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Weekend Highs and Lows

Posted on March 18, 2024 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

This weekend was… not great. I’m still struggling with poor sleep and general moodiness. I’m feeling so over this knee injury and how long it&...

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Two 5s on a Friday: What’s working (and what’s not)

Posted on March 15, 2024 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

This week has been a little rough for me. I’ve been super anxious about my knee; the possibility of just tripping weirdly and tearing my ACL completely ma...

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Five on a Friday: Re-entry

Posted on February 23, 2024 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I must say, coming back on Thursday afternoon and having Friday to myself, with the kids in school, is a stellar way to initiate re-entry. We choose to come bac...

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Silly me

Posted on June 23, 2023 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

I thought I’d be writing a post today about what I did and did not end up doing this week. Instead I’m writing a post about how my husband just test...

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Me being a curmudgeon at the start of summer

Posted on June 17, 2023 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

{I had titled this “ping pong thoughts at the start of summer” but by the end if felt I should change the title. And since the line-through-text for...

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Preparing for a purge

Posted on March 21, 2022 by noemikjames / 8 Comments

There is an idea being discussed lately on minimalism blogs: You don’t have to keep everything you use. Which might seem obvious to some, and ludicrous to...

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The Rhythm of our weekends

Posted on March 7, 2022 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

Last weekend we spent a day in Alameda and about half way through I realized what a lovely time I was having. It occurred to me then that my husband could have ...

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Attempting an alternating week schedule

Posted on February 17, 2022 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

This is a scheduling/planning post. If scheduling/planning is not your think, feel free to skip this one. So my daughter started boxing last month. This is grea...

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Microdosing Christmas

Posted on December 1, 2021 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

Our Elf came! With her reindeer. The kids were so excited to see Heart and Toots sitting in our tree this morning. Our Elf is a welcome visitor. She is not spyi...

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I shouldn’t be surprised…

Posted on November 25, 2021 by noemikjames / 9 Comments

Well I guess it wouldn’t be a proper Thanksgiving if I weren’t crying on my bed, grappling with how to manage everyone else’s emotions when I&...

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