Author: noemikjames

My son had his belt test today. I assisted. It was long. 40 kids tested! My son was the senior student. He did a great job. Im so thankful for our dojo. It’s a ...

September and October are our most beautiful months and sometimes that wonderful weather pushes into November. It did this year, and I feel like it’s only just ...

I had some time to get work done at home today. And I also had a cat who was very much in the mix. She wanted to be on my papers, and on my lap, and attacking m...

I’ve said it before and I will say it again, not being at school is the hardest part of being a teacher. Writing sub plans sucks. Reading the sub notes when you...

I was able to check off all my biggest priorities this week. I even accomplished a few tasks on my hope-to list. I got the upstairs all cleaned up for my sister...

Tomorrow is Veterans Day so the weekend is not over, but tomorrow is mostly getting shit done and helping the kids with homework so the weekend is kind of over....

I spent all day preparing to host my sister and hanging out with my sister, so please enjoy these photos of the gorgeous Golden Gate Bridge, which were taken to...

One thing I’ve realized reading blogs is that everyone has different thresholds for what they can manage. Some people that I read seem to “do less&#...

I am so behind. My sister could not be coming at a worst time (first trimester ends next week). So instead of a post, here are close ups of my cats, who are kee...