Tried and failed - again

tried and failed to write from the library - library doesn't like the blogger.

anyway just read living the simple life by elaine st. james. i suppose rich outta touch people would find the information new and invigorating. i found it old and already in practice, at least for me.

in the simple wardrobe ideas for women she says to pick a few base colors good for your skin tone and only buy accessories that match - what do you think poor people do? three years ago i decided to do this and have bought very few accessories (partially due to my career) but use the ones I have. 15 or 20 years ago i decided navy should be my base color b/c it was one color all wealthy people wear and it exudes confidence. it isn't making me rich but i don't look sloppy when dressed it it - or black. i used to buy whatever accessories were on sale but only use them once or twice, now i know i look better and enjoy silver, pearls and stones and not much else. in recent years i actually wrote down what i needed/not wanted for a wardrobe and it was long before i knew her book existed. i want my life to fit in the trunk and backseat of my car so when it's finally my season to be me and not just a 'mom' or 'employee' i can go find me w/o leaving parts behind.

apparently real estate was too hectic so elaine st. james began writing small books about simplicity and there must be idiots who cannot do it alone or she wouldn't have written 4 more after her initial 'simplify your life'.

now i don't know the woman but i do know that i would love to quit working and write full-time but i don't have a husband to fall back on as she does so i'll keep up the hectic schedule to do the minimum that must be done to get it all done.

anyway i have decided that this was a bad eBay buy on my part.

in a different thought i am realigning my small house desires: i want to live more self-sufficiently and not so much worried about small or tiny. i still would like a small home but it may be bigger than i planned for activities such as soap making, canning, laying out sewing patterns and such. in 2 years i want my 5 acres and maybe we'll live initially in a converted out building already on site, but slowly over 5 years we'll get it together and by the time my little one is big she'll be more prepared to make hard life choices and go off to college knowing what reality is.