That "the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil" does not condemn earning a big paycheck, only liberalism does. It tells us that a large pile of money is pretty much evil, all by itself.

interesting thought, considering paul and I have always wanted to get rich to help those who are in need.

My perfect job would be to becoming an IBCLC and have a private practice (to make the money HAHA!) and devote my time few days a week to help teen mothers successfully breastfeed.  I also want to have a community garden to feed the poor as well as promoting urban gardening in their own communities.

sick...

I hate it when illness creeps up on you and you don't know you're sick  until some subtle sign appears.

Now I am pretty sure we are having a stomach flu of some sort, from the fussiness and now three of us are having potty issues at the same time.

I know that paul probably brought it home because he was having potty issues.  unfortunately that doesn't mean anything.  he has the type of metabolism that makes going 4 times a day a normal thing. 

we blamed it on the chili.

now zilla tells me that he can't have too much chili or oranges or he'll have 'bad poopoo'.  I told him that germs are what made us sick.  I really love this age.  I can't wait till bean starts to talk.

zilla hands me er... 'pre-loved' beet chips.

zilla: mama I want you to eat this.
me: no.  please go put that in the trash.
zilla: no.  I don't want to put it in the trash.  it tastes good.  I want you to eat it.

he puts it in my hand and closes my hand ever so slowly as if to protect the blob of purplish red.

peeved.

I'm a little peeved at the political memes that people keep posting on facebook because it just proves how shallow our political beliefs are in this country.

so  a friend posts a meme about San Francisco's minimum wage ($10+) and unemployment 6.8% (below california average of 9 point something).  Obviously correlating the high minimum wage to higher employment. well, I thought that was weird because I knew from a trip there, that Jill had told me that the City of San Francisco is 7 miles long, 7 miles wide and compromises of mostly businesses.  It was really expensive to live there so most people commuted to the city to work there.

so with help of another guy thinking that the meme was a little fishy, he did some research.  well, San Francisco - when the economy is *good*, will have an unemployment of about 3%.

well.  damn.

Another point that I research was my home town of torrance, has an unemployment rate of 5.3% the same year. Lower than the city of san francisco but no special minimum wage advantage.

well.  damn.

so the meme's message was proven false... but she keeps going on and on about living wages and higher minimum wage.  a friend of hers even claimed that everything will be better for ALL.  she had the audacity to say that 'in her opinion' franchise owners were not small business owners - no don't mind the fact that Mc Donald's franchisees need to own at least three restaurants to make a living for themselves.  I mean everyone knows that bending to the will of big business means you're evil and cruel.  she even linked an article from a progressive think tank (errm... bias some?) that minimum wage would not hurt businesses.

so I did more research because I don't trust a progressive website to have balanced news coverage.  so I look on CBS news.  OH oh.  well,  raising minimum wage does not hurt businesses, hurt the economy by stagnating hiring.  Also another blow to their argument was that I learned that the earned income tax credit was there to actually OFFSET the minimum wage staying low (thus putting the burden on tax payers) for people making less than 45,000.  I'm not sure if these people even know what the ETIC is for (it is really thought to be a better way to infuse income to low income families without raising the minimum wage).

well.  damn.


of course after I had made these points, she still did not admit the picture was wrong.  the meme continues to be shared by people who believe that raising the minimum wage would have no consequence on how they live, backed by a slew of bias websites. 

I don't really care if you do think that raising the minimum wage would be good even if it does stagnate the economy some because it'll be good in the long run.  that's your educated opinion you are entitled to but to spew bullshit like 'raising the minimum wage will benefit ALL'.... that's got to STOP.  STOP saying that, stop BELIEVING that.  life isn't that simple.  only if it was - we'd have world peace.

I just wish people would take more responsibility for the information they share.

daily

moo contemplates doing something productive
bean wants to be with moo
bean wants up
bean wants to use the computer
moo leaves bean on chair to play with computer
bean wants to be with moo
moo lets bean down
bean wants up
bean wants to use the computer
moo leaves bean on chair to pl....

lesson learned: don't contemplate doing something productive. 

so I have 78 post and 47 drafts of blog posts.

I do sit down to put my thoughts in to words.

so my last 5 musings have been this:

Chris Dorner.

I'm really sad it had to come to this, but I do understand where it's coming from.  I remember watching the news during the 92 riots.  my grandfather lost his liquor store overnight.  it was looted, and burned to the ground.  Do I blame the LAPD?  Maybe.  I don't know.  I was secretly rooting for the guy.  Even though what he did was absolutely wrong and reprehensible, I do think his actions said a lot.  I remember when Paul decided to join the military, he said "(after 9/11) I couldn't just sit there and do nothing."  There are days when I feel like that too, but I sit there and do nothing.  my husband has answered that call to duty. for Chris Dorner to take a stand, for him to not just sit there and do nothing - I know that it must have taken a lot of courage.

Elimination communication.

there have been good days and bad days.  mostly bad, but I can't believe it's 'working'.

breastfeeding support.

I had started a post about my grandfather who had been very pivotal in me successfully breastfeeding zilla.  I think I am going to go back and finish it.

 anniversary.

13 years ago paul and I became a couple at the local pizza hut.  wow.  13 years.  in numbers it seems so big yet in reality it doesn't feel long at all.

Project Igloo 2013

One of the things I really want to accomplish while I live here in alaska, is to build an igloo either this winter or the next.  

Kids.

wtf kids.

first you urge our team to surrender - MULTIPLE TIMES because you're team is full of noobs, idiots, etc.

when we refused (paul and i), the team because cohesive (rly? ya, rly!) because I guess they didn't really want to lose, but quitting is TOTALLY ok.

we were about to win and the other team surrendered.

the lesson learned is...

our team: I'm FUCKING THE BEST!! I CARRIED THE TEAM SUCKAS!!!!
their team: we would've won but we had a disconnect /crycry

*facepalm*