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Falling Back (Now vs Then)

Posted on November 5, 2017 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

I used to love falling back. While I’m not a fan of changing the time in general (we would keep DST all year if I had my way), and I HATE when it gets dar...

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A semi-success

Posted on November 4, 2017 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

We had yet another PTA event today, the last one for a while. I suppose it could be called a success, but nothing we ever do for PTA ever feels like it’s really...

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I hope this wasn’t a mistake

Posted on November 2, 2017 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

I am really struggling to land on a topic tonight. And I also wanted to write something for tomorrow morning! I hope tentatively committing to NaBloPoMo wasn...

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NaBloPoMo?

Posted on November 1, 2017 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

I can’t promise I WILL post every day in November, but I can sure as hell try.  This  sad, three sentence excuse for a post certainly isn’t an auspici...

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2017 by noemikjames / 8 Comments

I very rarely post pictures of us here but I can’t help myself tonight. I’ve been planning these Star Wars costumes for a long time and I am very pleased with t...

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Beautiful City

Posted on October 31, 2017 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I talk a lot about how hard it can be to live in the San Francisco, but some days I really do love living here. Like when I get to go to a ropes course with one...

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Learning a New Skill

Posted on October 30, 2017 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

This Saturday we have yet another event at my daughter’s school. This one is called  Shared Schoolyard, and it’s a celebration of the opening of our...

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The Bad News (At Work)

Posted on October 27, 2017 by noemikjames / 11 Comments

I mentioned getting some bad news at work the other day. And I did. Some very surprising, and very shitty, bad news. Turns out, the construction project whose d...

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Dodging a Bullet

Posted on October 25, 2017 by noemikjames / 8 Comments

Almost two weeks ago, right when we got back from Disneyland, our tenant informed us that he had bedbugs. He had one in a bag, to prove it. He had evidently lea...

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THIO

Posted on October 23, 2017 by noemikjames / 6 Comments

Thank goodness it’s over! I had been glancing at this past weekend on the calendar with dread for most of the month. I am so glad we’re past it.  It ended ...

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