tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post6206262333584294290..comments2023-10-30T03:59:23.915-07:00Comments on Hoosier at Heart: Simple Honest LivingHollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117516918233682323noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-45181156112138225582013-05-02T08:57:04.458-07:002013-05-02T08:57:04.458-07:00Hiya Aunty Hol!!!!!
Your garden is looking SO fan...Hiya Aunty Hol!!!!!<br /><br />Your garden is looking SO fantastic!!!<br /><br />ANd I loved this post!<br />You are so right, why is it that a few years ago people would never admit to making their own this and that. <br />I think that now thanks to Pinterest we will all be living a bit thriftier! And greener! Feels so good doesn't it?<br />My cousins are all calling me a hippy now and I love it. ;)<br /><br />PS- Thanks for your nice comment about my newly painted bathroom! In the pic the vanity cupboards look black because of a shadow but they are actually white now. Used to be cream and they just look so refreshed! I'm hoping to replace the ugly builder mirror with a couple pretty mirrors soon and when I do that I will post more bathroom pics. <br /><br />Miss ya!<br />Love ya!<br />Gennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815135197726456794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-20977068443378610572013-04-22T08:05:54.018-07:002013-04-22T08:05:54.018-07:00You should definitely do the old suitcase project ...You should definitely do the old suitcase project ... corners of my lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01014579908062866837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-17773136800304538482013-04-21T13:05:16.798-07:002013-04-21T13:05:16.798-07:00Great post Holly! Don and I have lived frugally al...Great post Holly! Don and I have lived frugally all our marriage...had to and now it seems we are quite fashionable! It makes me happy that people are returning to re-use and not wasting so much. Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063930401794527705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-82368968187680804542013-04-20T21:41:54.118-07:002013-04-20T21:41:54.118-07:00Holly,
What a great post. I'm so glad that l...Holly, <br /><br />What a great post. I'm so glad that livin sustainability is now en vogue. (Once again.) I can remember how sustainable my Grandma was. <br /><br />xo, Cheryl Whosyergurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08796459473501881680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-8497039087623897782013-04-20T13:28:48.010-07:002013-04-20T13:28:48.010-07:00LOVE this post!!!! Im a dumpster diver from way ba...LOVE this post!!!! Im a dumpster diver from way back...one time hubby and I were driving and I spotted an old suitcase in someones trash....made hubby go back so I could save it...and as I was getting it he drove away making my stand there while rummaging thru someones trash!!!!!! said it was his revenge for making him haul an old ladder about 2 miles to ur house from a field because it wouldnt fit in my car and I had to have it LOLOLdebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385843302635223519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-37433784223901905042013-04-17T18:52:21.042-07:002013-04-17T18:52:21.042-07:00Hi Holly, I'll leave my email address at the e...Hi Holly, I'll leave my email address at the end of this message. I'm getting excited about the move but not about packing. Blecchhh.Maria S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01887672054473686747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-7305565151985605972013-04-17T08:43:53.854-07:002013-04-17T08:43:53.854-07:00It's amazing what we can live without when we ...It's amazing what we can live without when we once thought we had to have everything. I used to love hanging clothes out on the line, but it's hard to find a yard with a clothesline in it anymore. Pinterest will help me, I'm sure. I'm totally addicted.<br />Pat MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497617342638521940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-44508282412881808862013-04-17T05:46:30.577-07:002013-04-17T05:46:30.577-07:00Re-purposing seems to make a loop every 20 yrs or ...Re-purposing seems to make a loop every 20 yrs or thereabouts. When the economy is good it seems to be forgotten.<br />But, like you, it's good to downsize and learn to live a simpler life and to appreciate what is important in life. Maybe these 'loops' are gentle reminders.<br />Now, I'm going to take one of my old suitcases and make a dog bed out of it. Although, I don't seem to have a dog!!!<br />Hugs<br />JanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-50692191907406766342013-04-17T05:33:23.569-07:002013-04-17T05:33:23.569-07:00Hi Maria! Thanks so much for the kind words! I w...Hi Maria! Thanks so much for the kind words! I wanted to write you back but you didn't include an email. If you get a chance, comment again and leave me an email address. I'd love to write and welcome you to the Valley! Thanks for following!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117516918233682323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-8499544670023907462013-04-17T05:27:45.113-07:002013-04-17T05:27:45.113-07:00Hi Holly, I'm a new follower of your blog. Lo...Hi Holly, I'm a new follower of your blog. Love it. My husband and I are moving from San Diego to AZ for lotsa reasons. We're moving (at least for now) to the Coolidge/Casa Grande area. Any advice, tips, thrift shop gold mines? Sorry to say I don't have a blog buttcha never know what the future will bring. Thank you for sharing your gift of writing. You probably get this a lot, but I feel as if I've known you for years just through your blog.. <br />Pray that when we get there we can tolerate the heat--dry or otherwise! Maria S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-12179711803173808082013-04-16T18:21:39.550-07:002013-04-16T18:21:39.550-07:00AMEN! we were all living a little to high on the h...AMEN! we were all living a little to high on the hog, use it, abuse it, replace it....<br />As much as this recession hurt, and it did hurt! It has taught many of us to live simply, count our blessings instead of money, and to find joy in the little things.<br />Not a bad trade off :)life in red shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04062702155081478369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-11027706595359383062013-04-16T15:36:05.874-07:002013-04-16T15:36:05.874-07:00Love this post Holly and as you know, right up my ...Love this post Holly and as you know, right up my alley!.. Back in 2007 I was still "keeping up with the Jones's" on a fixed income mind you.. You want to talk about debt under my husbands name? Thats a whole other blog which I"ll get too soon enough if I can muster the courage to put it into writing without throwing up.<br /><br />I had LOTS of "things" and TONS of "gold jewelry" some people collected handbags, dolls etc my thing was gold jewelry.. Then the recession hit, credit card available balances got slashed by half or more with no notice, one of my dogs came down with diabetes, (I have 2 of those now) my husband needed yet another surgery..in 2010 another of my dogs went into liver failure and died.. Big $$$$$ there.. <br /><br />All my gold jewelry? Gone.. And it made me realize whats important in this life and it isn't 'stuff' Im going or trying to go back to the way we lived as kids. If you didn't need it? Then you didn't need it.. <br /><br />Loved this post! :) <br />RobynRobynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290535091183945602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-2870024341359242072013-04-16T15:02:38.938-07:002013-04-16T15:02:38.938-07:00I've cut back with this new job. But I've ...I've cut back with this new job. But I've always said one of the best ways to save money is to cook for yourself:@)Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420480574010238475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-61675867440779003552013-04-16T10:52:52.801-07:002013-04-16T10:52:52.801-07:00It's a good thing, indeed.It's a good thing, indeed.TARYTERREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620999913159718018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-24512733865525884962013-04-16T10:28:15.512-07:002013-04-16T10:28:15.512-07:00I agree and the bright light in all of this is tha...I agree and the bright light in all of this is that when I started living simpy because of financial reasons I found that it nourished a part of me that i didn't know existed. My kids say I have gone back in time and I have and I love it! Thanks for the post Holly!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521096394663184487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-64466766490399969042013-04-16T09:20:29.603-07:002013-04-16T09:20:29.603-07:00that is a good thing, we all need to be honest, I ...that is a good thing, we all need to be honest, I enjoyed this post Miss Holly, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-84228845140369964032013-04-16T08:16:18.718-07:002013-04-16T08:16:18.718-07:00So true but sadly I think the new normal. Just don...So true but sadly I think the new normal. Just don't see economy ever fully recovering. Our country has too much debt. Sunny Simple Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442975157454720956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444752039284596027.post-91116900817251267692013-04-16T08:10:06.882-07:002013-04-16T08:10:06.882-07:00What a refreshing post to read this morning Holly!...What a refreshing post to read this morning Holly! I agree wholeheartedly, and am right there with the rest of the majority on this issue. But I find pleasure in it, and have always been a "dumpster diver" of sorts. <br />I miss you friend!!!<br />XO KrisKrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com