Author: noemikjames

I was planning on doing a 5 Fives on Friday post this morning. On the way to work I had it all mapped out. Then I got to my classroom and it felt like a giant w...

{I must admit, I am starting to hit a wall on the house deep clean project. I’ve been working on it A LONG TIME. And it feels like I’m never going t...

February has officially begun, and what a full February it is. And a leap year! Starting March 1st, everything jumps TWO weekdays ahead on the calendar (instead...

January has not been a great month for me. I’ve felt fussy and out of sorts. I was experiencing some symptoms (chest tenderness, bloating/weight gain, GI ...

Saturday morning I realized that this weekend was one of only three until we leave for Mexico City. We’ve done so much work, and the house looks really go...

What can I say? I like short, succinct lists! Five things I’m glad are over Five things I spent $-$$ on this week. Five things I spent $$$-$$$$$ on this week. F...

I refuse to start this with the same old “gah! I’m so behind” line because it’s so tiresome, except I am and I guess I just did. But I am trying! Really am! Fri...

Five things I’m looking forward to this weekend: Five things I’m not looking forward to this weekend: Five things I have to do this weekend: Five th...

Ugh. Again, it feels like I’m swimming against the current. And every day I get home and feel brain dead. The idea of writing here is not one I can embrac...

This was a week. Nothing particularly bad about it, but I was just never where I wanted to be at work. Not having internet on campus today did NOT help things, ...