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Weekend + Workout Recap

Posted on November 25, 2024 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

Weekend Saturday the 11yo and I were back at the dojo, this time for his belt ceremony and board breaking. I was assisting that day and I had to hold several bo...

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Going out

Posted on November 23, 2024 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

I’m going out with a friend to another’s friend’s party tonight. I so rarely go out like this. I hope it’s fun! It didn’t rain today so there is that. I’ll take...

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Highlights from the past few days

Posted on July 26, 2024 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

It’s Thursday night, which marks the end of our three-nights-without-kids. It has been a lovely little stint in which we really did get to unwind and enjo...

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No better way to spend a day

Posted on July 17, 2022 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

Rafting yesterday was super fun. I was so preoccupied with this trip being between two other trips, I ultimately decided to go because I haven’t seen these coll...

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Home again, home again, jiggity jig

Posted on November 14, 2021 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

I’m back at home. It was a lovely weekend. I hope to write more about it soon. In the meantime, here are some photos from the Petrified Forest, which is a State...

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DIY Overnight Camp

Posted on July 12, 2021 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

My daughter was supposed to attend her very first overnight camp last summer – one week at a Girl Scout facility about two hours from here. She was nervou...

Friendship/Identity/Writing

Thanks

Posted on June 24, 2021 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Thanks for the kind words on my last post. Your comments actually prompted me to go back and read some of my older posts (mostly about marriage) and I was remin...

Friendship

More thoughts on the follow up

Posted on November 21, 2017 by noemikjames / 19 Comments

{So… this ended up being a doozy…in both length and content. Before I start, I want to clarify a couple things about the situation referenced in the...

Friendship

Not Invited

Posted on January 19, 2017 by noemikjames / 15 Comments

Yesterday there was an awkward moment at work during our staff lunch when one teacher (let’s call her A) mentioned to another teacher (we’ll call he...

Friendship/Identity

My Failure Resume

Posted on May 25, 2016 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

Mel wrote a post about writing one’s Failure Resume, the idea for which she got from a Lifehacker article. This is how the original article begins: Listin...

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