Discover how rich and hilarious life can be when it’s simple. Tales and tips on making money mind, riding the recycle, simple food, homegrown music, book reviews, gettin’ organized and more. It’s your life…simply reclaim it!
Welcome!!!
I am a lady of luxury who, most of the time, masquerades simply as a stay at home mom. I’ve been married to my banjo playing, soul mate, Ben Stretched, since 1995. We bypassed living in town for a simple life in an old farm house, that smells of two boys, and sits in the middle of a wheat field in Kansas.
Ben and I decided early on, one paycheck (whatever the size) is simply ENOUGH. Come to find out, like a good wine…money has legs too. After a few years of chasing our dashing dollars, we found our ‘money legs’. We paid off our debt and started making choices for our money instead of our money making choices for us. We live DEBT-FREE, except our dwindling mortgage, choosing to invest our time and money in simple things and relationships. We have discovered in the process we simply have more than enough. In fact, we are rich.
Of course…our life isn’t easy or perfect. And some days..okay… most days… I fail miserably at being content. In fact this site could be called a lot of other, more fitting things…but reclaiming simplicity is what I DO EVERY DAY. Turns out…all and all…I’m purdy good at the place in life that has been reserved for me. I’ll share some zany tales and tips I’ve learned along the way.
Ben’s work requires crazy hours, so I keep the fire stoked, the garden weeded and good food ready for any stray kid, cat, neighbor, coworker or otherwise, who we are blessed enough to share our journey with. And now, YOU! I’m honored! Welcome to my hilariously simple life. You can have one too, FREE for the taking, if you choose to CLAIM it. So sit deep and come often.
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