Domestic Goddess in Training
Things related to working outside the home, and not as a writer
Do we all remember how this blog got started? I was suddenly unemployed and feeling like total crap about myself. I became the Involuntary Housewife 4 years ago. Suddenly, I was supposed to be keeping a house, looking for a job, minding the dog(s), grocery shopping, and cooking. BLECH! I’ve been through a lot of […]
Read More Tell it like it is Tuesday: Anything but the Involuntary HousewifeTrust me when I say, “You need to listen to your gut feelings.” Through my years of work I have learned I need to follow the processes in place and the rules that govern the work, but along will following the rules comes experience and knowing, even if you followed the process something isn’t quite […]
Read More Motivational Monday: Trust Your GutI was told the other day, “You’re always so positive.” I smiled and said, “Yep. It is one of my 5 Strengths.” I proceeded to write my 5 Strengths down (in no particular order) on the white board of my colleague. Positivity Communicator Relator Empathy WOO The website is here: StrengthsFinder2.0. If you know me, you will […]
Read More Motivational Monday: Positive ThinkingI have been doing Thankful Thursday for a long time now. I may not be consistent, but I am genuinely thankful for all the small things and all the big things, as I hope you can see from my previous posts. This Thankful Thursday happens to land on Thanksgiving. So this one’s going to be […]
Read More Thankful Thursday: Being Truly ThankfulWhile my real life job is taking me away from the blog, I am still very thankful for it. I am learning a ton. If you can’t tell, I am super busy. Heck, I even got our team new work last week! Eeeek! One of our goals is to “spread the word” about what we do. […]
Read More Thankful Thursday: My JobWell, the headache for 7+ days really set me back. Then work has been non-stop. AND we hosting a surprise party for a dear friend over the weekend. There was a lot of activity completed. I don’t know if I would call any of is “exercise” though. All that meant I was too busy to post […]
Read More Fitness: Yea yea, I said I’d be backHello and welcome to Thankful Thursday: Thanksgiving Edition. I know you’re all busy doing stuff with your family (those by blood, marriage, or choice), and I will be in a few hours as well. I wanted to take this early morning time to let you know what I am thankful for this year. I’m not sure […]
Read More Thankful Thursday: Thanksgiving EditionOh my friends… you have no idea how much I love 36 hour weeks. I have one of those weeks this week. I need the short week. Sorry for the short thankful post. You can see by the length of my post I am super busy and barely have time to even be outwardly thankful. […]
Read More Thankful Thursday: Short Work WeeksI am so busy at work, it is crazy!!! My team of two is: Redefining a team site in SharePoint by the direction of a program manager. Writing requirements for the SharePoint so that IT can code the requirements. Defining workflows for how data will be managed and controlled in a different SharePoint. Writing requirements […]
Read More Thankful Thursday (on Friday): Being BusyHow do you spell relief? R-O-L-A-I-D-S? Well, sure, sometimes, but it’s really T-U-M-S for me if you want to get technical. Big things have happened in the past few months and they are a relief! Job that was wanted for so long — GOT IT! Feeling like I have no idea what I’m doing at […]
Read More Thankful Thursday: Relief
The Involuntary Housewife 