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Garlic Planted After This One…

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One $150 Fall Lawn Treatment…

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14,000 House Fires a Year…

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Backyard Pools Still Kill an…

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12-Foot Skeleton Gets a Bluetooth…

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Your Patio Furniture Bill Just…

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Madison Cates

Mom, Wife, Minimalist.

Join me in my journey to declutter my life and live a simply beautiful life.

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A view of clouds and blue sky from an airplane window seat.
A house porch decorated with a flag, like the one at the center of the HOA dispute.
A bowl of oatmeal topped with apple slices on a breakfast table.
A bowl of crunchy tortilla chips on a patterned tablecloth.
Tables set for dining inside a restaurant, the kind of room where a manager doubted two matching licenses.
Chopsticks lifting glazed teriyaki chicken from a bowl of rice with sesame seeds.
An airplane wing above the clouds at sunset, seen from a passenger window.
A pile of one dollar bills, like the cash a student handed over for a small fast food order.
A hot dog with mustard in a soft bun, the kind sold at food courts.