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Month: December 2025

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Christmas 2025

Posted on December 28, 2025 by noemikjames / 7 Comments

We had a lovely Christmas this year. Here is a quick recap. Christmas Eve On Tuesday I took the 12yo and his friend to a trampoline park to jump off the pre-Chr...

Health & Well Being/Life

Stressful stuff, annoyances, and happy things

Posted on December 22, 2025 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

Stressful stuff Serval’s urine analysis showed a lot of sugar, so I had to bring him in today to get his blood drawn. His blood work was not conclusive &#...

Photography

Five on Friday in Pictures

Posted on December 19, 2025 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

Work/Teaching

Mid-week mumbling

Posted on December 18, 2025 by noemikjames / 7 Comments

I am truly crawling my way to the finish line this week. I’m just so over everything. It’s raining this morning, and my first class of the day was s...

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Wins this week

Posted on December 13, 2025 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

It’s been a hard week, but there have definitely been some wins. MONDAY. I brought running clothes to school, changed into them super fast, got out of the...

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The stuff that is NOT HELPING

Posted on December 11, 2025 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I was right. I totally ran out of steam and this morning was a shit show. It started last night when I remembered at 11pm that I still hadn’t put wiper fl...

Parenting & Family/Work/Teaching

Solo Parenting Strategies

Posted on December 10, 2025 by noemikjames / 11 Comments

The husband is out of town this week. The in-laws are also still gone, which means I am really and truly going it alone until the weekend. My kids are older, so...

Connection/Friendship/Travel

A certain kind of story I tell myself

Posted on December 6, 2025 by noemikjames / 7 Comments

There are times, when coincidences happen and things line up in a certain way, and I tell myself, it’s meant to be! I was disappointed when that happened,...

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A “pebbles in my shoe” start to December

Posted on December 1, 2025 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

It was hard to go back to work today. On Friday, when school was unexpectedly cancelled, I didn’t let myself think too much about all the things I had pla...

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