Never Too Late for Spring Cleaning

/ May 20, 2020

Dear Blog, Since it’s Spring technically for a few more weeks, I figured it was time to update your look As always, this is a work in progress.  I realize I miss blogging, but as it has been since I lost my job in 2012, I find it hard to include it in my time management of the week. I

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A Spoliery Wrinkle in Time Movie Review

/ March 28, 2018

I love A Wrinkle in Time. It’s one of my all-time favorite books. Yet, I never thought “I so need this to be a movie.” So when the news came out one was being made, I got more than a little nervous. Credit Because of the fan contract, I went to see it over the weekend with Bestie Danielle. People

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Stitch Fix: A Review

/ March 19, 2018

Ever since having Munchkin, I’ve struggled with clothing. This has to do with my post-preggo body which still has all the baby weight plus more fluff in the front than before. I wore a mix of leggings, maxi skirts, oversized shirts, and maternity clothes for the first nine months post-partum. Even now seventeen months after giving birth, I still have

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Things I Knew Before I Dyed My Hair a Non-Traditional Color

/ March 7, 2018

Lately I’ve been in sort of a rut. And what do you do when you’re in a rut? You want to shake things up, of course. Now, I’m not the type who likes to shake things up or do anything impulsive* so I thought this through. I kept going back to my hair. I wanted to do something drastic to

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The Flippant Girl’s Guide to Staying Positive

/ February 28, 2018

Credit Rumor has it there are people out there who are called “optimists.” I call shenanigans. There’s more chance of me riding a unicorn than meeting one of these other cryptozoologic wonders. But as someone who has an impressionable child, it’s my job to keep those horrible sarcastic, doubtful thoughts far away. So how the heck does this get achieved?

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