Today the Urban Shaman and I finished our second session of working through the questions in the book Your Best Year Yet by Jinny S. Ditzler, an inspiration I got from Urban Hippie Mama's blog. This second session also included making a budget, something that neither one of us has made before.
In my life, finances have not been my strong point, not because I never had enough, but rather because I never had any real education in this area of homemaking, and had never bothered to teach myself. This was partially due to a fear of failure in this area; in my case, ignorance was bliss, in the sense that it made for a nice, if rather naive lifestyle.
But with the economy in a regression and prices going up, plus a toddler who is eating more as he grows, and us hoping to soon add to our family, it was time to get real.
So we spent more than an hour going over and discussing our finances and crunching numbers and remembering more things to add (haircuts! Netflix! Cat food/vet!). In the end, it came out well, provided we both get to keep our jobs.
I'm pleased for finally tackling this task which I've put off. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and I learned a few new things.
Off to go search for coupons :)
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Monday, September 29, 2008
Around and around we go
This morning my mom mentioned to me that she had seen Jenny McCarthy on TV. Jenny has a son with autism and she is an outspoken advocate for judicious choices regarding vaccinations. While I do applaud her advocacy of delayed and selective vaccinations, my choice is no vaccinations. About a year ago or so my mom saw Jenny McCarthy on Oprah and was amazed to learn that a higher percentage of boys are affected by the MMR vaccine than girls are, and was glad I knew this ahead of time so that I reduced the chances of Il Tonino being harmed.
However, this doesn't mean she doesn't think I shouldn't vaccinate him at all. No. And now that he is over 2 years of age (the magic age for those who are delaying vaccinations), I can tell she's thinking about it more and trying to provoke me a bit more about it. I suppose it doesn't help that I keep using stall tactics instead of telling her outright that Il Tonino is NOT to be vaccinated. I'm just not quite ready to go there, especially since she'd have no qualms about "debating" my decision. Though how do you debate with someone who has not read lots of information on BOTH sides of the issue, but rather mostly just follows mainstream thinking in this area?? Like what Jenny McCarthy says. Argh. In the past I have tried to have discussions with her regarding my views on vaccinations, and she dismisses them all as conspiracy theories and me being cynical about pharmaceutical companies, the CDC, etc. Blah.
And now the Western financial institution is on the verge of collapse with the proposed $700 billion bailout rejected and the stock market down 777 points. It just may happen that the downfall of the financial institition will bring about the downfall of the Western medical institution. This article explains it nicely, but the FDA is tied to the pharmaceutical companies who are tied to the financial institution. It is a whole house of cards. Of course the collapse of the latter may mean I'll be out of a job, but if the whole economy and way of life is shifting, I'll shift with it. So the downfall of the Western medical institution in the USA could mean the end of the vaccines, which would then render my need for a discussion with my mother about this a moot point. Ha ha!
However, this doesn't mean she doesn't think I shouldn't vaccinate him at all. No. And now that he is over 2 years of age (the magic age for those who are delaying vaccinations), I can tell she's thinking about it more and trying to provoke me a bit more about it. I suppose it doesn't help that I keep using stall tactics instead of telling her outright that Il Tonino is NOT to be vaccinated. I'm just not quite ready to go there, especially since she'd have no qualms about "debating" my decision. Though how do you debate with someone who has not read lots of information on BOTH sides of the issue, but rather mostly just follows mainstream thinking in this area?? Like what Jenny McCarthy says. Argh. In the past I have tried to have discussions with her regarding my views on vaccinations, and she dismisses them all as conspiracy theories and me being cynical about pharmaceutical companies, the CDC, etc. Blah.
And now the Western financial institution is on the verge of collapse with the proposed $700 billion bailout rejected and the stock market down 777 points. It just may happen that the downfall of the financial institition will bring about the downfall of the Western medical institution. This article explains it nicely, but the FDA is tied to the pharmaceutical companies who are tied to the financial institution. It is a whole house of cards. Of course the collapse of the latter may mean I'll be out of a job, but if the whole economy and way of life is shifting, I'll shift with it. So the downfall of the Western medical institution in the USA could mean the end of the vaccines, which would then render my need for a discussion with my mother about this a moot point. Ha ha!
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