Future

I think the one thing that scares me more than anything else (other than something happening to my children of course) is extreme conservatives.  It seems like the upcoming presidential race has so many extreme conservatives and I worry what it will to do our country if any of them get elected?  I'm certain they would try to get Roe vs. Wade overturned.  And what about all their racism, sexism, anti-other religions (or no religion), gays, etc.  The list goes on and on.  These so-called christians are so bigoted and WASPy I feel it will set us back 50 years and we'll have women only allowed in the kitchen and interracial marriage illegal again.  It may seem extreme but I can totally see it happening.

On a completely different note, I'm getting worried about my stress levels.  We have something going on every day/night this week through Sunday.  Thankfully I took Monday off but when we get this busy I generally tend to get really overwhelmed and that can lead to bad things.  I've been trying to just take it one day at a time and not stress out about what all I have to do tomorrow and then next day.  So far it seems to be working pretty good.  Let's hope it keeps up as it's been 2 years almost to the date that I had my shutdown and hospital stay.

All for now,
Tootsie

Tattoos and atheism

I feel like I've finally gotten to age when I don't really care what other people think of how I look, what I wear, my tattoos, etc.  But then I realize I have my children to think of.  I picked Gabby up at a friend's house yesterday and wondered what her mom thought of the tattoos on my forearms.  Then I realized I have a Freethinker and an "A" bumbersticker on my car.  Not that she would necessarily know what the A stood for but still, it makes me wonder how cautious I should be.  I hate that things like my lack of religious beliefs could effect my kids.  It's frustrating how narrow minded people can be.

On another note.  I read Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner over the weekend.  GREAT book!  I'm going to stop by the library and pick up Good in Bed and Little Earthquakes.  She's doing a reading at SCC on June 9th that my book club is going to.  Should be pretty fun.

I'm looking forward to the day that I can just be me and not worry about what other people will think.

Toots

Can I keep this going?

Once again I haven't posted in a while.  Maybe it's because I know I don't have any readers?  I certainly haven't told anyone I have a blog so I can't imagine anyone is reading it...

Anyhow, today I saw that my boss had posted on facebook the Pledge of Allegiance and emphasised Under G-O-D.  I responded by saying that it was originally written without that part.  Of course someone came along and said that it should been and they they were glad it was "fixed."  Someone else put Amen after that.  I didn't bother to post anything else since they were obviously close minded and wouldn't listed to what I had to say anyways.  Would have loved to have said we should bring back slavery, stop women from working and restarting stonings but since it's my boss I thought better of it.  It has encouraged me to finally put my scarlet letter A onto my car.  My project for tonight!

Am excited for the long weekend ahead.  Might even plant some flowers!

Take care, in no one's name,
Marcie

Talked out..

I've been successfully talked out of trying to read the bible.  I did get some great reading suggestions from  fellow atheist Vic.

"Who Wrote the Bible" by Richard Friedman
"The Bible Unearthed" by Israel Finklestein for the old testament. 
The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man by Robert M. Price

I'm currently about 1/3 of the way through Losing Faith in Faith by Dan Barker, who coincindentally I just saw debate with Jon Kaus at Gustavus.  It was titled "Can We be Good Without God."  Dan blew poor Jon out of the water.  It was a bit disheartening seeing all the christians in the audience not really listening to Dan.  Also, the people behind us were joking about looking for godless women.  Crystal and I were laughing about them assuming we're all loose!

Until next time.
Tootsie

Bible

I'm thinking about trying to read the bible. I'm concerned since I'm assuming it will read similar to a Shakespearean play and I always had difficulty reading them because my mind is very literal. We'll see how it goes though. I'm not even sure where to get a bible! I've downloaded on onto my iPod but I'd like to get a hard copy to highlight, etc.

Wish me luck on my adventure and I'll try to write about it.

Tootsie

Trying Again

Well I'm going to try to post regularly. Don't hold your breath. I've decided to focus on parenthood and the challenges that come with raising two daughters, along with my journey with depression.

My girls are 12 and 10 years old. My 12 year old has hit puberty and it is a wild, emotional and challenging time. My normally extremely even-tempered child has become an emotional wreck! Tears are flowing (from both of us), hormones are raging and the mouthiness is almost unbearable! It's hard to know what to do at times. We've been pretty leanient about punishments but I'm learning not to be afraid of grounding her. Or taking her phone away. She purchased her own laptop and iPod touch so at times I feel like we can't really take those things away. But that's where the punishment would effect her most. I did ground her last weekend and luckily there were 2 things she wanted to do with friends but didn't get to because she was grounded. Makes the punishment actually feel like a punishment.

My younger one has always been emotional so I'm concerned about how she'll handle puberty. I have a feeling the next 8 years will be a wild ride!

Tootsie