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Silver Linings

Posted on December 9, 2016 by noemikjames / 8 Comments

A few silver linings to some stressful situations at home: Now that my daughter comes into our room to sleep on the floor every night, I can write and/or medita...

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Down

Posted on December 5, 2016 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

I’m feeling really down lately. I’m just getting so tired of the self-talk required to keep myself out of the downward spiral–it requires so m...

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Lit up like a Christmas Tree

Posted on December 3, 2016 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

It’s getting late pretty early now; we’re less than three weeks away from the shortest day. You might think this would be a good time to limit bike ...

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Every morning

Posted on December 2, 2016 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

What happens every morning, no matter how early I wake up or how quietly I tiptoe through the house: minutes after I sit down to scrawl my mornings pages, or wr...

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Shit or get off the pot

Posted on November 29, 2016 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

Sunday night I was feeling really down in the dumps about going back to work. While I love writing and implementing new curriculum, the day to day is wearing me...

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#parentsoftheyear

Posted on November 27, 2016 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

Last night my in-laws had our daughter over for a spend-the-night so we ordered Chinese food and enjoyed some cocktails and binge-watched three episodes West.wo...

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Something Substantial to Say

Posted on November 26, 2016 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

I spent about an hour Saturday night falling down the rabbit hole of old posts. First I checked out November of 2014, then November of last year. I did NaBloPoM...

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DIY Ornaments

Posted on November 25, 2016 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

I started a tradition when my daughter was two of getting a set of ornaments each year with a character or characters she was really interested in. I have happi...

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Thankful

Posted on November 24, 2016 by noemikjames / 0 Comment

I feel like you pretty much have to put up a gratitude post on this day. And I do think writing out what I’m thankful for will help me getting into the Th...

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The Price of Feeling Inauthentic

Posted on November 24, 2016 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I have several groups of friends that I text with on a regular basis. Each of these groups is an important part of my daily/weekly social interaction and I am v...

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