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Navigating Alone Time

How well do you do on your own without your spouse?  I certainly don’t need Jonathan to look after me, and I could support myself without him, but that’s not what I’m talking about.  What I mean is: if there are times that your spouse is away from home from an extended period of time, how do you feel about it? I’ve never liked living alone.  If I wasn’t married, I would prefer having a roommate to living by myself.  I spent the summer before I got married living on my own, and it was unpleasant.  So when Jon goes … Continue reading →

Count Your Blessings

I don’t consider myself a selfish person. Of course, none of us believes we are selfish or spoiled or any other negative adjective, but my thoughts on that are changing. I’ve been whining, yes, whining about how hard it is to be a single parent, to raise a child on one income, to not have any time for myself and on and on it goes. I think we are all guilty of complaining, at least I hope so, I would hate to be the only one. I belong to a meetup group and every year they do some charity thing, … Continue reading →

Step Parents

When you get divorced the last thing on your mind is getting married again. You feel overwhelmed, even if your ex husband didn’t help very much with the kids at least he helped sometimes, now you are on your own. You may find at first that you want to date, I think we all feel like undesirable failures when our marriage ends so we date, if only to show ourselves that someone still wants to date us. Initially there is nothing serious about the dating you do. For me, in the beginning, dating was a way to fill the hours … Continue reading →

Home Ownership When You Are Single

It’s the American dream, owning your own home. When I was married we had a house built, when we got divorced he wanted it and I didn’t want to fight about it. My ex husband lost it a few years later and ruined my credit in the process. I thought I would never own a home, I so badly wanted Hailey to have a home, not an apartment to come home to. When you are single it is even more important that you don’t let someone talk you into a home that will stretch your budget. When you are still … Continue reading →

Home Sweet Home

It’s the American dream, owning your own home. When I was married we had a house built, when we got divorced he wanted it and I didn’t want to fight about it. My ex husband lost it a few years later and ruined my credit in the process. I thought I would never own a home, I so badly wanted Hailey to have a home, not an apartment to come home to. When you are single it is even more important that you don’t let someone talk you into a home that will stretch your budget. When you are still … Continue reading →

Five Little Grocery Shopping Tricks: Size Matters

Not one to want to make you paranoid, but in the world we live in, everyone will do what they can to get you to spend money in their favor. The grocery stores are no exception. They want to trick you into buying more than you want or need, and they aren’t shy about it. I’ve been talking about the different ways that grocery stores arrange things to influence you. Don’t fall into their trap. Be aware of some of the methods that cause you to spend more. One thing I want to talk about now is the size of … Continue reading →

Home Week in Review: February 25 – March 2

Another week, another round up. Did you miss any of these? Preventing Colors from Bleeding Recently, I was astonished to hear my friend’s simply laundry technique. She throws everything in her washing machine at once, regardless of color, and does it all together. I admit that this technique is tempting, since you can just do laundry as soon as needed and not have a pile up… Just when I thought it was safe to go Potty… I know I’m not the only one who looked forward to days when I could have a few moments alone in the bathroom, without … Continue reading →

What Do I Do in My Spare Time?

The other day I was chatting with someone whom I had just met. This person asked me what would be considered a pretty common get-to-know-you sort of question: “What do you do in your spare time?” I couldn’t help chuckling; anyone who knows I am a single parent with three kids would probably not have asked me about my “spare time”… If truth be told, there was a time when I lamented my nonexistent free time. Years ago, when I was much younger (and my kids were too), I missed my free time something fierce! There were weeks when I … Continue reading →

Can You Live Without Alone Time (At Least for a While)?

I find that when I talk to new parents—whether they are partnered or single parents—one of the first and main topics that come up is how to find time to be alone. Not alone “as a couple” but genuine, all-by-ourselves, no one hanging on us or asking for anything alone time. Well, sometimes it just isn’t possible… One thing that has helped me over the years is realizing that “alone time” is somewhat culturally constructed. Different societies, tribes, and cultures have different ideas about being alone. There are those societies where the children are either strapped to, or attached to … Continue reading →

Look Who’s Dancing Now—Who Will You Be Rooting For?

Here it is. The most highly anticipated announcement of the fall television season… at least in my home. The list of stars who will be busting a move on the next season of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” has just been announced. Unfortunately, my favorite celeb dancer of all time, season-four champ Apolo Ohno won’t be shimming and shaking this season, but he did help announce who will be trying to un-seed him during his appearance on “Good Morning America” a few minutes ago. Frankly, I wasn’t that impressed with the new roster. Take a look at who’s lacing up … Continue reading →