into Spring, I thought I would have more interest and enthusiasm for decluttering. You know, spring cleaning and everything. However, I am still struggling with some lingering winter malaise. Yesterday, for example, rather than decluttering or going for a run, I took […]

Simon (The Wonder Cat) says, “Nuff! Time to relax!” That’s right – it’s time again for Lazy Links, in which I, your hostess, link to interesting and insightful articles that I have come across over the past few weeks (rather than providing original content of […]

Yesterday, we had the kickoff meeting for the spring soccer season, which just happened to be right across the street from Southern Thrift, my new favorite thrift store. So after the meeting, we popped in to the store to find some track pants for my […]

Since I have started along the path to minimalism and a simpler life, I have read everything that I could get my hands on about simplifying, decluttering, and organizing. Almost every book and blog that I have come across features a before story and an […]

This post was originally published January 29, 2015. Hello, everyone! It’s time to play What’s Under Jill’s Kitchen Sink? (Theme music. Cheers and applause from the audience.) So, some of you may remember that I was planning on cleaning out the cabinet under my kitchen […]

This post was originally published January 19, 2015. This weekend, we went visit my parents in East Tennessee. My dad retired from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and they live just outside the Oak Ridge city limits. Now, as you may recall from previous posts, Oak […]