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Monthly Archives: December 2015
Don’t try to race the Cycles of Nature
With New Years Day coming up in just hours I am sure that most of us are thinking the same thoughts about getting back on the horse and start to shed some winter weight. We will start making better choices … Continue reading
Posted in body building, fitness, flowers, food, gardening, growing up, health, life, minimalist, nature, permaculture, primal, simple living, walking
Tagged aging, body building, exercise, fitness, flowers, food, gardening, growing up, health, life, minimalist, moments, nature, now, permaculture, positive thinking, primal, simple living, strength training, walking, weight loss
8 Comments
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Life at times can certainly be a real struggle. There have been times in my own life where I remember coming very close to hitting rock bottom when all of a sudden something inside of me woke up to realize … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, debt, family, finances, food, health, life, minimalist, simple living, walking
Tagged aging, blogging, debt, family, finances, food, growing up, life, minimalist, moments, now, positive thinking, simple living, walking
13 Comments
Oh, New Year’s Day here you come again!
Oh New Years day here you come again. You set a mark of day number one of the next 365 days we call “next year”. It is a time to reflect on the year passing and making promise to the … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, blogging, debt, family, finances, fitness, fun, growing up, health, life, marriage, minimalist, nature, Oregon, quit smoking, simple living, type II diabetes, work
Tagged adventure, aging, blogging, body building, camping, debt, diabetes, exercise, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, life, meditation, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, permaculture, positive thinking, primal, quit smoking, simple living, strength training, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, walking, weight loss
16 Comments
Minimalist Christmas, Minimalist Life
Christmas is over and we did well this year. Only a few items entered our home and I am proud to say that these are items we actually needed or will be treasured. Small picture books of our favorite photos … Continue reading
Posted in debt, family, finances, growing up, life, marriage, minimalist, simple living
Tagged aging, baby boomer, boomers, debt, family, finances, frugal, growing up, life, minimalist, moments, now, positive thinking, retirement, simple living
8 Comments
Just Another Christmas
With so much anxiety attached to the act of going Christmas Shopping this year many Americans have turned to purchasing gifts online and I am certainly no different. Between the the constant threat of terror attacks, car break in’s or … Continue reading
Posted in family, finances, food, fun, life, marriage, minimalist, simple living
Tagged aging, family, finances, food, growing up, life, minimalist, moments, now, positive thinking, simple living
12 Comments
Personal Finance and National Finance… just saying
When it comes to personal finance one of my fiercest enemies is debt. I don’t like to owe anyone anything if I can help it and when I can’t help it I work like a mule to get it paid … Continue reading
Posted in debt, family, finances, life, marriage, minimalist, simple living
Tagged debt, diabetes, finances, life, minimalist, positive thinking, simple living, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes
4 Comments
The Perfect Storm
As the perfect storm rolled in with it came a long lasting quiet devastation of that changes the course of one’s life for the next 7 days. With winds of up to 80 miles per hours and torrential downpours it … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, camping, debt, emergency, family, finances, food, fun, life, marriage, minimalist, primal, simple living, type II diabetes, work
Tagged camping, community, debt, diabetes, family, finances, food, health, life, minimalist, moments, nature, positive thinking, simple living, storm, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, weather, work
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Rainy Pacific Northwest and Hyundai Warranty’s
After days of waiting for an answer from the Hyundai dealership I finally have a response that my transmission is in fact “bad”, and Hyundai is honoring their factory warranty to replace it. The cost of this job without the … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, blogging, finances, health, life, minimalist, nature, Oregon, primal, simple living, type II diabetes, work
Tagged adventure, debt, diabetes, finances, health, hiking, life, minimalist, moments, nature, Oregon, positive thinking, primal, simple living, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes, work
19 Comments
Just another Random Thought Tuesday
A quick follow up to yesterdays post with my dilemma with transmission problems on my Hyundai Elantra gives a breath of fresh air after visiting my local Hyundai Service Center. It seems that even though we are “out of the … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, debt, family, finances, growing up, life, marriage, minimalist, simple living, type II diabetes, work
Tagged adventure, aging, blogging, debt, diabetes, family, finances, growing up, life, minimalist, moments, now, positive thinking, primal, simple living, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes
11 Comments
Car Problems
After dealing with American car problems my whole life I decided years ago that it may be to my advantage to purchase a foreign made vehicle that has a track record of dependability. I purchased a fairly used Honda Civic … Continue reading
Posted in debt, family, finances, minimalist, simple living, type II diabetes, work
Tagged debt, diabetes, family, finances, minimalist, moments, simple living, type 2 diabetes, type II diabetes
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