In defense of two or more (A post about things, not kids)
Minimalism teaches that one of something is generally enough. One of the first steps in getting rid of stuff is to free yourself of any duplicates you may have ...
Author: noemikjames
Better
Thank you to everyone who reached out on my last post. I have been in a rough spot this week, but things are getting better. Yesterday I spent several hours at ...
Struggling
It took until early this week for me to realize that I’m feeling a lot of anxiety right now. It’s a low grade, kind of panicky feeling. I know it...
Things I’m Weird About: Clothing Addition
There is this thing I’m kind of weird about. It has to do with my clothes. The thing is that I can only wear clothes that match my body’s cleanlines...
Bittersweet
Tomorrow my daughter will start first grade and my son will go to preschool without a diaper. I’m not quite sure how that happened. Time marches forward. ...
Back to Work
On Wednesday I officially go back to work. While I always feel a fair amount of regret that summer is ending, there is a tinge of relief lacing the disappointme...
Veep
So there is another thing that I did a few months ago and never wrote about… Last May I volunteered to be my daughter’s school’s PTA vice-pres...
A Great Deal
First off, the lice experts declared us clear! We supposed to do one last check in 5-7 days and then we should be good to go. Thank goodness, because today we s...
The Moment of Truth
Tomorrow (Tuesday) morning my kids and I head to the local (ridiculously expensive) lice-experts to get our heads checked. The checks are free (during a short t...
Kind of Killing It
I have one week until my daughter’s school starts on Monday 8/15. That Wednesday is my first required professional development day. We’re in the fin...