tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post2741068414326844668..comments2024-03-27T09:52:02.406-07:00Comments on Petunia Face: AbraxasPetunia Facehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10862319327443285277noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-24302823718104856872009-03-05T00:22:00.000-08:002009-03-05T00:22:00.000-08:00I don't find it a bit difficult to live with less ...I don't find it a bit difficult to live with less but I must admit that the actual letting go can be painful. Selling items on ebay has brought me to tears more than once, but not one of those things has been missed after leaving my home.s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04741062569246094417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-56302022279372605872009-03-03T21:08:00.000-08:002009-03-03T21:08:00.000-08:00Love this post! I'm imagining you debt-free, writi...Love this post! I'm imagining you debt-free, writing a great book, with your beautiful family. Nice.Good Enough Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531793545583712309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-35767919568414838262009-03-03T20:09:00.000-08:002009-03-03T20:09:00.000-08:00Ack, I am old! I don't see the Flaming Lips refere...Ack, I am old! I don't see the Flaming Lips reference! Please point it out for lil' old me. <BR/><BR/>xo,<BR/>SPetunia Facehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862319327443285277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-62794814830261082182009-03-03T20:06:00.000-08:002009-03-03T20:06:00.000-08:00touching blogdid I catch a flaming lips influence?...touching blog<BR/>did I catch a flaming lips influence?Red Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438500731066443648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-46418178604736394172009-03-03T18:17:00.000-08:002009-03-03T18:17:00.000-08:00You've said quite a lot here. So many good things....You've said quite a lot here. So many good things. You're doing what you have to do. What do many of us have to do. That's all. And you're doing it so well. With grace and a little fire.Kwanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06428954660974395117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-23933533625308571702009-03-03T12:47:00.000-08:002009-03-03T12:47:00.000-08:00I've been rolling around so many thoughts today r...I've been rolling around so many thoughts today regarding much of what you wrote. We all must be on the same frequency. <BR/><BR/>great post72 and sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18244030255190856553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-11611559752362230352009-03-03T12:06:00.000-08:002009-03-03T12:06:00.000-08:00Loved this. You're in the cool club now...learning...Loved this. <BR/><BR/>You're in the cool club now...learning to live with less and loving it {at least that's what I keep telling myself!}Suzanne : : S.HOPtalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04193326681679699850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-28328188815468832602009-03-03T08:55:00.000-08:002009-03-03T08:55:00.000-08:00i reference that quote (holding two ideas) in my n...i reference that quote (holding two ideas) in my novel. i love that quote.<BR/>i think 'cognitive dissidence' is the name of my new band<BR/><BR/> i loved this post, susannahMaggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-27573045527831081792009-03-03T07:28:00.000-08:002009-03-03T07:28:00.000-08:00You are living my dream. If I could get out from u...You are living my dream. If I could get out from under this house, I would.Patois42https://www.blogger.com/profile/07764936858778730692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-45648245484329409732009-03-02T22:40:00.000-08:002009-03-02T22:40:00.000-08:00it's like you're in my head...all i can think abou...it's like you're in my head...all i can think about is what i don't have one second and the next am so grateful for what i do have. debt free would be a DREAM right now. such a weight it is these days. this is definitely the downsizing of america, isn't it? <BR/><BR/>i put a new fortune cookie tidbit up on my bulletin board today just to convince myself that maybe it's true:<BR/><BR/>"it is not the person who has too little, but the person who always craves more, that is poor". <BR/><BR/>then again, i don't know that i need more... i think i'd just settle for normal right about now :)cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03012231109141210455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-91922751678090851102009-03-02T19:42:00.000-08:002009-03-02T19:42:00.000-08:00when finn was a teeny tiny baby, i used to hum the...when finn was a teeny tiny baby, i used to hum the sanford and son soundtrack to her. i have no idea why. but it always made her smile.<BR/>i know there is a metaphor there somewhere.kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862447137460152226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-22267220266419233772009-03-02T14:59:00.000-08:002009-03-02T14:59:00.000-08:00I, ironically, posted about my current "Moving on ...I, ironically, posted about my current "Moving on Up" experience (with the music, to boot), but truly it has nothing to do with moving "up" more moving "far away." We are also learning to do with less. Selling every car, renting the only thing we outright own (our house), and seriously uncluttering and minimizing our "stuff." It feels good and I feel like it makes me breath easier knowing I have less in my life and am still doing OK. <BR/><BR/>I know your situation is not what you envisioned a year ago, but I also think a year from now you'll feel like you can concur the world. You're one hell of a strong girl - with a strong family - and I admire you, Bryan, and the Zoester for that!Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08246145246209889868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-20113545377963308422009-03-02T14:06:00.000-08:002009-03-02T14:06:00.000-08:00Great post, great quote.Great post, great quote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-7011197447110263732009-03-02T13:53:00.000-08:002009-03-02T13:53:00.000-08:00This is all too true for me now, too. I look at al...This is all too true for me now, too. I look at all the furniture I've been blogging about buying since we bought our house, yet right now I have no idea when my next job will come. I just hope this time next year the country is climbing back up to the-way-we-were...or hopefully something a little more realistic.deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12271310136010979584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-76904432781122501902009-03-02T13:50:00.000-08:002009-03-02T13:50:00.000-08:00Two months ago, we were forced out of our happy re...Two months ago, we were forced out of our happy rental home by a landlord who had been fired from one of the big investment banks and needed his house back. Merry Christmas to us all. Our smaller house took a couple of weeks to get used to, but I can honestly say we are totally happy again. We gave away furniture, clothes and "stuff" until it hurt. We gave away wedding presents and cashmere sweaters and things "we might need someday" simply because we had no room in our new little world. A little at a time, then a lot. I don't miss any of it. <BR/><BR/>Home truly is where the heart is. If you are safe and dry with your loved ones by your side, the stuff, the car, the house won't matter. (Just give it a few weeks for adjustment). <BR/><BR/>Wishing you luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-85144374923042387702009-03-02T10:30:00.000-08:002009-03-02T10:30:00.000-08:00Either the Flaming Lips bring you englightenment o...Either the Flaming Lips bring you englightenment or you are just eerily in tune with them. Either way, your introspection on your situation helps me not to fear it so much should it ever happen to me. Life goes on. The world keeps spinning. Money is an illusion, too, but one we must all imagine we believe.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094477368822860841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-27734255894735657432009-03-02T08:57:00.000-08:002009-03-02T08:57:00.000-08:00I agree with Paige, there is some relief in purgin...I agree with Paige, there is some relief in purgind the excess and living a more simple life. It's good to hear that you are embracing that concept and not fighting it. We too are considering moving into a smaller home but still owning... I don't know what we thought we were going to do with four bedrooms for two people, yet... we have them. Almost ashamed for being wasteful now.Sarah Ringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14641536120485004698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-53693101395991385352009-03-02T08:35:00.000-08:002009-03-02T08:35:00.000-08:00It's so hard and it really sucks, but at least you...It's so hard and it really sucks, but at least you guys have a plan. Mrs. Blandings is right, it's all just stuff. We like it, but in it's absence we see it wasn't that important to begin with. I guess it's got us appreciating the real things. I know I sound cheesy, but I don't want you to be down. You've got a lot going for you, and no car, home or income will change that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-86656073208025147632009-03-02T08:16:00.000-08:002009-03-02T08:16:00.000-08:00You said a lot, and so well too. I am also learni...You said a lot, and so well too. I am also learning there is something wonderful about simplicity/downsizing.<BR/><BR/>Have to throw a little Thoreau out there "...man is rich in proportion to the amount of things he can afford to let alone."Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269928562172746649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-81563895511802991592009-03-02T07:40:00.000-08:002009-03-02T07:40:00.000-08:00It's all stuff, right? But is stuff we kind of li...It's all stuff, right? But is stuff we kind of like to have around. I have a friend who is actively downsizing and when I said, "We should do the same, but we probably wouldn't be able to sell our house," she said, "Houses are selling." And I realized I'm just a big fat chicken.Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-84769567463548249922009-03-02T07:29:00.000-08:002009-03-02T07:29:00.000-08:00Susannah, you have such enlightenment on your situ...Susannah, you have such enlightenment on your situation. I admire you for it! We too are in the process of learning to live with less - and are actually (oddly) excited about it. Purging all the crap we thought necessary and as it turns out is just stuff to suck away your time and money. I mean, I'm not prepared to go all Walden Pond on the world but it might be nice to give up the pressure (self induced or otherwise) to constantly want more. <BR/><BR/>ps- working crew or not - a free trip to a beautiful island is a nice gig.<BR/><BR/>pps- so many cute coffee tables on sale right now. just sayin....I ♥ Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743640229697990415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-86414839258508891692009-03-02T07:21:00.000-08:002009-03-02T07:21:00.000-08:00Our circle is also growing smaller but it feels st...Our circle is also growing smaller but it feels stronger and no less complete.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com