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Just What We Needed

Posted on July 21, 2015 by noemikjames / 23 Comments

This weekend was awesome. It was just what we needed. My husband and I had an amazing time. Not one frustrated word was exchanged, not one angry minute was pass...

Life/Marriage

35

Posted on July 18, 2015 by noemikjames / 26 Comments

Yesterday was my birthday. I’m 35. I spent the morning packing up my kids for the weekend at my parents. I spent my first hour without them getting a mass...

Marriage/Parenting & Family

Digging Deeper

Posted on July 10, 2015 by noemikjames / 29 Comments

I appreciated Polly’s comment on my last post. It got me thinking: Where were these feelings coming from? Why was I jealous of my own husband? In my respo...

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Sometimes I wish I weren’t the default…

Posted on July 9, 2015 by noemikjames / 68 Comments

{I had no idea I had gotten so behind on responding to comments. I think I’m all caught up if you want to go back and check out the last few posts. ItR...

Marriage

Solo Routine

Posted on July 1, 2015 by noemikjames / 12 Comments

My husband was gone for five days and I settled into a nice routine. After the kids were in bed I did all the dishes, ran the dishwasher and cleaned up the kitc...

Marriage/Parenting & Family

More thoughts on Parenting (and some on Marriage)

Posted on April 16, 2015 by noemikjames / 21 Comments

I wanted to write a follow up to those last two posts for Friday, but I’m glad it didn’t happen. My perspective has changed a little since the weeke...

Marriage

Expectations

Posted on March 10, 2015 by noemikjames / 12 Comments

I start bedtime with my daughter at 7:30, right after I finish putting my son to bed. I have tried all kinds of techniques to move the routine along, but no mat...

Identity/Marriage

Change

Posted on March 9, 2015 by noemikjames / 11 Comments

At my therapy session not long ago, I was lamenting some frustrations about my husband and the resentment I felt that I was doing so much work to try to improve...

Life/Marriage

Trudging Onward

Posted on March 6, 2015 by noemikjames / 11 Comments

Thank god it’s Friday. Not that the weekends provide much respite, but at least I don’t have to wake up at 5am for two days. Of course we lose an ho...

Marriage/Minimalism

The Kitchen

Posted on January 15, 2015 by noemikjames / 20 Comments

So, I need the insight and advice of all you wise women. I have not mentioned the kitchen much in relation to my purging of ALL THE THINGS, mostly because IR...

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