Archive for September 2008
Why Do I Save This Stuff?
Posted by: onebagnation on: September 24, 2008
Two events conspired to make me think about some of the stuff I’m holding on to; the first is that my daughter is losing her baby teeth, and the second was a post by Rachel over at smallnotebook.org about Holding on to Sentimental Things.
So here are some things I’ve been holding on to and some [...]
My New Planning Tool
Posted by: onebagnation on: September 22, 2008
I recently posted about SimpleMom’s Daily Docket. I love the hour-by-hour feature and the box for writing daily MIT’s (most important things), but I decided to try and design my own version more suited to my particular needs.
I wanted the following features, all in one place:
MITs for three categories: my job, household/personal and blogging
my To [...]
Why My Basement is the Key to My Happiness
Posted by: onebagnation on: September 18, 2008
- In: motivation
- 9 Comments
No, I don’t have a magic wand or a pot of gold down there, though I suppose either one could be lurking among the piles . . .
A clean, organized habitable basement would give us some much-needed breathing room in our home. My daughter – who may well be a creative genius as Vered suggested [...]
Wordless Wednesday: What my Daughter & Thomas Edison Have in Common
Posted by: onebagnation on: September 16, 2008
“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” – Thomas Edison
It Really IS Time for a Change
Posted by: onebagnation on: September 14, 2008
- In: blogging
- 3 Comments
You probably thought I was going to go all political on you . . . but no, it’s just time for a theme change here at One Bag Nation.
No particular reason, I was just in the mood for something new. As I’ve gone through older posts, I’ve noticed that the photos aren’t always formatted as [...]
Remembering 9-11
Posted by: onebagnation on: September 12, 2008
I posted this yesterday on my other blog, Vintage Mommy.
I imagine that most of us can remember exactly where we were and what we were doing when we heard the terrible news.
It’s all still so vivid to me; my husband and I were visiting the east coast for a 10th wedding anniversary party at my [...]
I’ve Been Unfaithful
Posted by: onebagnation on: September 10, 2008
Yesterday, while I was at the drugstore considering my various options for improving my aging skin, I found this bag. It was so inexpensive, very attractive, and it looked like it needed a good home. I love my original One Bag, but it’s not perfect. So, despite my feelings of guilt about an impulse buy [...]
The Other One Bag
Posted by: onebagnation on: September 8, 2008
- In: simplicity
- 7 Comments
Last spring I learned about onebag.com, a website devoted to “The Art and Science of Travelling Light”. Jennifer Hofmann at Inspired Home Office told me about it because the name was so close to the name of my then brand-new blog. Jennifer had heard about it on NPR, then the site was featured [...]
A Proper 100th Post
Posted by: onebagnation on: September 4, 2008
Hello! I took a little detour the other day with my “first” 100th post, but now I’d like to share the post I had originally planned to officially commemorate the 100th post of One Bag Nation.
First, my heartfelt thanks to my small but loyal band of readers and commenters; you keep me going! Some of [...]
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