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Leaves

Awkward

As I accidently (maybe) taught my nephew… AWKWARD!

Today I was ready a feminist blog. And I thought it was weird, because she felt the need to keep identifying herself as a feminist. I thought it was weird, mostly because:

A) I hate titles, and
B) She wasn’t talking about anything really political. 

As someone who has worked on a campaign, I will GLADLY tell you my political beliefs.  And you might notice I don’t have ANY party loyalty. Fight for something I believe in? I’ll fight for you. Say something I don’t believe in? If I like your opponent, I’m taking you DOWN!!

So here’s my list of things that I believe are important:

1. A strong education system
2. Lack of standardize testing
3. Affordable living
4. The government NOT touching my body
5. Safe drinking water
6. Safe/well-maintained roads
7. Keeping children safe
8. Keeping crazies away from guns
9. Equal pay for equal work
10. Equal percentage of taxes being paid 
11. No sales tax
12. No income tax (though I understand that at some point they will be necessary)
13. The idea of no-fault divorce*
14. The idea of a domestic partnership*
15. Never blaming the victim (also never teaching someone to be a victim)
16. Corporations are not people.

*I do not believe in marriage. Gay, Straight, Polygamous, whatever. The government has no business knowing who I’m with. Since the all-knowing THEY apparently disagree with me, I also don’t believe they should know/care why I’m no longer with my partner. 

I’m forgetting some stuff, but put me in a box as you like. This post is my disclaimer for any future political posts. 

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Blue

Recipe Book

Have you ever signed up for a class, bought all of the stuff and then dropped out so you can move out of state?

I have. (Yay campaigns!)

So I have some 4 inch (4 INCH!) binders just hanging around. And I’ve decided what I’ll do with them (nope. Not going back to school.). 

It’s a cookbook. Actually 2 of them. 

I was going to buy a Tastebook but why pay for something you can make? I’m going to make two, one for baking and one for cooking. I’m 95% sure the baking them will be fuller. Mostly because I don’t use recipes to cook. Which might explain a lot to my family (sorry!). 

What do you need for this project?

A Binder (or two)
Dividers
A ton of plastic Sheet protectors (so you can wipe away spills)

I just have to make sure I don’t confuse it with my coupon binder! 

I’m a machine, couple screws loose but I’m running smoothly
Know what I mean, got an upgrade, now I’m more unruly
I’m hard to swallow but a spoonful of sugar
might make it go down more easily

Cher Lloyd, Dub On The Track

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Worms

Garden

I’m so excited to grow stuff. I have strawberries now, but I’d like to expand my garden. I’m thinking various herbs and potatoes. It should work out. The only thing is that I hope to move in the next couple of months. To another state. 

I’m a fan of homeostasis. I don’t like to move. I like knowing the future. I don’t like the idea of growing up. So I’m going to continue to plan my garden. 

Potatoes. My potatoes are going to be awesome. Why? Why do you ask?

I’m growing them in a container. In a bucket. I’m going to steal a broken trash can from the shop (bottoms are kinda worn out. Less work to drain). 

How do you do this? You plant a couple seed potatoes in the bottom of a container. As it grows, you add dirt. You see, potatoes grow below ground, but they grow up, not down. So the farther down your potatoes are, the more you will get. 

It’s oversimplified, but it will work. 

I swear. 

And I will eat potatoes FOREVER!!