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Five on Friday: End of Break Updates

Posted on January 2, 2026 by noemikjames / 8 Comments

Happy New Year! We got back from Death Valley on New Year’s Eve, around 7pm. We immediately unpacked the van, putting everything in our downstairs unit. W...

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December 2024 Must-dos and Hope-tos

Posted on December 4, 2024 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

MUST-DOs I actually had a little bit of a hard time thinking of Must-dos for this month, which I will count as a win! It’s better to have fewer things to ...

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Restless

Posted on November 18, 2024 by noemikjames / 7 Comments

I am feeling SOOOO restless lately. The fact that we’re at school this week is throwing me. It’s not just that all the assignments I’m posting...

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Six on Saturday

Posted on September 14, 2024 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

Home: House is a mess again. I feel like, superficially, I’ve undone all the work I put in for our trip last February. I know that’s not true because the drawer...

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How it went (work + refrigerator)

Posted on August 17, 2024 by noemikjames / 6 Comments

The first two days back at work, while managing the new fridge, have been… well you’ll see if you keep reading. Thursday On Thursday, I woke up before my first ...

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Five on Friday: Scattered

Posted on August 9, 2024 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

I have been STRUGGLING this week. So scattered and so stressed. It has not been pleasant. Since it’s Friday, I’ll parse my scatterbrained state it out into five...

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Highlights from the past few days

Posted on July 26, 2024 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

It’s Thursday night, which marks the end of our three-nights-without-kids. It has been a lovely little stint in which we really did get to unwind and enjo...

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June Decompression

Posted on June 5, 2024 by noemikjames / 10 Comments

Well it’s June. The month of May absolutely steam rolled me, and now I’m in that weird place where work isn’t so hard, but I still have to do ...

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A day in the life: Photo (almost) every hour edition

Posted on April 19, 2024 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

Engie had a photo by hour post up today (ahem, Thursday) and I thought, what a fun idea! I’ve done “Day in the Life” posts a few time but never with a photo eve...

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When I get like this

Posted on April 17, 2024 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

I’m feeling really under the water right now. I use that phrase a lot, and it’s because it’s really how I feel. I swam for years, competitivel...

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