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What’s your style?
I was chatting a month or so ago with a woman who works in a consignment shop. I mentioned that, since my husband moved out several months ago, I’m now furniture-challenged in a few areas. Specifically...
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I feel like Bob Vila!
Image via Wikipedia 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....
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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...
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More on moving or no moving . . .
I’ve spent a lot of time the past few days thinking about whether or not I want to put my house up for sale (and, well, I obviously haven’t been spending it blogging). I have two really good reasons...
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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...
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And she lived . . .
So, having decided to stay in the house, I’ve started making changes and planning changes that will truly make it mine. I gathered up all my courage and ventured into the garage to see what really is...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Redecorating
I realize that my recent foray into having the house redecorated was symbolic of getting through becoming divorced. This is the first time that I’ve ever done anything like this. I mean, I choke a...
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