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Confessions of a Coconut Oil Convert

Posted on December 28, 2016 by noemikjames / 6 Comments

I know, I know, coconut oil is all the rage. People tout its ability to cure whatever ails you. I too was tired of reading about coconut oil and all it could ac...

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Now is a good time…

Posted on December 25, 2016 by noemikjames / 16 Comments

If your kids got a bunch of stuff (or will be getting stuff for the next few days), now is the perfect time to get rid of a bunch of stuff too. If your kids are...

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Fudging the rules

Posted on December 24, 2016 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

Thank you all for your responses to my last post. It helps to get outside perspectives. Moving forward I am going to work harder to determine what I need and ma...

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A Lack of Self-Respect

Posted on December 21, 2016 by noemikjames / 15 Comments

I struggle a lot with self-respect, with recognizing my worth and requesting that other people treat me accordingly. This has been a big issue in my marriage; I...

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Failure

Posted on December 19, 2016 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

This month has been expensive for us. I have that familiar feeling of dread about the coming VISA bill. I don’t even want to go look at how much it is. If...

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Silver Linings

Posted on December 9, 2016 by noemikjames / 8 Comments

A few silver linings to some stressful situations at home: Now that my daughter comes into our room to sleep on the floor every night, I can write and/or medita...

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Down

Posted on December 5, 2016 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

I’m feeling really down lately. I’m just getting so tired of the self-talk required to keep myself out of the downward spiral–it requires so m...

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Lit up like a Christmas Tree

Posted on December 3, 2016 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

It’s getting late pretty early now; we’re less than three weeks away from the shortest day. You might think this would be a good time to limit bike ...

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Every morning

Posted on December 2, 2016 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

What happens every morning, no matter how early I wake up or how quietly I tiptoe through the house: minutes after I sit down to scrawl my mornings pages, or wr...

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Shit or get off the pot

Posted on November 29, 2016 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

Sunday night I was feeling really down in the dumps about going back to work. While I love writing and implementing new curriculum, the day to day is wearing me...

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