We are losing the excess left and right over here!  We said bye bye to our cleaning lady this week!  We can now put that $120 a month savings into our house fund. After the birth of my second child, I asked my husband if we could get someone to help us clean the house...

A few months ago I wrote about asking your boss for a telecommuting option because it seemed like just one more way to simplify life. As a result of spending some time thinking about how this might fit into my own life, I went about asking my own boss if there was any...

You may remember my post titled, "Ask your boss if telecommuting is an option."  I wrote it with the intention of sharing some ideas and reasons why telecommuting would be a good option for you as an employee to consider, but also why your employer should think about...

Happy Mothers Day to all you mommies out there!  Mothers to littles, mothers to bigs, mothers to REALLY bigs...you all deserve a beautiful day filled with love! Here's my mommy, who passed away in 2003. I miss her dearly and can only dream of being the amazing,...

One of my main challenges and goals of this blog is to escape from what I call the Land of Excess.  Our family is up to our eyeballs in stuff, so each week I plan to make a conscious effort to de-clutter, simplify and lose the excess from our lives. Here are the...