#MeToo

My whole life my mother would make me repeat after her, "All men are pigs". If I tried to make excuses like, "But, what about Daddy?" She would abruptly cut me off, "ALL. Men. Are. Pigs". It honestly scared the crap out of me, but I think it was her way of preparing me. Her mantra made me fearful of men, but also made it so that when I heard...

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My Review of the Spider-Man 1000 Dot-to-Dot Book

I got a chance to play with this Dot-to-Dot book for Idle Hand's 2017 Holiday Geek Book! Check it out here: https://idlehands1.blogspot.com/2017/10/2017-holiday-geekbook-marvel-spider-man.html?m=1 More to come! ...

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Why Every Belle Should Date a Gaston

Why Every Belle Should Date a Gaston (Just Once) As a child of the 90’s and the mother of a 3-year old, Disney princess movies are just part of the fabric of life. Thanks to the recent reboot staring Emma Watson, it’s safe to say that Beauty and the Beast is the hands down favorite right now in my household. To prime my daughter for...

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Of love and bedbugs (Or how we moved in together)

I'm opening with a bug, so you know this one is special and heartwarming. Allow me to take you back to early months of the Mister and I dating. You know how it is, you want to spend as much time together as possible, you make out until you feel dizzy, everything is AWESOME. We had even started to toy around with the idea of us moving...

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Sometimes Life Gets in the Way

I’m not going to apologize for how little I have written lately because I’m sure you are hearing the same excuses everywhere. “Things were just so crazy over the holidays!” “Work has been so busy!” “Everyone in our house got sick!” And, honestly, as real as these statements are, I kind of hate it. I like writing; I would even go out on...

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