7 Random Thoughts
1. I kind of think probably 85% of men are probably disgusting.
2. 15 year olds are pretty dang young and if you are into them then you are a sick fuck and I hope you get butt raped in jail.
3. If you go around saying "karma is real" constantly I will find it hard not to find it ironic if you get cancer.
4. I am totally itching for a verbal fight right now.
5. I don't give a shit if Milwaukee runs an anti-cosleeping ad. I don't feel like the hearts of the people behind the ad are in the wrong place and frankly most people that say they safely co-sleep don't. (Said as a person who actually did safely co-sleep with both of her kids. Hmm, did I?)
6. I think people that don't vaccinate are negligent in lots and lots of ways.
7. I wonder if WAHM every really make any money with their house parties. It is all very very pyramid schemey.
Telling you what you should do since 2010
Showing posts with label I am always right. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I am always right. Show all posts
Friday, November 18, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
On Quick Take Friday- May 20th Edition
7 Random Thoughts
1. You cannot be a feminist and be against a woman's right to choose what goes on inside her body. Sorry. Dress it up however you want, but you cannot be pro-woman and take away rights to her body. Birth complications and unsafe abortions are some of the highest causes of death for young women across the globe. So taking away safe abortions when they are wanted/warranted is in many cases inviting death, not life.
2. Haha, this is my blog so I can talk about whatever the heck I want.
3. I only got ten bags of rock moved onto our new landscape project before my kid skinned up her knee and we had to go inside. One day the project will be done.
4. Thank you Angela for the clothes yesterday!
5. I have had the meow mix commercial song in my head for 2 days now. Help.
6. Why does insurance have to be so complicated? The glasses we picked out for my son got held up because the vision insurance provider is in the middle of a lawsuit with the frames manufacturer. Really? I just want the stoopid glasses please.
7. I really like the swear word wanker, but I cannot use it because I would sound totally pretentious using it in everyday life. Sad.
1. You cannot be a feminist and be against a woman's right to choose what goes on inside her body. Sorry. Dress it up however you want, but you cannot be pro-woman and take away rights to her body. Birth complications and unsafe abortions are some of the highest causes of death for young women across the globe. So taking away safe abortions when they are wanted/warranted is in many cases inviting death, not life.
2. Haha, this is my blog so I can talk about whatever the heck I want.
3. I only got ten bags of rock moved onto our new landscape project before my kid skinned up her knee and we had to go inside. One day the project will be done.
4. Thank you Angela for the clothes yesterday!
5. I have had the meow mix commercial song in my head for 2 days now. Help.
6. Why does insurance have to be so complicated? The glasses we picked out for my son got held up because the vision insurance provider is in the middle of a lawsuit with the frames manufacturer. Really? I just want the stoopid glasses please.
7. I really like the swear word wanker, but I cannot use it because I would sound totally pretentious using it in everyday life. Sad.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
On Tribes and Communism
So, I used to belong to a parenting group. Some of you reading this are probably in that group or are former members. Often, this group refers to itself as a "tribe".
About once every couple months someone would lament about not living in a communal society/compound where we would grow our own food, take care of each other's kids, and sing kumbaya around a bonfire every night roasting organic marshmallows.
Does this sound nice? In a dirty hippie, don't shave your arm pits sort of way, yes.
In reality though? It would never ever ever ever ever in a hundred million years work out.
Here is what would happen if we all moved into a communist society together:
Fights! Lots of Bitching! Starvation!
Everyone likes the idea of communal babysitting. It sounds nice. It takes a village blah, blah, blah. But. Big but (and I cannot lie) there is no way every one would take turns nicely. Some would take advantage of others generosity and never pitch in (or pitch in just enough to fly under the radar), while others would work their butts off taking turns for other people. Bitterness would be seeded and cultivated as some took on work for others. Everyone likes the idea of being helped, but not a lot of people want to do the helping.
The communal farm would go the same way. 2 or 3 people would farm while everyone else gave ideas on farming. There probably would not be enough food to last the winter and then we would have to eat tree bark or something.
The bonfire would probably be well attended every night, but it would be a dangerous situation to have the embittered so close to the lazy near an open flame. Plus if we are going to have to eat tree bark it is prob not a good idea to waste it every night on a bonfire.
So there you have it. Communist living at its finest. Who wants to live with the tribe?
(To the few of you who will get bunched panties over this: I see you are upset. What feelings can I reflect back to you to make you feel better about this blog? :P)
see also: I really do love most of you. This was written in good fun. :P
About once every couple months someone would lament about not living in a communal society/compound where we would grow our own food, take care of each other's kids, and sing kumbaya around a bonfire every night roasting organic marshmallows.
Does this sound nice? In a dirty hippie, don't shave your arm pits sort of way, yes.
In reality though? It would never ever ever ever ever in a hundred million years work out.
Here is what would happen if we all moved into a communist society together:
Fights! Lots of Bitching! Starvation!
Everyone likes the idea of communal babysitting. It sounds nice. It takes a village blah, blah, blah. But. Big but (and I cannot lie) there is no way every one would take turns nicely. Some would take advantage of others generosity and never pitch in (or pitch in just enough to fly under the radar), while others would work their butts off taking turns for other people. Bitterness would be seeded and cultivated as some took on work for others. Everyone likes the idea of being helped, but not a lot of people want to do the helping.
The communal farm would go the same way. 2 or 3 people would farm while everyone else gave ideas on farming. There probably would not be enough food to last the winter and then we would have to eat tree bark or something.
The bonfire would probably be well attended every night, but it would be a dangerous situation to have the embittered so close to the lazy near an open flame. Plus if we are going to have to eat tree bark it is prob not a good idea to waste it every night on a bonfire.
So there you have it. Communist living at its finest. Who wants to live with the tribe?
(To the few of you who will get bunched panties over this: I see you are upset. What feelings can I reflect back to you to make you feel better about this blog? :P)
see also: I really do love most of you. This was written in good fun. :P
Thursday, April 28, 2011
On Birthers and South Park
New rule.
I am no longer allowed to look at things or people on the internet that I know will piss me off.
Case in point, all this "birther" stuff.
I am not really one to post toooo much on political stuff. I don't find it overly interesting or fun. Plus it is so polarizing and no one ever ever ever changes anyone else's mind.
But I feel like bitching so bitch I will.
According to CNN, before Obama released his birth certificate 1 in fricking 4 people believed that he was not born in the U.S.
One in four.
25%
Despite him releasing the shorter court issued birth record used for passports, despite newspaper announcements, despite people and public figures in Hawaii vowing for him verifying his birth place 1 in 4 fricking people thought there was a vast conspiracy covering up Obama's true birth place.
Even now after releasing the longer birth certificate I have read a whole mess of people on facebook posting about how it must be a fake.
Really?? Reeeeeeally? *Really*? (Imagine me with a disbelieving, sad, I am disappointed face.)
It makes my head hurt to think that people actually think these sorts of things.
I guess the South Park guys are right. 1 in 4 people are retarded.
p.s. spell check wanted me to change "passort" to "assport" and this made me laugh.
I am no longer allowed to look at things or people on the internet that I know will piss me off.
Case in point, all this "birther" stuff.
I am not really one to post toooo much on political stuff. I don't find it overly interesting or fun. Plus it is so polarizing and no one ever ever ever changes anyone else's mind.
But I feel like bitching so bitch I will.
According to CNN, before Obama released his birth certificate 1 in fricking 4 people believed that he was not born in the U.S.
One in four.
25%
Despite him releasing the shorter court issued birth record used for passports, despite newspaper announcements, despite people and public figures in Hawaii vowing for him verifying his birth place 1 in 4 fricking people thought there was a vast conspiracy covering up Obama's true birth place.
Even now after releasing the longer birth certificate I have read a whole mess of people on facebook posting about how it must be a fake.
Really?? Reeeeeeally? *Really*? (Imagine me with a disbelieving, sad, I am disappointed face.)
It makes my head hurt to think that people actually think these sorts of things.
I guess the South Park guys are right. 1 in 4 people are retarded.
p.s. spell check wanted me to change "passort" to "assport" and this made me laugh.
Friday, March 11, 2011
On Quick Take Friday- March 11 Edition
7 Random Thoughts
1. My face is almost all healed. It seriously was the better part of a month messing around with it. A word of advice, don't get a strep infection on your face.
2. I think I am going to look like I have a healed over nose piercing on the side of my nose.
3. I tried steel cut oats this morning. I like them better then oatmeal. Much less mushy.
4. My 3 year is still refusing to be potty trained. Yesterday she peed on the floor. Before having kids I used to think I would move if someone peed, pooped, or puked all over my floor. Now, I can't tell you how many times my carpet steamer has cleaned those vile messes. Kids are really gross.
5. I have seen a lot of the logical fallacy Reductio ad Hitlerum on facebook lately. On both sides. Dudes. Just because Hitler liked dogs that does not mean all dogs are bad. Yes, Scott Walker is huge douche, but ethnic cleanser he is not. Yes, Obama wants to promote antismoking bans, but that does not mean he is one step away from erecting concentration camps. It wayyyyy cheapens your arguments to just shout "Nazi" at whomever you are mad at.
6. All these earthquakes lately are sad and scary.
7. It is neat to watch my kids get better at activities they have been participating in this spring. My son has improved a lot in tumbling and my daughter is really picking up ballet. It is cute to hear her repeat all the french terms for the moves she does.
1. My face is almost all healed. It seriously was the better part of a month messing around with it. A word of advice, don't get a strep infection on your face.
2. I think I am going to look like I have a healed over nose piercing on the side of my nose.
3. I tried steel cut oats this morning. I like them better then oatmeal. Much less mushy.
4. My 3 year is still refusing to be potty trained. Yesterday she peed on the floor. Before having kids I used to think I would move if someone peed, pooped, or puked all over my floor. Now, I can't tell you how many times my carpet steamer has cleaned those vile messes. Kids are really gross.
5. I have seen a lot of the logical fallacy Reductio ad Hitlerum on facebook lately. On both sides. Dudes. Just because Hitler liked dogs that does not mean all dogs are bad. Yes, Scott Walker is huge douche, but ethnic cleanser he is not. Yes, Obama wants to promote antismoking bans, but that does not mean he is one step away from erecting concentration camps. It wayyyyy cheapens your arguments to just shout "Nazi" at whomever you are mad at.
6. All these earthquakes lately are sad and scary.
7. It is neat to watch my kids get better at activities they have been participating in this spring. My son has improved a lot in tumbling and my daughter is really picking up ballet. It is cute to hear her repeat all the french terms for the moves she does.
Monday, January 10, 2011
On Guns and Opinions
Pop quiz Monday.
Todays quiz is here.
Know your state's gun laws.
I scored a 70%.
The questions I got wrong were the answers I over estimated the state's common sense and desire for its citizens to be safe.
Since everyone is talking gun laws this and gun laws that today I figured I would throw my 2 cents in.
I am all for taking everyone's guns away.
Gun culture begets gun violence.
I know it is your second amendment right to bare arms, and I know that banning guns will never happen, but I would not shed a tear if our country banned them all.
I can think of absolutely no reason for any civilian Joe Schmo accountant to truly NEED a hand gun. You want a rifle for hunting? Eh. I guess, but really I am fine with taking those away too. Go get your meat at Walmart.
Honestly, this is a gut opinion. I know there are some valid arguments against it. I haven't studied forestry to know what would happen with over population of deer. I haven't studied criminology to know how this would effect organized crime.
But if I truly was Queen of teh World I would totally melt down everyone's guns and make a big statue of myself from the metal as a tribute to my awesome leadership.
Todays quiz is here.
Know your state's gun laws.
I scored a 70%.
The questions I got wrong were the answers I over estimated the state's common sense and desire for its citizens to be safe.
Since everyone is talking gun laws this and gun laws that today I figured I would throw my 2 cents in.
I am all for taking everyone's guns away.
Gun culture begets gun violence.
I know it is your second amendment right to bare arms, and I know that banning guns will never happen, but I would not shed a tear if our country banned them all.
I can think of absolutely no reason for any civilian Joe Schmo accountant to truly NEED a hand gun. You want a rifle for hunting? Eh. I guess, but really I am fine with taking those away too. Go get your meat at Walmart.
Honestly, this is a gut opinion. I know there are some valid arguments against it. I haven't studied forestry to know what would happen with over population of deer. I haven't studied criminology to know how this would effect organized crime.
But if I truly was Queen of teh World I would totally melt down everyone's guns and make a big statue of myself from the metal as a tribute to my awesome leadership.
Monday, December 13, 2010
On Mispronunciations and Linguistics
Linguistics is fascinating to me. I totally should have been a speech pathologist.
However, instead of 5 years of school and a masters degree, I have decided to dub myself, via the power of the interwebs, an internet linguistic expert.
From hence forth, let it be know that that *this* is the proper pronunciation of the following words in Queen (of teh World)'s English:
wind mills = wind meels
Rudolph = Roo- doff
For real = fir reel
I am sure there are others, but these are the one's I get ribbed about the most lately.
My husband is not sure where I came up with these mutant pronunciations, but they feel right coming out of my mouth and I am all about following my feelings in linguistic matters.
If you are bored and looking for something to do, take this quiz!
Here is what I got:
Boring! I want more interesting accent. I am working on making a new accent up.
One word at a time.
However, instead of 5 years of school and a masters degree, I have decided to dub myself, via the power of the interwebs, an internet linguistic expert.
From hence forth, let it be know that that *this* is the proper pronunciation of the following words in Queen (of teh World)'s English:
wind mills = wind meels
Rudolph = Roo- doff
For real = fir reel
I am sure there are others, but these are the one's I get ribbed about the most lately.
My husband is not sure where I came up with these mutant pronunciations, but they feel right coming out of my mouth and I am all about following my feelings in linguistic matters.
If you are bored and looking for something to do, take this quiz!
Here is what I got:
| What American accent do you really have? Your Result: Midland (not "Midwest") The Midland is the neutral zone between the North and the South: Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri (roughly). Since it's the neutral zone, its accent is fairly neutral. And since the accent is neutral, there are millions of people with Midland accents who have never lived anywhere near the Midland (Floridians, for example). There are a lot of newscasters who talk like you. | |
| Western | |
| North Central | |
| Northeast New England | |
| Southern | |
| Northern | |
| Mid-Atlantic | |
| Northeastern | |
| What American accent do you really have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz | |
Boring! I want more interesting accent. I am working on making a new accent up.
One word at a time.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
On Money Etiquette and Rules
Song Prompt Wednesday!
"Give me my money back, I want my money back you bitch." Ben Folds Five, Song For the Dumped.
I love this line.
It is perfect for breakups, but it also applies to other areas of life.
My friend and I were talking the other day about money etiquette between friends and friendly acquaintances.
In the world of playgroups money, goods, and services are frequently exchanged. Most of these transactions go off without a hitch. Mostly because most people use common sense and courtesy and pay when they are given the goods or service.
But there is always some rebel that has to buck this tried and true system.
Whether it is a sob story about lack of funds, a lost checkbook, or no cash on hand, goods get exchanged without payment.
When this happens the best thing to do is for the negligent party to set up a payment time. "I will paypal you tonight." "I will bring the check when I see you on Tuesday." Pretty simple. I should not be the payee's job to ask the payor for this information, in a shiny happy world this should be offered freely as a remedy.
Wonk, wonk, wonk. Oh no! Someone has forgotten to follow either of the first 2 steps! It has been 2 weeks and more payee has still not heard hide nor hair of payor and their loot!
What do we do now?
Now poor payee has to go tell payor that they would like to be paid. This is really stinky. No one likes to be a debt collector. Even people that get paid to be debt collectors usually don't like their job. Now payor has made payee sad. :(
The least payor can do when reminded that they need to pay up is to be nice, acknowledge the debt, and then return to step 2. Make payment arrangement.
Here is what not to do:
1. Say, "Oh, I thought I paid you." Because you know that you didn't.
2. Say, " I was just waiting til you asked!" Rude.
3. Say, "Aliens have stolen all my money, can I pay you next year?" Oy.
An additional and more advanced what not to do:
If you are given something at a reduced rate or free based on self proclaimed poverty it is rude to sell that item for more then the amount it was given to you for. For example: If I sell you a thingamajig for 50 dollars because you told me you could not afford 75, it is rude to list the crib at 75 when you go to sell it. At the very least if you are going to do this, make sure it is in a marketplace that the person that did you a a favor does not frequent.
Follow these rules and everyone can exchange goods and services with ease!
"Give me my money back, I want my money back you bitch." Ben Folds Five, Song For the Dumped.
I love this line.
It is perfect for breakups, but it also applies to other areas of life.
My friend and I were talking the other day about money etiquette between friends and friendly acquaintances.
In the world of playgroups money, goods, and services are frequently exchanged. Most of these transactions go off without a hitch. Mostly because most people use common sense and courtesy and pay when they are given the goods or service.
But there is always some rebel that has to buck this tried and true system.
Whether it is a sob story about lack of funds, a lost checkbook, or no cash on hand, goods get exchanged without payment.
When this happens the best thing to do is for the negligent party to set up a payment time. "I will paypal you tonight." "I will bring the check when I see you on Tuesday." Pretty simple. I should not be the payee's job to ask the payor for this information, in a shiny happy world this should be offered freely as a remedy.
Wonk, wonk, wonk. Oh no! Someone has forgotten to follow either of the first 2 steps! It has been 2 weeks and more payee has still not heard hide nor hair of payor and their loot!
What do we do now?
Now poor payee has to go tell payor that they would like to be paid. This is really stinky. No one likes to be a debt collector. Even people that get paid to be debt collectors usually don't like their job. Now payor has made payee sad. :(
The least payor can do when reminded that they need to pay up is to be nice, acknowledge the debt, and then return to step 2. Make payment arrangement.
Here is what not to do:
1. Say, "Oh, I thought I paid you." Because you know that you didn't.
2. Say, " I was just waiting til you asked!" Rude.
3. Say, "Aliens have stolen all my money, can I pay you next year?" Oy.
An additional and more advanced what not to do:
If you are given something at a reduced rate or free based on self proclaimed poverty it is rude to sell that item for more then the amount it was given to you for. For example: If I sell you a thingamajig for 50 dollars because you told me you could not afford 75, it is rude to list the crib at 75 when you go to sell it. At the very least if you are going to do this, make sure it is in a marketplace that the person that did you a a favor does not frequent.
Follow these rules and everyone can exchange goods and services with ease!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
On bike riders and stinky cat food
Just because something is legal does not mean it is not rude.
It is perfectly legal to bathe in stinky cat food and walk around a public crowded public park.
That does mean it wont annoy everyone you meet.
It is legal to burp your ABC's while walking through Walmart, but again- Rude!
Which brings me to bikers. Not Harley riders, not kids riding their ten speeds from their house to a friends, but the ones who wear spandex and ride their souped up road bikes up and down the road by my house.
I realize it is a good work out, and far it for me to begrudge someone burning 400 calories. But damn it, why do bike riders always have to ride on busy 2 lane roads and make me go 10 miles an hour just for their workout? Rudeness I tell ya.
I am glad it is snowing now. I shouldn't have to see another one for a good 3 months.
(Oh and while I am at it. Get off my lawn! *shakes cane out the door*)
It is perfectly legal to bathe in stinky cat food and walk around a public crowded public park.
That does mean it wont annoy everyone you meet.
It is legal to burp your ABC's while walking through Walmart, but again- Rude!
Which brings me to bikers. Not Harley riders, not kids riding their ten speeds from their house to a friends, but the ones who wear spandex and ride their souped up road bikes up and down the road by my house.
I realize it is a good work out, and far it for me to begrudge someone burning 400 calories. But damn it, why do bike riders always have to ride on busy 2 lane roads and make me go 10 miles an hour just for their workout? Rudeness I tell ya.
I am glad it is snowing now. I shouldn't have to see another one for a good 3 months.
(Oh and while I am at it. Get off my lawn! *shakes cane out the door*)
Monday, November 22, 2010
On Trainwrecks and the Interwebs
The interwebs are not private people.
It never ceases to amaze me what people will post about themselves on "private" boards or facebook pages and expect it to be kept a secret.
People gossip.
I have never met anyone who didn't. You can say you don't, but I wont believe you.
People are drawn to trainwrecks and drama. They almost can't help themselves. It is a sick sort of entertainment we all seem to have a sociological pull towards.
So do yourself a favor and please stop posting about your EPT'S, STD's, DUI's (or any other embarrassing acronyms) if you don't wish for all the world to know about them.
Or at least stop acting shocked that the world knows what you posted on the world wide web.
It never ceases to amaze me what people will post about themselves on "private" boards or facebook pages and expect it to be kept a secret.
People gossip.
I have never met anyone who didn't. You can say you don't, but I wont believe you.
People are drawn to trainwrecks and drama. They almost can't help themselves. It is a sick sort of entertainment we all seem to have a sociological pull towards.
So do yourself a favor and please stop posting about your EPT'S, STD's, DUI's (or any other embarrassing acronyms) if you don't wish for all the world to know about them.
Or at least stop acting shocked that the world knows what you posted on the world wide web.
Friday, November 19, 2010
On Homebirth and Controversy
And now for a rant that has been sticking in my craw for months.
Homebirth.
I support it. I think the current midwife legislation on the Illinois floor should pass. I think it is a beautiful and generally safe option for many women. All that said, I have no horse in this race. I wont be having any more children, and it is not an issue I feel strongly enough about to actively support with money or time.
However, just like hospital birth, homebirth comes with risks.
A have an acquaintance who recently had a very scary homebirth. Long story short, her baby was born without a heartbeat and after resuscitation has brain damage from a lack of oxygen. The mother did everything right as far as homebirthing goes. She had a certified nurse midwife. The baby was monitored periodically during labor. Ect. ect. Something bad just happened. Scary and heartbreaking stuff. It was not the mom's fault. It was not the midwife's fault.
I associate with a crowd that is very pro-homebirth. I have heard a lot of chatter about this birth and how it should not be considered a "homebirth gone bad". A fair number of people have said, "the same exact thing could have happened in a hospital". I really have to disagree with both statements. I will also go a step farther to say that making statements like that is harmful to the cause homebirthers are trying to promote.
Just like some births would have had a better outcome without hospital intervention, in this case, this homebirth would have most likely had a better medical outcome at a hospital with interventions. Trying to say otherwise makes people that are on the fence about homebirth or are against homebirth look at pro-homebirthers like they are crazier then they already think they are. If this was not a "homebirth gone bad" then I don't think (outside of the worst possible outcome) you can have a homebirth gone bad.
I get it. I get not wanting to give naysayers more ammunition against your casue. But in this case I think the best argument is not knee jerk denial, but an acknowledgment that all types of births carry risks, and that the birth referenced above is an unfortunate example of the very small percent of homebirths that have an unfortunate outcome. Just like there can be induction with negative outcomes, just like there are c-sections with negative outcomes.
Sometimes sad things just happen. Being an ostrich rarely helps.
Homebirth.
I support it. I think the current midwife legislation on the Illinois floor should pass. I think it is a beautiful and generally safe option for many women. All that said, I have no horse in this race. I wont be having any more children, and it is not an issue I feel strongly enough about to actively support with money or time.
However, just like hospital birth, homebirth comes with risks.
A have an acquaintance who recently had a very scary homebirth. Long story short, her baby was born without a heartbeat and after resuscitation has brain damage from a lack of oxygen. The mother did everything right as far as homebirthing goes. She had a certified nurse midwife. The baby was monitored periodically during labor. Ect. ect. Something bad just happened. Scary and heartbreaking stuff. It was not the mom's fault. It was not the midwife's fault.
I associate with a crowd that is very pro-homebirth. I have heard a lot of chatter about this birth and how it should not be considered a "homebirth gone bad". A fair number of people have said, "the same exact thing could have happened in a hospital". I really have to disagree with both statements. I will also go a step farther to say that making statements like that is harmful to the cause homebirthers are trying to promote.
Just like some births would have had a better outcome without hospital intervention, in this case, this homebirth would have most likely had a better medical outcome at a hospital with interventions. Trying to say otherwise makes people that are on the fence about homebirth or are against homebirth look at pro-homebirthers like they are crazier then they already think they are. If this was not a "homebirth gone bad" then I don't think (outside of the worst possible outcome) you can have a homebirth gone bad.
I get it. I get not wanting to give naysayers more ammunition against your casue. But in this case I think the best argument is not knee jerk denial, but an acknowledgment that all types of births carry risks, and that the birth referenced above is an unfortunate example of the very small percent of homebirths that have an unfortunate outcome. Just like there can be induction with negative outcomes, just like there are c-sections with negative outcomes.
Sometimes sad things just happen. Being an ostrich rarely helps.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
On Play Silks and Plastic
Let us speak briefly about toys. As the mother of two small people, many toys reside in my house. I would love to tell you that I only let my kids play with hand crafted wood toys made from local artisans and bought at farmers markets. But, um yeah, actually I would not love to tell you that because then I would be someone I would secretly think was trying too hard.
Mom culture is sooooo competitive. I almost feel dirty telling you that 93% of my kids toys are made out of plastic. Many make noise, many play into "princess culture", many are aimed at directive vs. interpretive play. I will let you in on a secret. I am totally okay with this.
Sometimes, if I find myself in a group of women talking about the latest play silk co-op deal they found (Play silks are so awesome! They are hand dyed! They can pretend it is anything!) I will smile and nod. But inside I am giggling that they bought their kid a 20 dollar piece of fabric when the kid likely would have been just as happy with a cut up sheet.... or a barbie.
Mom culture is sooooo competitive. I almost feel dirty telling you that 93% of my kids toys are made out of plastic. Many make noise, many play into "princess culture", many are aimed at directive vs. interpretive play. I will let you in on a secret. I am totally okay with this.
Sometimes, if I find myself in a group of women talking about the latest play silk co-op deal they found (Play silks are so awesome! They are hand dyed! They can pretend it is anything!) I will smile and nod. But inside I am giggling that they bought their kid a 20 dollar piece of fabric when the kid likely would have been just as happy with a cut up sheet.... or a barbie.
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