My ten-year-old went back to school for the first time today after being out of a classroom for just shy of a year and being homeschooled since September 2020. Now that the elementary schools are back full time and the K-8 kids are in school five days a week aaaand we are settled into our
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The Leather Couch
Being divorced and living on my own is a strange feeling. It’s starting to feel “normal.” But it’s still a little weird. It’s weird to have an absence of tension in my house. It’s weird to have peace. It’s weird to have freedom. It’s awesome. But it’s still a little weird. What’s also weird is
My Awesome New Office
Yesterday I shared some pictures of my new house with you. Something you may not know about me is that I love to decorate. I love remodeling and repurposing and redecorating and re….EVERYTHING. I’ve just never really had the time to do it, and our old house had so many problems that redecorating was pretty
The Next Chapter
Two weeks and two days ago, my parents closed on a new home for the kids and me. I’m renting it from them until I can qualify for a mortgage on my own. The journey from first seeing the house to closing on it was a long and VERY emotional one – it was a
My Favorite Sweater
Back in August I made a decision on a whim that ended up being one of the highlights of 2020 for me. I became a Zyia Active rep because I tried the clothes and they are AWESOME. But the really most unexpected part of the business that is so much fun is working with my
My Personal Mission Statement
This past month I worked with my E-School members on personal mission statements. This isn’t an original idea — it came from reading the book The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People. According to The Seven Habits, we each have a center, and that center determines what we focus on most and it how it