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Join me as I inspire you to savor what really matters in life all while we minimize life’s chaos & clutter, maximize our creativity and enjoy home cooked food! Welcome to Simple Acres where we create abundance in life with less.
How to Simplify Spring Clean Up
The sun is out finally and the dust and cobwebs is more evident than ever! Let's simplify Spring clean up and make it a process that leaves us feeling accomplished! Less clutter and more calm is my mantra lately. Let me share a trick that makes cleaning seem less...
Delicious Instant Pot Dessert Recipes
Delicious Instant Pot Desserts are dancing in my head! Have you bought an Instant Pot yet? This machine will change your life and simplify making food like nothing you have used before. I would have never imagined you could steam, saute, slow cook and now COOK...
9 Spring Cleaning Tasks You Can Do in Less than an Hour
Spring brings a fresh new season, more sunshine and outdoor activities and the yearning to have a fresh start in a new season. After Winter with all its dirt brought in from snow days, germs from the cold season and accumulated stuff from the holidays I am left...
Peep Popcorn Balls
Spring brings Easter and the aftermath is LOTS of excess candy to be had! Instead of hiding it from your kids in cupboards for you to secretly devour late at night, let me show you how to RE-PURPOSE some of your favorite candy! My Peep Popcorn Balls are delicious and...
Spring Bunny Bottom Sugar Cookies
I have the cutest Spring Bunny Bottom Sugar Cookies you will ever eat! Who doesn't love the thought of a fluffy, soft, oh-so-cute bunny butt! I know it sounds like I have a problem...well maybe I am slightly obsessed BUT after these cookies touch your lips you will be...
10 Crafty Easter Decorations
Spring is officially here! The sun is shining, the air is fresh and full of the aroma of blooms and there is a new energy on our farm. My sweet farmer husband is preparing the acreage for the Summer to come and I am desperate to Spring clean and decorate for the new...
How to Create Scratch Art for Kids
As a mother, I love sharing parts of my childhood with my kids. Art has always been a part of my life as long as I can remember. I just love the process of creating and how soothing getting lost in art is. Lately, I have been making scratch art with my kids. They have...
Asparagus with Balsamic Tomato Sauce
As seasons change different foods tempt our pallets and minds as we ponder the menus that will grace our dinner tables. I CRAVE fresh and unique combinations of food in the Spring! What about you? Asparagus is a common Spring side dish and is one of the simplest to...
Frugal and Fun Date Ideas
I have been in love with my man for over 20 years! It's crazy to think about as I write that number out. One of the main things that keeps love going strong is quality time! Frugal and fun date ideas have kept us enjoying each others company through the years and I am...