The Minimalist in Me

by SimplyHollyJo on December 11, 2017 , No Comments

Some will read this and think I’m crazy, others will think, “good luck while having kids!” No matter the reaction, this term has been on my mind a lot the last year or so. I’ve always been intrigued by the minimalist movement, and I was kind of thrown into it last year. We decided to move, which meant showing our house. I needed a way to make sure I would be ready for sudden appointments. So I packed up half the house. I got rid of things, and I boxed things up and put them in closets. I reduced the […]

Cloth Diapers, Kids, Motherhood

My Cloth Diaper Stash

SimplyHollyJo

August 29, 2016

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To cloth diaper, or not to cloth diaper. I knew what cloth diapers were. My mom had used them on us as kids, but they were this huge undertaking in my mind. I was starting to learn about them prior to having kids, and I loved the idea of them, but I was hesitant to commit. Would my family think I was insane for even thinking about it… Then my mom and sister asked me if I was going to cloth diaper…and encouraged me to do so. THEN we saw adorable cloth diapers in the store…SOLD! Once Little Man was […]