A better world: Cuts to Status of Women

A better world: Cuts to Status of Women

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLICK'S MOM!!!!!

May your day be filled with dirty boys and cute animals and someone to wait on you hand and foot!!!!!!
Luv ya lots and lots!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEANIEO!!

Boooooo!

Baby's cheeks a little too chubby? Cat on a weight control diet? Aunt Bob looking a little too portly in the fam shot? Thankfully we don't have to record these hideous flaws forever and ever in history any MORE.

Boo to HP for this insulting feature (though neat in a tech kinda way).


Link courtesy of Bitch, PhD

GYM

Back now for five weeks:
First week three times, then four weeks of every day - only missed one weekday in 4 weeks.
It's hard though. Having a slump, but had a really good workout last night. Increase weight and reps and did full body and extra machines and rode bike for 30 mins.
It's a struggle these days though...

Bush vs Bush

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHB_NRIojho&eurl=

And on a serious note,
More Americans Have Now Died In Iraq Than Died On 9/11


Ups to Blurbomat for the links.

September 13, 2006

Would that be work to live, or live to work?

Who is more efficient, the Americans or the French? Obviously, it must be the Americans. They spend more time at work than the citizens of any other industrial country. But hang on. The average employee in France spends less time on the job than workers in any other country in the industrialized world. But it turns out that for every hour spent working, the French produce slightly more value-added than the Americans. So the French work less, but they work more productively. >by Jim Stanford >rabble news

Deja Vu

I have cooked twice this week... As usual I am irreperably burned and scarred for life. My life as a housewife is filled with peril and sacrifice. I have recently been advised of revolutionary new technology designed to address this issue, called "oven mitts". I plan to investigate this device, however I am told that the device has severe limits to it's usefulness in that they only work in instances in which you PUT THEM ON.

Make-Over Story

Well, I took Coal to the vet, and he is thankfully as healthy as a horse - or a cat, I guess. His teeth are gleaming, his coat is shining (yup, all over the vet's pristine white doctor coat...), his ears are clean (ha Kent!!!! My cat has clean ears and yours doesn't!), there's no wierd bumps or lumps, and Coal was the best behaved kitty they've ever seen in their entire vet careers! (Well, that last bit might have been a tiny bit of extrapolation on my part... but he was amazing as always. The last vet said, "Is he always this calm?" to which I said, "Yes, we find that a couple of Gravols in his water dish each day keeps him quite Zen.")

The vet said however, that he's slightly, mildly, just a teeeeeeny, tiiiiiiiiny touch - - well, fluffy. Chubby. Portly. Puffy. Well, you know overweight. I prefer to think of him as stocky. Strong. Powerful. Big Boned. So he gave us the choice to put him on a fancy-shmancy vet food diet. Since the food costs the same as his current food I figured why not, only the best for my [insert annoying term of endearment here] - they said we'll notice a big difference. Plus, it's more convenient than sticking my finger down his throat every time he sniffs a morsel. The difference I 'm the most worried about though, is the mocking that will occur when KD notices the difference that we now feed our cat the fancy vet cat food... :-)

His current weight is 15.2 lbs. (Coal's, not KD's.) Last year he was 14.3 lbs. (Again, Coal, not KD.) And since he's been on the "Indoor Cat" food (euphemism for "Weight Control") for the past year and he's still bulked up, the vet thought we should probably put the little face-stuffing food snogger on the prescription food, just so that the other little cats at daycare don't make fun of him. So, cruel world, get read for a svelter Coal in the future... But don't get me wrong, we're not fat-ist here. We like him just the way he is and we'll be sure to engage in healthy self-esteem reinforcement, make physical activity fun, find him positive role models, and nutritious snacking. I'll keep you posted, but subtly, so that we don't damage his self-image. So when you see him, don't mention it...

Damn that guilt

It's raining. I do not have a job. Who's to say I can't go to the gym this afternoon AFTER I take my furry child to the vet, and right now stay in my pj's, make a cup of tea, listen to the CBC, read my favorite book blogs, and maybe EVEN read a book. Huh?? WHO??? The house is pretty clean, and I'm going to cook later this aft, so YAH. I'm going to enjoy this damn it!!!!!! Hang the guilt! I'm taking a vacation day.

(just for today...) (Oh, and I'll check Charity Village too for a job. Don't worry.)


Yum, tea.

A Book List for the Best Kind of Girly-Girl

I love this book list! Send it to your friends with girl-babies, or who might someday... I especially love the titles "Do Princesses Scrape Their Knees" and "Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots"...

Here's the description:

"Snow White, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast all have their place in children's hearts we suppose. But if you want your kids to grow up believing that girls should dream of more than just kissing the prince, check out these books.

Each of them features strong, smart, spunky girl protagonists that want to eat bugs, get first place in the science fair and grow up to be a teacher, a doctor, a firefighter or even a diva."

http://mommytrackd.com/readingroom.php?id=5

Thanks to Bitch PhD for the link.

Unemployment TO DO List

1. Doctor's Apt
   
2. Haircut
3. Get keys cut
4. Vet Apt for Coal
   
5. Bank Apt (to switch banks)
   
6. Sign up for Spanish intensive course if I can afford it (yeah right)
7. Visit Bellerae (mentoring)
   
8. Job Search every day
   
9. Gym every day
10. Study Spanish every day
11. Declutter & throw shit OUT
12. Secret work contract
13. Masters Application
    
14. Buy groceries (what a CONCEPT)
15. Try to "take advantage" of time off by fitting in some fun stuff like bike rides etc...
    

Who says unemployed people have nothing to do? Life was less busy when I had a job. I am usually the most stressed out unemployed person I've ever met. In my perfectionism I put so much pressure on myself to take advantage of the time "off" that I end up stressed out and anxious.

And it's a BEAUTIFUL day. I feel guilty for not being out enjoying it...

So I feel guilty unless

1. The house is spotless
2. I cook the most perfectly healthy yet locally grown and "in season" meal possible
3. I have excercised sufficiently
   
4. I have sufficiently enjoyed the "time off" as everyone says I should since I have it
   
5. I have studied Spanish
6. I have done a thorough job search for the day
7. I have not slept in too much
8. Returned all calls and emails
   
9. etc etc etc etc etc

ensuring that everyday without a job is a veritable cacophony of guilt and unaccomplished deeds and expectations. After all, I have ALL THIS TIME ON MY HANDS DON'T YOU KNOW.