Furniture shopping

A first: going into a furniture store alone
After a lovely happy hour with a friend yesterday, I decided to brave a new frontier – the furniture store. I only had one glass of wine so I figured it was safe.
Now, these can be pretty intimidating, even with a spouse. Not to mention overwhelming – the [...]

Elul reflections

We are in the month of Elul, the last month of the Jewish calendar. As we prepare for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, we take time during Elul to reflect on the waning year and to prepare for the time of renewal that the High Holy Days bring.
As I reflect on the last year [...]

Toward inspiration

I was just watching something about how survivors of an airplane crash have this new attitude toward life and what’s important. About how they have this “second chance” approach now.
In some ways, that’s how this divorce after a long marriage thing works, too. At least in my case.
For nearly 30 years I was in this [...]

I am woman . . .

So this week I finally decided to keep my art/craft workspace (studio just sounds so, eh, pretentious) downstairs as part of the dining room/family room L. Sidenote: is it a family room if there is no family to sit in it? Should I call it the den now? But den sounds so wood paneled, and [...]

Homemaking

I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about my home lately. Well, you know.
First I was going to put it on the market and buy something that has always been just mine. But the realities of the current real estate market and the fact that we refinanced and pulled out equity within the last [...]

Hang on . . .

I’ve temporarily suspended the JDate challenge because the lovely ladies over at JDate are going to be consulting with me to improve my profile – thought I’d bump it up before continuing on . . .
In the meantime, I did go out for coffee yesterday with a nice man from Yahoo! Personals, and he called [...]

Nah, not here . . .

I love it. I’m watching Oprah’s Clean Up Your Messy House tour, and it’s the first time ever that I’m not thinking that I need them to come here. Okay – maybe the “GET YOUR EX TO GET HIS CRAP OUT OF YOUR GARAGE AND SHED” tour, but not MY HOUSE!
Yay.

Should I stay or should I go?

When Mr. Ex moved out I chose not to put the house on the market. Well, I chose not to, but I didn’t really have a choice. It was September, which, as a teacher, would have been torture. I can’t even imagine getting ready to sell a house at the beginning of the school year. [...]

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 [...]

Taking care of yourself

I don’t get sick too often, which is amazing considering that I spend my day around 300 middle-schoolers. And in the computer lab, no less, where I’m sure our keyboards are breeding grounds for everything from the common cold to the plague.
But it’s happened. I woke up yesterday with runny eyes, a congested head… Yuck.

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