From Heartbreak to A New Home, Art, and Love: My 12-Year Writing Journey

Healing Through Writing: Celebrating 50K Blog Views I started writing, while I was going through my divorce, back in December 2014. All due to the advise from my sister, who said “You should write a journal or a blog”. I replied “I don’t know how to do that” With in an hour after we talked, […]

Transforming My Bathroom: A Home Improvement Journey

Since we couldn’t travel much, and were stuck in our homes, due to the pandemic, I decided to do some home improvements. My only bathroom really needed a new life. I have now been in this house for 4 years, and it was time for a change. My project started by calling kitchen and bath […]

Doggy Guests #27, Chloe and Roxy’s 3rd stay

Had this double duo for a week again, and we had a great week!! Sadly, we did have a skunk indecent though. Luckily, it was NOT a direct hit to either of the dogs but they still smelled like skunk. Chloe smelled worse then Roxy so I used the peroxide/baking soda/dish detergent combo on Chloe […]

Home Sweet Home: Updates on My New Life

I have now been in my new house for 2 weeks and I have gotten a lot accomplished but I still a lot to do too. I got a new bed, dresser, sofa, refrigerator, washer and dryer. I got new car insurance, pet insurance, set up an oil delivery and maintenance contract. I have unpacked […]

Navigating My House Sale Journey: Exciting New Adventures Ahead

It’s been a busy couple of weeks! My house went on the market on 11/1.so much work went into getting my house ready to show and it looks like it paid off. I have had 16 showings since then and 1 offer so far. This is all very exciting. I am very proud of myself […]

Preparing My Home for Sale: Progress Report

Everything left over from my yard sale just got picked up by the VVA, http://www.scheduleapickup.com/ It is so easy, you just schedule the pick on their website. So now, onto to the next phase. The central air is being installed as I type this today. It will take them all day to do it. Perfect timing, since […]

Getting Your Home Ready to Sell: Essential Steps

I think that everyone agrees that moving sucks! I am not a fan of the action of moving but I am excited to get to the new place and start fresh there. So much to do! I have been going through every room and dividing my stuff into and keep, sell and toss piles. It’s […]

From Divorce to New Beginnings: My 20-Month Journey

My house is officially MY house! I closed on my loan today. It is dispersed next Monday!!! I am so excited!! I can pay off all my debt, except for my house, and start saving some money. I cant believe that it’s been 20 months since my life changed FOREVER. So much has taken place; The […]

Life After Divorce: Embracing Change and Moving Forward

2 different psychics told me back in February that my divorce would be final in 6-9 month from then. Well, it will be final in Nov so they were right! Today I signed the final divorce agreement so in about 30 days or so, I will be divorced officially. It took 15 months and a lot of $$$$ to […]