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Day 10 of The Purge: The Light at the End of the Tunnel

Posted on June 27, 2018 by noemikjames / 6 Comments

Well, whether I’m done or not, I’ll probably go to bed tonight around 1am, and it will be over. Except I have to change my kids’ beds in the m...

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Bike Hacks, Take 2

Posted on June 27, 2018 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

My son can ride a two-wheeler now! (My daughter can too!) But we still need to find safe, bike-friendly spots for them to ride. It was driving me crazy to take ...

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Misery Porn

Posted on June 23, 2018 by noemikjames / 9 Comments

I started the second season of The Handmaid’s Tale last week. I’m quite a few episodes in. I watch it by myself, but frequently my husband is in the...

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Days 3 & 4 of The Purge: Darkest Before the Dawn

Posted on June 22, 2018 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Yesterday I didn’t get much done on the house because I had to check in on my application at the office of short-term rentals. Turns out no one has even b...

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West Medicine Fails Again

Posted on June 12, 2018 by noemikjames / 10 Comments

West medicine can do a lot of incredible things. This is not a post to deride western medicine as a whole. Vaccines especially are proof of western medicines ab...

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Negated

Posted on June 5, 2018 by noemikjames / 14 Comments

My son had one of his epic meltdowns yesterday. It started at pick up and continued until bedtime. He was screaming, thrashing, insulting, threatening, throwing...

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Final Stretch(es)

Posted on June 4, 2018 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

My daughter has three more days of school. Her birthday is Thursday and her party is Friday. This coming weekend we have a Girl Scout camping trip. My last day ...

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Change of plans

Posted on May 24, 2018 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

We are no longer traveling to Nicaragua this summer. Our new destination is Colombia. It turns out my college roommates Freshman and Sophomore year boyfriend wo...

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30 minutes

Posted on May 23, 2018 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

There is so much to do to prepare the house for AirBnB guests that I am paralyzed most night by the sheer length of my to-do list. It’s hard to stop readi...

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This, That and the Other

Posted on May 21, 2018 by noemikjames / 6 Comments

I am really struggling to show up in this space right now. The truth is, I’m struggling to do anything productive with my afternoons and evenings. All I w...

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