tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439397019774652966.post8389406937400901940..comments2024-03-28T02:39:13.534-07:00Comments on Outdoorsy Mama: Living With Less. Is This Possible With Kids? Thine/Mine HomeworkOutdoorsy Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15188288574535062238noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439397019774652966.post-59542804328261254592014-09-05T06:07:46.915-07:002014-09-05T06:07:46.915-07:00Well said. In a career of five house moves, cartin...Well said. In a career of five house moves, carting that stuff from place to place I have never parked in one of many family garages (not to mention moving bills) - relying instead on knuckle-skinning ice removal skills honed in northern, mountain climes. Why??? Perhaps dutifully considering that someone in the family MIGHT need this stuff and the practical desire not to consume new just for new's sake combined with a personal tendency to enjoy developing Rube-Goldberg solutions to practical challenges. Add the healthy narcissism of memorializing great ski runs of the distant past with great friends and family. Get serious with deeper drives include, from a post-war childhood in the nuclear age, unconscious preparation for post-apocalypse survival where everything just might be handy - or just simply the seasonal accumulation and storage tendencies of higher vertebrates in temperate climates - we share an oak forest with squirrels and bluejays. Next move - car in garage, healthy knuckles and off to the slopes with a warm cup of coffee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439397019774652966.post-77461854333051554502013-03-16T19:52:33.372-07:002013-03-16T19:52:33.372-07:00Great prescription for the tensions of modern livi...Great prescription for the tensions of modern living - eliminate the accumulations of busy lives and the many things "we just can't do without" and recycle them. Like the 'take back' program in some bookstores, for those still liking the feel and freedom (from gadgets) of the printed page. Now about those old skiis in the garage - so many great runs, such fond memories - perhaps I'll recycle them next year. Its a disease!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439397019774652966.post-20795253496025686142013-03-15T13:47:51.913-07:002013-03-15T13:47:51.913-07:00Great post! The walls are growing in again! Nooooo...Great post! The walls are growing in again! Nooooo!! Why is it so hard to say no to that flawed logic telling us we might use something again MAYBE once in the next ten years?! Get rid of it!!Lochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08658477671218400034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439397019774652966.post-6212954782597723702013-03-13T09:11:40.294-07:002013-03-13T09:11:40.294-07:00yes, i agree, it's the toys that crush the mom...yes, i agree, it's the toys that crush the mommy soul mostly over here as well.... i don't feel like i give my kiddos too much, but boy does it somehow accumulate into stuff-bedlam so quickly.... my least favorite that i SWEAR breed at night creating little baby ones: plastic toys. they're on some sort of evil mission........Outdoorsy Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15188288574535062238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439397019774652966.post-57208249949008107222013-03-12T15:10:19.222-07:002013-03-12T15:10:19.222-07:00I am 100% in this boat. I have no problem de-clut...I am 100% in this boat. I have no problem de-cluttering and giving my things away, but it's not long before I'm feeling claustrophobic again and wondering how on earth we accumulated so many things. Especially toys, I wish I could let go of the toys and simplify my boys' lives about 1000%.Michelle Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04399480860241607206noreply@blogger.com