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| DUH. from zazzle.com |
2. Speaking of that, found this recipe for Beer Mojito. Yes ma'am.
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| BEER MOJITO me, bro! From cookingtv.com |
3. Speaking of mugs, I won a cool Science of Parenthood mug!
If you're not familiar with their Facebook page and/or blog, you should check them out. They're the Big Bang Theory of blogs, funny and sciencey. And they give away cool swag!
If you're wondering why I'm listing numbered rando items, this is part of my Ten Things of Thankful.
It's an effort to take the crappenings of the week, try to look on the bright side and be thankful for all that I do have. Or be really smart ass about it and find ways to bend the rules to try to fit in with people who actually do this the right way. They're good either way.
It's like exercise for my soul, but it doesn't hurt my feet or lungs, so I unlike exercise for my body, I'll actually do it. Usually. Join up, click this link to be whisked magically away to a fantastic world of sunshine, lollipops, and Considerings. ...and maybe a little swearing and/or nudity, but it's all germaine to the plot.
4. I'm very thankful to have volunteered for Equality Illinois' Justice for All gala this past weekend. I get into more detail about it in my post from last year, click here if you're curious. They are a charity that fights to secure, protect and DEFEND rights for the LGBTQ community.
Marriage equality is slowly becoming legal state by state, and in Illinois The Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act will become effective June 1st, 2014, but the Civil Rights Movement of our time is far from over.
There are still far too many fighting for their legal rights, having to deal with rejection on personal and professional levels, and the rates of gay teens that are homeless and have at least attempted suicide are staggering. There are too many that have been rejected, and too many that in live in fear of being rejected by their own families. This is not okay with me.
I really should write another post about it, but sometimes life just doesn't let that happen. Or I just didn't fight life hard enough to get her done yet. In my defense, I fought a lot of battles this week, and I feel like the small amount of people that do read my blog are not the ones who need the message, they seem to be the best people on earth.
The Justice for All Gala gets a big turnout, a lot of politicians and local celebrities, and the silent auction raises a lot of money. Here is a picture of me with Chicago weatherman, Tom Skilling and my good friend, Brian.
5. I'm thankful for family parties, they're getting us through this long, crazy winter. Saturday my Lola turns 4, and even though I hate playing hostess and rearranging my entire tiny house to fit just my immediate family, I'm always glad to get everyone together. My people are nuts.
6. This Buzzfeed piece of 44 stock photos that hopefully change the way we look at women. Because: Can we use something besides the tired old cliche photos please? Spanks.
7. I read an article about beards trending and looking for the article I found this gem "10 Kids With Beards" and only ONE of them is that knitted hat thing. You are welcome.
8. The Sun Times listed TWO different places offering "beard blow outs" which is not a porn thing, (well, I don't think it is, but who knows) apparently this is a service now being offered in which salons will heat, shape and sculpt men's beards. I love a beard but shape that shit up, fellas.
They use oils from a company called The Bearded Bastard, products include "Opium Den Beard Oil" and one of the woodsy-scented oils has a reviewer saying:
"...smells like the Northwoods of Wisconsin, campfires and fighting." I kind of hope it really DOES smell like fighting. I might have to order this to find out.
9. I'm thankful that my husband can grow (at least a goatee's worth of) beard, and also that he doesn't watch the Olympics.
Based on the 2-minute highlight clips on the news, I don't think I could sit through it.
The fashions though, and I use that word loosely, are quite entertaining.
10. Speaking of Twitter, I'm super thankful for it lately.
I was late to the game, like everything, and it took me forever to figure out how to make it work for my little chunks of spare time.
I finally started to use Lists (though that is wonky on my phone) but it does save me some time.
They help me find my favorite bloggers, and tag the most funny to work to my advantage. One of my favorite current funny accounts is the:
@SochiProblems account.
It started with reporters tweeting about their awful rooms, and has grown into an over 340K event. Take a peek and clear your schedule, I spent a month there one day.
p.s. what is this door made of, cardboard???
If you're not familiar with their Facebook page and/or blog, you should check them out. They're the Big Bang Theory of blogs, funny and sciencey. And they give away cool swag!
If you're wondering why I'm listing numbered rando items, this is part of my Ten Things of Thankful.
It's an effort to take the crappenings of the week, try to look on the bright side and be thankful for all that I do have. Or be really smart ass about it and find ways to bend the rules to try to fit in with people who actually do this the right way. They're good either way.
It's like exercise for my soul, but it doesn't hurt my feet or lungs, so I unlike exercise for my body, I'll actually do it. Usually. Join up, click this link to be whisked magically away to a fantastic world of sunshine, lollipops, and Considerings. ...and maybe a little swearing and/or nudity, but it's all germaine to the plot.
4. I'm very thankful to have volunteered for Equality Illinois' Justice for All gala this past weekend. I get into more detail about it in my post from last year, click here if you're curious. They are a charity that fights to secure, protect and DEFEND rights for the LGBTQ community.
Marriage equality is slowly becoming legal state by state, and in Illinois The Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act will become effective June 1st, 2014, but the Civil Rights Movement of our time is far from over.
There are still far too many fighting for their legal rights, having to deal with rejection on personal and professional levels, and the rates of gay teens that are homeless and have at least attempted suicide are staggering. There are too many that have been rejected, and too many that in live in fear of being rejected by their own families. This is not okay with me.
I really should write another post about it, but sometimes life just doesn't let that happen. Or I just didn't fight life hard enough to get her done yet. In my defense, I fought a lot of battles this week, and I feel like the small amount of people that do read my blog are not the ones who need the message, they seem to be the best people on earth.
The Justice for All Gala gets a big turnout, a lot of politicians and local celebrities, and the silent auction raises a lot of money. Here is a picture of me with Chicago weatherman, Tom Skilling and my good friend, Brian.
5. I'm thankful for family parties, they're getting us through this long, crazy winter. Saturday my Lola turns 4, and even though I hate playing hostess and rearranging my entire tiny house to fit just my immediate family, I'm always glad to get everyone together. My people are nuts.
6. This Buzzfeed piece of 44 stock photos that hopefully change the way we look at women. Because: Can we use something besides the tired old cliche photos please? Spanks.
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| GET FAMILIAR with modern women, world. They're awesome. from Buzzfeed.com |
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| from craveonline.com |
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| from craveonline.com |
They use oils from a company called The Bearded Bastard, products include "Opium Den Beard Oil" and one of the woodsy-scented oils has a reviewer saying:
"...smells like the Northwoods of Wisconsin, campfires and fighting." I kind of hope it really DOES smell like fighting. I might have to order this to find out.
9. I'm thankful that my husband can grow (at least a goatee's worth of) beard, and also that he doesn't watch the Olympics.
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| Jimmy Fallon's twitter |
The fashions though, and I use that word loosely, are quite entertaining.
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| Twitter, I'm falling for you bigtime lately. Keep that shit up.
I wanted to do a whole post these, too, and didn't even get to that.
One day I'll be a blogger when I grow big.
It's on my buckethead list.
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| FANTASTIC rainbow uniforms! |
I was late to the game, like everything, and it took me forever to figure out how to make it work for my little chunks of spare time.
I finally started to use Lists (though that is wonky on my phone) but it does save me some time.
They help me find my favorite bloggers, and tag the most funny to work to my advantage. One of my favorite current funny accounts is the:
@SochiProblems account.
It started with reporters tweeting about their awful rooms, and has grown into an over 340K event. Take a peek and clear your schedule, I spent a month there one day.
p.s. what is this door made of, cardboard???
