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Tiny House Living
I never really pictured what kind of house I wanted to live in. I think I always assumed I’d have a decent-sized house in a small town with a big yard. When I moved into my first apartment with Jeremy, the size felt claustrophobic. It was a one-bedroom apartment with…
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Teaching Update: Teaching During a Pandemic
This past year has been one for the books. Literally, it will be in history books someday. Last March, the world came to a halt. On March 13, I worked with my coworkers to get materials ready for kids to work from home for two weeks. The plan was to…
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6 Times When Disney was Racist
I love everything Disney. My family spent a lot of time in Disney World when I was growing up, and I know many random facts about Disney that I’ll never need to know. The other day, Jeremy and I were watching one of our favorite Twitch streamers. He was looking…
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Personality Test
I’ve always thought of myself as an extrovert–I love talking to people and being around people. I picked a career that works with people and lets me get paid to talk. I was a lot shyer in elementary school, but I always thrived when I was around others. The older…
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The Dark Side of Rapunzel
As I continue looking at Disney stories and how they’ve been changed and adapted, I notice that some tales have a much darker ending in older versions. There’s a lot more death and pain than Disney has in their movies, and I think it’s good to know where the origins…
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The Dark Side of Mulan
A few weeks ago, I started looking more at Disney stories and where they originated. I did a deep dive into Cinderella and found that there was even more to it than I initially thought. I decided to continue exploring Disney stories with another classic tale with origins that date…
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The Animal Crossing Escape
Recently, I’ve been playing a lot of Animal Crossing. I know, I know–I’m about a year late to the party. Jeremy bought the game last year when it was popular. He played for a few weeks but couldn’t get into it because he prefers higher action games. Fast forward almost…
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The Dark Side of Cinderella
Disney is known for its colorful movies with music and happy endings, but they took many of their stories from other authors. The stories that we know so well from Disney were not originally happy stories. I decided to read some of the original stories to see just how much…
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Learning While Teaching
This year has been a different year for everyone. People are working from home, staying away from people, and everyone has had to be creative to live life safely during a global pandemic. Several professions are changing how they do things, and no one knows how much will be permanent…
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A Year in Quarantine
I’m not the type of person who rings in the new year with champagne at a party. We typically stay home and watch the ball drop before going straight to bed. I’m also not the type of person who starts off a new year saying, “this is going to be…
