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We generally like fresh air, sunshine, love outdoors, park and nature. So it is natural that we should try out camping We have done camping occasionally, but not enough to be called expert by any means. R and P love outdoors and nature like most kids and we thought we should be brave enough...
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Tags: camping, enoying outdoor, family outdoor activity, nature
Posted in Creative Learning, Family and Social | 30 Comments »
Now that August is here, here is a recap of our No Spend Month Challenge with its final update and lessons and take away from this No Spend experiment: This July we did No Spend Month experiment to see if our family of four, living in Northern California can survive with only $300: For...
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Tags: July no spend month, No spend month challange, small notebook
Posted in Family and Social, Money and Sustainability | 41 Comments »
R and Little P having fun playing with Sand at near by Park: This is our third week of update on No Spend Month Challenge that I am openly doing and sharing my spending on Heart and Mind Blog . Now there are 18 days down and 13 days left to go in this...
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Tags: July no spend month, no spend month, saving money
Posted in Family and Social, Money and Sustainability | 31 Comments »
No money needed to enjoy this: Zenguy and R watching planes at San Francisco Bay Our family is doing voluntarily No Spend Month Challenge in July. Actually No Spend month is misleading in a way, as it should be called minimum spending on bare essentials month, because that is what we are doing. I...
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Tags: July no spend month, no spend month, small notebook
Posted in Family and Social, Money and Sustainability | 38 Comments »
Note: You can also see captions with pictures when you place mouse on the middle of the picture. Me, in front of our house For those of you are reading Heart and Mind blog for sometime will know that I believe in slow blogging, blogging part time with my 2 small kids, family life...
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Tags: blog, zen family, zengirl
Posted in Blog and Misc., Family and Social | 47 Comments »
I am writing a series of 101 small changes that we can make to our life quality better and build and lead more happier life that is in attune with our heart and mind. If you have not read previous posts, check it out my previous post 101 changes: Change 4- Plant something and...
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Tags: 101 changes, smile
Posted in Family and Social, Zen Balance | 38 Comments »
Are we honest when it comes to talking to our close friends and family? Do we have time to talk issues that are close to us and listen honesty from others? I believe, most of us like to connect, but often time we are too busy with our daily lives. Moreover, many times, we...
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Tags: community, family, listening
Posted in Family and Social, Zen Balance | 24 Comments »
There are lot of people right now without a job throughout the USA and other parts of world. California where we live is one of the place that was hit hard in form of unemployment and foreclosures. According to the LA times, California’s unemployment rate is in the double digits, in some regions it...
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Tags: helpful, Irony, Recession, unemployment
Posted in Family and Social, Money and Sustainability | 11 Comments »