Whew! – On to Phase 2!
Well we did it! We made it through Phase 1! My son left this morning and now it’s just the (infinitely easier) group of girls. All the mom’s come later today an...
Author: noemikjames
Freedom!
{Written early Wednesday…} We made it! Getting everyone’s stuff, plus a ton of food, plus six bodies, into the SUV was tough, but we managed. We left later than...
Thoughts (evidently on screen time!) before we leave
Yesterday was…overwhelming. A lot of errands with my kids and then more errands alone. A lot of shopping. A lot of running in to grab one thing. A lot of ...
DIY Overnight Camp
My daughter was supposed to attend her very first overnight camp last summer – one week at a Girl Scout facility about two hours from here. She was nervou...
6th graders riding buses
My daughter will be in 6th grade next year, at a middle school less than two miles from our house. Its new start time is 9:30am (yes, this is crazy, crazy late)...
Sticker Shock
My son is starting at a new school in the fall, and we’ve been interested in their YMCA aftercare program. The registration is this coming week, so I fina...
Together
I know I previously said I wasn’t going to mention some of our summer plans, but you know what? F*ck it. If people want to judge me, and tell me how horri...
My Marriage: The Pandemic Addition
So people (at least a few!) enjoy it when I talk about my marriage. I haven’t talked about it as much lately because things are (surprisingly!) pretty goo...
Thanks
Thanks for the kind words on my last post. Your comments actually prompted me to go back and read some of my older posts (mostly about marriage) and I was remin...
Finding my “why”
I’ve been thinking a lot about the “why” of this blog. Why do I keep writing it? Why, after long absences, do I come back here? It’s not...