Entries Tagged as ‘Empowerment’

July 27, 2009

Best advice ever . . .

God bless Facebook for putting me in touch with old friends. One of the best reconnections I’ve made is with a former (gulp) student who’s now a counselor/coach. She’s got a terrific blog and has some great things to say. The following is some of the best advice I’ve read for the recovering once-married:
Is it [...]

April 17, 2009

I’ve discovered the key to doing home repairs

I’ve been a crafter my whole life. I love to buy new craft toys, play at Michael’s, Hobby Lobby or Joann Fabric… The Internet changed my crafting life by exposing me to new ways of seeing and doing things.
This is it – the key to doing home repair. I just have to look at it [...]

April 16, 2009

I feel like Bob Vila!

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One of my spring break tasks was to deal with the moldy grout in the shower. Yuck.
I tried Oxy Clean. It got the tiles cleaner-than-clean, but didn’t tackle the grout at all. Boo.
So back to Home Depot I went and I purchased a Clorox Bleach Pen. I also purchased some stuff that I [...]

February 22, 2009

Choices

I stopped on my way home the other night to pick dinner up for myself. It was Friday night, and I was going to be home alone. I’m okay with it – I had a busy weekend coming up and I needed the downtime. What I didn’t need was to cook, so I stopped at [...]

January 21, 2009

Empowerment

Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of individuals and communities. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities. ~ Wikipedia
Time to set some empowerment goals…
I was married a long time. To a man who rarely earned as much as I did, worked as much as I did, [...]

January 17, 2009

Empowerment movies

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Tonight I’m watching “Hope Floats.” Sandra Bullock finds out that her husband is cheating on her on national TV and has to start her life over. And she ends up with Harry Connick Jr….. mmmmmmmm.
What’s your favorite empowerment after divorce movie?