Happy Belated Thanksgiving to all my American readers! I hope that you all had a wonderful day celebrating with family and friends! Although Canada tends to be America 2.0 in many respects, we have our own Thanksgiving Day in October, so Thursday was just a boring old work day for all of us up here ...
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Why I’m Not Going Black Friday Shopping
30 Days & 465 Items Later: My Review of the Mins Game
I did it. I successfully completed the Mins Game. In case you don’t have a clue what I’m talking about, the Mins Game was developed by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, AKA the dynamic duo known as the Minimalists. (Check out their blog for more info about them or you can check out my first ...
MINS GAME: October Minimalism Challenge
Over the month of October, I will be playing the “Minimalism Game” or “Mins Game,” coined by Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus (but you might know them better as “The Minimalists”). They discovered the benefits of minimalism around 2010, and since then have built a minimalist empire (ooohh ...
24 Hours in (and near) Drumheller, Alberta: Our 3rd Wedding Anniventure
My husband and I made a deal when we got married: we would not give each other tangible anniversary gifts. Neither of us is particularly traditional and we decided that we’d rather not buy (or receive) paper, clocks, jewelry, appliances, etc. or whatever else it is that society says people should ...
Three Years Ago Today…
Copyright © Kristyn Harder Photography Today I wanted to share something a little more personal with you than a DIY project or minimalism tips. Today I am celebrating my third wedding anniversary with the love of my life, Scott Wesley Bennett. It’s crazy to think that exactly three short years ...
What minimalists REALLY want for their birthdays
I’m often compared to Rachel in Friends. Not because I look like Jennifer Aniston (oh, how I wish), but because Rachel is known for returning every gift she gets. In one episode, Rachel gets a board game from Chandler and immediately hands it back to him. She returns a gold necklace given to her by ...