Thought for the Day

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. – M. Scott Peck

Kicking Ass

I admit it. I am a tiny bit competitive. Not in a sports sense. No, not at all in that sense. But in a I want to kick ass at everything I do sort of way – yes. There are times when I suck at things…don’t get me wrong. I am not trying to brag […]

Lost?

It is good to feel lost… because it proves you have a navigational sense of where “Home” is. You know that a place that feels like being found exists. And maybe your current location isn’t that place but, Hallelujah, that unsettled, uneasy feeling of lost-ness just brought you closer to it. ~Erika Harris I found […]

Girl Power #2 – Ice Maker

At the risk of turning this into a “look how awesome I am” blog – which is really not my long term vision for this thing – I must brag. Although it turns out this isn’t nearly as brag-worthy of a project as the whole toilet adventure – it does involve the dog as repair […]

Over my Head?

Flush with success from my weekend plumbing victory (get it…flush?) – I have just ordered a replacement for my ice maker.  I am upping the ante by combining water AND electricity for my next Handy Girl adventure. Stay tuned…

Soundtrack

When you first find out that your marriage is probably over, your musical listening habits change. Love songs – yeah, no. Songs about breakups are clearly off the table. Songs about “The world sucks, but at least we have each other” –  also not bearable. Angry songs are OK.  Unless you aren’t really angry so […]

Girl Power #1 – Plumbing

I have always been a fairly handy girl.  I owned my own power drill in my early 20s.  I have power washed my deck and worn the resulting leaf debris in my hair as a badge of honor. But now that I am a newly minted semi-single person, my Handy Girl skills seem more critical […]

Dear Mean People:

You suck. How you can spend so much of your energy trying to prove that you are right and everyone else is wrong is beyond me.  Don’t you have laundry to do? Or a dog to walk? Or something productive to spend your time on? You cause so much trouble and sadness with the yuck […]