Trying to figure it out
Today I hate my job. I’m trying hard to figure out why. In about a month we will start talking, as a school, about what next year will look like. There wi...
Author: noemikjames
Lather. Rinse. Repeat. x3
There are a couple of less-than-helpful patterns I have identified in the past couple of weeks. These patterns are not only unproductive, they are also damaging...
Underwhelmed
As is always the case, my four days of break with the kids in school went by way too fast and I didn’t get nearly enough done. I’m been fighting bac...
Future Financial Goals
I am thinking a lot about the new year and the intentions I want to set. I’m toying with the idea of committing to some kind of shopping ban or spending f...
3 / 7 / 11
Today is my husband and my anniversary: 3/7/11. We have been married for 3 years, domestic partners for 7 and together for 11. (Yes, we started dating the first...
How we rang in the New Year
We’ve had plans to go to a cabin in the snow with my parents for about a month now, since Thanksgiving. We try to go with them for 2-3 days every year as ...
Definition of Success
I just read Dark Matter. It has me thinking a lot, about professional success versus a happy family life. If you could only have one, which would you choose? I ...
Confessions of a Coconut Oil Convert
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...
Now is a good time…
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...
Fudging the rules
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...