forgot. again.

yesterday was our wedding anniversary. 

we forgot together again.  :)  this year, we didn't forget to try not to forget though. 

paul says, "remember the alamo!"

moo: here, I know you want the sprinkle doughnut so I'll let you have it.
zilla: how about two halves mom?
moo: hm?
zilla: let's do two halves.

as a parent who never forced their child to share, I am proud of my boy!

It's MARCH!  the thaw is on it's way! 

the weather now is nice enough for all of us to go outside for an extended period of time now.  We spent about 30 minutes outside. 

March.  we were married in march.  He's been home for only 4 of the 7 years we've been married (counting this year) - and those 4 years have been spent mostly forgetting our anniversary together.  ;)  I wouldn't have it any other way.

Gosh, it also means that we've been living here in alaska for a year now.  It's kind of weird to think that a year ago, paul was still deployed.  It makes me really sad that this year has gone by so fast.  We have another year left.  what's in store for us?  no sure yet.  Paul will be due for reenlistment as our tour in alaska ends.  It's an exciting time for all of us.

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.