Comments on: Simple Living Myth: Real Life is Real Simple http://smallnotebook.org/2009/10/26/simple-living-myth-real-life-is-real-simple/ Encouragement for a Simple Home Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:37:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Adam http://smallnotebook.org/2009/10/26/simple-living-myth-real-life-is-real-simple/#comment-11292 Adam Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:00:16 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1556#comment-11292 It would be really nice to see an actual, lived-in, spontaneous photo next to the staged one. Sort of like what folks have been doing with the before-Photoshop / after-Photoshop comparisons with the model pictures. It would be really nice to see an actual, lived-in, spontaneous photo next to the staged one. Sort of like what folks have been doing with the before-Photoshop / after-Photoshop comparisons with the model pictures.

]]> By: the lost rule of organizing « becoming uncluttered http://smallnotebook.org/2009/10/26/simple-living-myth-real-life-is-real-simple/#comment-10270 the lost rule of organizing « becoming uncluttered Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:10:52 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1556#comment-10270 [...] my goal to have it look perfect like in a magazine, or is my goal to be able to find something quickly when I’m cooking? The way it is now, I can [...] [...] my goal to have it look perfect like in a magazine, or is my goal to be able to find something quickly when I’m cooking? The way it is now, I can [...]

]]> By: Minnesotamom http://smallnotebook.org/2009/10/26/simple-living-myth-real-life-is-real-simple/#comment-10232 Minnesotamom Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:27:09 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1556#comment-10232 True DAT! Thanks for the dose of perspective. .-= Minnesotamom´s last blog post ..<a href="http://minnesotamom.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/game-over-for-stellans-svt/" rel="nofollow">Game Over for Stellan’s SVT!!</a> =-. True DAT! Thanks for the dose of perspective.
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]]> By: Lauren @ Hobo Mama http://smallnotebook.org/2009/10/26/simple-living-myth-real-life-is-real-simple/#comment-10220 Lauren @ Hobo Mama Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:25:58 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1556#comment-10220 My aunt had her house photographed for a magazine once. She likes to giggle about the way they laid out a perfect board game on the coffee table and used a large straw hat to disguise the washing machine from the camera's viewpoint. Her home is lovely, but it definitely isn't as staged as the magazine photos make it look! .-= Lauren @ Hobo Mama´s last blog post ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoboMama/~3/2RuZBx3_JhA/tidbits-from-hobo-mama.html" rel="nofollow">Tidbits from a hobo mama</a> =-. My aunt had her house photographed for a magazine once. She likes to giggle about the way they laid out a perfect board game on the coffee table and used a large straw hat to disguise the washing machine from the camera’s viewpoint. Her home is lovely, but it definitely isn’t as staged as the magazine photos make it look!
Lauren @ Hobo Mama´s last blog post ..Tidbits from a hobo mama

]]> By: Jennifer http://smallnotebook.org/2009/10/26/simple-living-myth-real-life-is-real-simple/#comment-10180 Jennifer Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:18:22 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1556#comment-10180 I'm so thankful for the creatively messy life I live and the way it inspires my daughter to be creative too. She has such a wonderful sense of herself, and her ability to use things from the world around her to make playthings for herself and beautiful gifts for other people is a trait I truly admire. .-= Jennifer´s last blog post ..<a href="http://magnificasti.blogspot.com/2009/11/at-moment.html" rel="nofollow">At the moment</a> =-. I’m so thankful for the creatively messy life I live and the way it inspires my daughter to be creative too. She has such a wonderful sense of herself, and her ability to use things from the world around her to make playthings for herself and beautiful gifts for other people is a trait I truly admire.
Jennifer´s last blog post ..At the moment

]]> By: keishua http://smallnotebook.org/2009/10/26/simple-living-myth-real-life-is-real-simple/#comment-10087 keishua Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:34:12 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1556#comment-10087 Very thoughtful post. I am thankful for all my unmatched socks and messy dresser drawers. For my shoe tub-it is really easier to just throw them in a box. .-= keishua´s last blog post ..<a href="http://keishuathoughts.blogspot.com/2009/11/noun-community.html" rel="nofollow">Noun: Community</a> =-. Very thoughtful post.
I am thankful for all my unmatched socks and messy dresser drawers. For my shoe tub-it is really easier to just throw them in a box.
keishua´s last blog post ..Noun: Community

]]> By: Mama Bird http://smallnotebook.org/2009/10/26/simple-living-myth-real-life-is-real-simple/#comment-10072 Mama Bird Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:43:50 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1556#comment-10072 Very nice post. And totally true as I look around me, surround still by not only the destruction that my boys did today, but also from extended family on Halloween night. Fun was had by all. Good times often equals a great mess. And I'm okay with that. I will clean it up eventually. It's just going to get messed up again tomorrow anyway. It also reminds me of something I read once about a Mom getting upset over her kids destroying the yard (which my older son does on a fairly regular basis). Her husband said, "Honey, we are raising boys, not a lawn". I have to tell my husband this fairly often as well, after our boy has destroyed bits of our lawn. :) .-= Mama Bird´s last blog post ..<a href="http://flyawayfamily.com/flying-away/2336" rel="nofollow">Flying Away</a> =-. Very nice post. And totally true as I look around me, surround still by not only the destruction that my boys did today, but also from extended family on Halloween night. Fun was had by all. Good times often equals a great mess. And I’m okay with that. I will clean it up eventually. It’s just going to get messed up again tomorrow anyway.

It also reminds me of something I read once about a Mom getting upset over her kids destroying the yard (which my older son does on a fairly regular basis). Her husband said, “Honey, we are raising boys, not a lawn”. I have to tell my husband this fairly often as well, after our boy has destroyed bits of our lawn. :)
Mama Bird´s last blog post ..Flying Away

]]> By: Monday Link Love | Remodeling This Life http://smallnotebook.org/2009/10/26/simple-living-myth-real-life-is-real-simple/#comment-10071 Monday Link Love | Remodeling This Life Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:44:08 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1556#comment-10071 [...] like to share: The Measure of My Success The Pillow In The Middle Pumpkin Cranberry Cornbread Simple Living Myth: Real Life is Real Simple Share and [...] [...] like to share: The Measure of My Success The Pillow In The Middle Pumpkin Cranberry Cornbread Simple Living Myth: Real Life is Real Simple Share and [...]

]]> By: My 5 links for the week « Juggling Motherhood http://smallnotebook.org/2009/10/26/simple-living-myth-real-life-is-real-simple/#comment-10063 My 5 links for the week « Juggling Motherhood Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:50:43 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1556#comment-10063 [...] http://smallnotebook.org/2009/10/26/simple-living-myth-real-life-is-real-simple/ – Another one of the blogs I read. This article is great! It dispells the myths of having a magazine perfect house. [...] [...] http://smallnotebook.org/2009/10/26/simple-living-myth-real-life-is-real-simple/ – Another one of the blogs I read. This article is great! It dispells the myths of having a magazine perfect house. [...]

]]> By: Christine http://smallnotebook.org/2009/10/26/simple-living-myth-real-life-is-real-simple/#comment-10059 Christine Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:12:37 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1556#comment-10059 I love this article. Sometimes I really envy those styled houses/rooms. lol. I love this article. Sometimes I really envy those styled houses/rooms. lol.

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