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Month: July 2015

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35

Posted on July 18, 2015 by noemikjames / 26 Comments

Yesterday was my birthday. I’m 35. I spent the morning packing up my kids for the weekend at my parents. I spent my first hour without them getting a mass...

Parenting & Family

Grasping at Straws

Posted on July 16, 2015 by noemikjames / 44 Comments

Things at home have been…challenging. I don’t really feel comfortable writing about my daughter anymore. I wish I did, because I have SO MUCH to say...

Financial Security

My (Not-)Spending Strengths

Posted on July 15, 2015 by noemikjames / 21 Comments

I have a lot of spending weaknesses: books, clothes, toys, eating out. It’s easy to focus on all the ways I’m shit at spending money, and forget tha...

Financial Security

My First Savings Plan

Posted on July 14, 2015 by noemikjames / 17 Comments

I felt like I had to get this out there before I turned 35 because I’d like to be able to say that I started my first savings plan before 35. Sure it migh...

Uncategorized

Make It Better

Posted on July 13, 2015 by noemikjames / 23 Comments

There are different reasons I want to buy things. Some things just Look Cool (mostly clothes) and I want them to make me Look Cool. It’s pretty easy to pu...

Financial Security

Summer Budget Week 4

Posted on July 11, 2015 by noemikjames / 15 Comments

Are you starting to find these posts tiresome? I am. They are definitely making me hyperaware of how quickly the summer is passing. How am I already posting for...

Financial Security/Minimalism

Frustrations about the Spending Freeze

Posted on July 11, 2015 by noemikjames / 22 Comments

Wow. Such an interesting dialogue about how people arrange who does what in a relationship to make it work. I’ve found all of it very enlightening and I k...

Marriage/Parenting & Family

Digging Deeper

Posted on July 10, 2015 by noemikjames / 29 Comments

I appreciated Polly’s comment on my last post. It got me thinking: Where were these feelings coming from? Why was I jealous of my own husband? In my respo...

Home/Marriage/Parenting & Family

Sometimes I wish I weren’t the default…

Posted on July 9, 2015 by noemikjames / 68 Comments

{I had no idea I had gotten so behind on responding to comments. I think I’m all caught up if you want to go back and check out the last few posts. ItR...

Life

Goings On

Posted on July 7, 2015 by noemikjames / 20 Comments

It’s the fourth week of summer (how is that possible!?) and we’re finally falling into a routine. The days still feel long but I don’t feel to...

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