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I'm not sure I'd try that myself

I had a friend over the other day to help me hang curtain rods. It's not rocket science, but it involves tools, a ladder, a level, and a...

Thankfulness and Belonging

The holidays are wonderful and terrible and relaxing and anxiety-ridden all at once for a lot of us. It's hard, when your life has been...

Honey Do Wish List

If I were still married, and I could still make a "Honey Do" list, this is what would be on it this week... 1. Put the registration...

Baby Steps: Making sure someone can find you

Most rational people turn off location services on their phones. It's a security thing -- after all, you don't want the whole world to...

First Steps: Financial Awareness

Keep in mind, I didn't name this "financial management" or "planning your financial future" or anything forward-looking,...

Home Maintenance: Clearing the Air, Literally

Air filters - wait - what?? I have to change those? When? One of the often overlooked household tasks that's really pretty easy is...

Home Improvement 101

So to continue my saga, I moved into a new (to me) house a couple of weeks ago. It's lovely. I downsized from the big marital home to...

Real Estate

A month or two ago, I went through finances again, and started to look for things that caused stress in general in my life. I divorced 6...

Her Own Toolbox, Part 1.

One of the things I've found my girlfriends lack, when embarking on their next phase of independence (yay!) and self-sufficiency is a...

Redefining weekends

This photo is from this past weekend. It was 28 degrees outside (for Texas, that's COLD!) and i was wearing damp socks, with my tush in a...

One *little* step at a time

Sometimes, the small things feel overwhelming. I remember, in the middle of my divorce, sitting in a pile of papers and bills, and credit...

3 Small Things I Did to Regain Control

Divorce feels like the complete loss of control - financial, personal, family, etc. The bits and pieces of your life all feel just out of...