More thoughts on Amendment One NC

May 10, 2012 in Just Life, Life Lessons, Politics, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, Things that Make Me Twitchy

Obviously I strongly oppose every thing about Amendment One. It’s not a new feeling. Some of the things I’ve heard come out of the mouths of… Ahhhh—- take a deep breath, shake up my calm-down jar. Pretty glitter. Okay. I’ve read the calmer statements– and man, oh man– I wish I could be them. I do. Sort of. Imagine graciously delivering a statement calling actions bigoted without being abrasive, or obvious? I know a woman [...]

NC Passes the Marriage Amendment

May 9, 2012 in Just Life, Politics, Raising these kids, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, Things that Make Me Twitchy, Thoughts from a SAHM

I remember the blazing disappointment when Dubya was re-elected. You see, I lived in Durham, worked in Chapel Hill; my perspective of reality was blurry. By the way– it’s late, and I’m sad and angry. Raging, actually. I remain convinced that the intent behind passing the marriage amendment was always devoid of religious conviction, the purpose only for re-election. I see what conservatives mean about too much government because their power? That sort of extremist-fly-a-plane-into-building-mentality? [...]

Vote AGAINST the Marriage Amendment and Legislation in Violation of the Separation of Church and State

May 7, 2012 in Just Life, Politics, Raising these kids, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist

May 8th– tomorrow, the big voting day. The final chance for my fellow North Carolinians to power their way through the screaming “you’re going to hell” protesters, into that voting booth and say–with an emphatic NO– we will not support Paul Stam’s bigoted hate legislation. Oh wait. You support* the amendment, but dislike being called a bigot? You feel that description somehow unfair? You assumed the responsibility for defining what god meant– and denying what [...]

To The Rest of America from North Carolina

May 3, 2012 in Just Life, Politics, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, Things that Make Me Twitchy

I’m motivated. Motivated by the need to explain to the other 49 states in America that not everyone in North Carolina subscribes to the thinking of the most recent examples. Unlike Jodie Brunstetter, the wife of Republican North Carolina state senator Peter Brunstetter, not all of us believe that the only way to save the Caucasians (we’re in danger? I didn’t know) requires the repression of equal rights for the LGBT community. Unlike Pastor Sean [...]

Here’s My Sign

April 23, 2012 in Just Life, Politics, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist

I waited too long to get a sign for voting AGAINST the marriage amendment. Though the fact that I’m finding it difficult seems to be– if you’ll pardon the groan– a good sign. Since we read a lot (and I mean A LOT) of Dr. Suess, I got all poem-y again. A sign? Look–a sign! To all of you, from all of mine. Celebrate happy families of any combination. Married. Single. Gay. Straight. Cohabitation. No [...]

Vermicomposting with Children

April 17, 2012 in DIY Life, Homeschooling, Indoor activities, It's Easy Being Green, Just Life, Natural Gardening. Sometimes Organic, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects, Raising these kids, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist

I won’t say it’s a boy thing– since it isn’t. But the Small People do love insects, arachnids (spiders), and annelids (worms). Now, because they are tech-age kids, they will dig for a few minutes, give up, then move over to stand 8.5 inches away from my leg, waiting for whatever worms I find. It makes my chest hurt that they don’t have enough patience to dig for their own worms. Which begins the choruses [...]

American Gender Roles, a Preschooler, and Me

September 26, 2011 in Gotcha Moments, Just Life, Life Lessons, Politics, Raising these kids, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy"

Sigh. Rubs Forehead. I’ve written about this before– not that I can find it since I don’t, apparently, have a search feature. How did I miss not having a search option? D’oh. Boys don’t wear pink dresses! Let me be crystal clear about this: I could give a rat’s ass if either of my sons want to dress up in frilly pink lace, high heels, pearls, while wearing purple eye shadow and magenta lipstick. No. [...]

Kids in Politics

May 31, 2011 in Just Life, Life Lessons, Politics, Raising these kids, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, Things that Make Me Twitchy

I mentioned that Z’s Rally to Restore sanity sign was making the internet rounds via the It’s Okay to be Takei Facebook page. The creator of that page was also at the Rally, liked the picture and added it to the page. SQUIRREL——-> The original meaning of the sign was directed to the Faux (Fox)-news-watching-Henny-Penny-types, who have spent the past few years throwing acorns at their voting base, screaming “THE SKY IS FALLING” and talking [...]

Identity Crisis

March 28, 2011 in Life Lessons, Raising these kids, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy"

Who else has had/is having one of these? Right now? This very moment? I promised JB that I would play Mario tennis with him tonight, so I’m trying to write this super-fast. Last week, he and I had a conversation like this: Me: Hey, if I start a graduate program next fall we can write preschool off our taxes. JB: What in the world would you get a degree in? Me: (feminist hackles rising) What [...]

Things That Make Me Twitchy

January 31, 2011 in Politics, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, Women's Health

I think I’ll start a whole new line of thought with this, so I can complain and bang my head in confusion, all while getting out some of my twitchy. In general, I’m twitchy about a lot of stuff– pick one: the environment, the war, money-hungry corporations that get to steal whenever, Monsanto, both political parties, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, health insurance companies, racists, sexists… I mean, seriously– I twitch a lot. And [...]