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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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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...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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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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Hello, house
It occurred to me recently that I don’t hate the house any more. I don’t exactly loooove it, but we’ve come to a good place, house and I. I feel better about living here – being stuck here – and I...
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When in doubt, do nothing
I’m here to urge you to… do nothing. To paraphrase a particular shoe manufacturer, “Just don’t…” I have never been, um, particularly spontaneous. Oh, if you call me and invite me to dinner, I can be...
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