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Snipped

Posted on November 4, 2015 by noemikjames / 19 Comments

Tomorrow my husband is getting snipped. It is a little mind boggling to me that we’ve arrived at this place of knowing we don’t want to have anymore...

No-additives Diet

I Capitulate

Posted on November 3, 2015 by noemikjames / 31 Comments

I think my husband and I have had our last fight about the diet. Because I can’t argue anymore. I just can’t. The weight of it, it’s not somet...

Life/Writing

So. Now what?

Posted on November 2, 2015 by noemikjames / 13 Comments

I wrote that post last night, and I was feeling fucking awesome after writing it. Like I could conquer the world. And then, as I was opening Hulu to watch an ep...

Life/Writing

NaBloPoMo Bitches!

Posted on November 1, 2015 by noemikjames / 9 Comments

Yep! That’s right bitches! I’m doing NaBloPoMo this month! I used to sign up, kind of as an after thought, because posting every day wasn’t mu...

Identity

My Answer

Posted on October 29, 2015 by noemikjames / 20 Comments

It was so interesting to read the responses to the question I posed via the book Rising Strong. People have really strong feelings about this; it’s clear ...

Identity

A Question

Posted on October 28, 2015 by noemikjames / 30 Comments

Brene Brown is my spirit animal. Her six hour talk, The Power of Vulnerability, came to me when I was drowning in the muck of shame and feeling unable, or unwil...

Parenting & Family

Day One is Done

Posted on October 27, 2015 by noemikjames / 16 Comments

Well, we made it. Drop off was kind of a shit show. We got there right as another kid who started last week was being dropped off. He was very upset and cried f...

Parenting & Family

Big Transition #2

Posted on October 26, 2015 by noemikjames / 8 Comments

Tomorrow my son starts preschool. He’s been with my in-laws since I left maternity leave almost two years ago. For the first year and a half I picked him ...

Minimalism

Where I usually end up

Posted on October 23, 2015 by noemikjames / 14 Comments

So. Minimalism. I embraced it enthusiastically. Well, I embraced the idea of it. And I tried to embrace the actual practices. I made many real, significant chan...

Parenting & Family

Two

Posted on October 22, 2015 by noemikjames / 11 Comments

My son turns two today. I don’t write much about parenting him. I certainly don’t write as much about parenting him as I write about parenting my da...

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