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I'm Frugal Trenches (no, not my real name!) a lover of natural, simple and frugal living! I use this space and my camera to document a beautiful, purposeful, downshifted and abundant life! Life is not always simple (oh how I wish it was!) but it is always rich and I hope this space demonstrates beauty and joy!
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Category Archives: Thankful Tuesdays
Thankful Tuesday
First I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who left supportive comments in the last post. I don’t find the mothering aspect hard, more trying to meet everyone’s needs while working. But today already feels better than … Continue reading
Thankful and Blessed
Firstly a massive thank you for all the encouragement and support left on yesterday’s post, you will never know how much it is helping me, thank you! Thinking about where I’m making some errors in my thinking & prayer life has really … Continue reading
What I Learned From Eczema
It is no surprise to people who read this blog that I suffer from what I call, skin woes! I still don’t have an answer except that it is a mix of extremely dry skin & eczema, made worse by … Continue reading
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The Happiness Factor
Happiness is…. :: Kitties who hug so tightly it makes the photo blurry! :: A big blue sky that tastes like raspberry sherbet; don’t you taste the sky?! :: Avocados to peel and smoosh - yes, smoosh is the perfect word to … Continue reading
Thankful Tuesday
“The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had” Eric Schmidt I often feel like I have a love hate relationship with the internet, well hate … Continue reading
What Is Faith?
Photo credit “Faith is not a belief that everything will turn out to please us; rather it is the confidence that no matter how things turn out, God will somehow use the events in our days for His glory and … Continue reading
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International Women’s Day
Today I’m going to talk about a major human rights issue facing the world in 2011, women’s rights. All across the world women and girls suffer because they have female anatomy and because laws, rules, societal norms and the media … Continue reading
ChinaKidz & Thankful Tuesday
Thanks again to everyone who helped the special babies and children in the care of ChinaKidz! I am still tickled pink so many of you were so exceptionally kind! I’ve now emailed back everyone who contacted me about their parcels … Continue reading
Thankful Tuesday – Sunday Rhythm
I am not normally a routined sort of person, I grew up with a lot of routine and structure and well, busyness. I’m quite sure I packed 40 years into my first decade, which perhaps explains my level of exhaustion. As … Continue reading

