Farewell Sarah, Hello Sarah

During my wedding phase I was in love with a particular blog. It was a mecca for me in that it didn't focus on what you should have for your wedding but on the fun ways to make your wedding fit your life and not go into crazy debt. So, it's with a heavy heart that I say good-bye to http://2000dollarwedding.com/ two months after our wedding.
But all is not lost as this fun and spunky lady has another blog at http://www.feedingthesoil.com/ and it's just as good as the first one.

Peaceful Sunday

To the pack of Centaurs that live in Apt. 310

We've been good neighbors. We don't take up more than one parking space in the lot. We've never called you out when you pour your old nasty drink on to our deck. Nor have we ever said anything to you when you smoke pot on your deck and it drifts down into our apartment and makes me so ill that I have to lay down in order to keep from vomiting.
But the noise that started this morning at 1:30 AM and continued until Noon, can never happen again. I understand that it was a Saturday night, that you all are in you early twenties, and that you are Centaurs but you need to have some common decency for your fellow apartment dwellers.
Now since you were in the moment and living it up while your festival was happening I made you a list of everything that we heard through our ceiling. I only hope that I didn't leave anything out.

1. One of you was building a life size replica of Noah's Ark, keeping in mind to leave room for the Unicorns.
2. There was an off Broadway production of STOMP.
3. A full 12 man steel drum band showed up and began to play The Best of Air Supply.
4. Two full games of Midget Tossing.
5. Seven rounds of Bum Fights.
6. A very lively discussion about whether or not Smurfette laid eggs or had live births.
7. The Pepsi challenge that turned into a dance off.

Now with all of that there were also some some of you decided that you wanted to test your dramatic efforts and the following renactments happen:

1. The classic Wrestlemania match where Hulk Hogan body slammed Andre' the Giant
2. The Tyson vs. Hollifield fight where Mike got all bite-y
3. The full 2002 Hawkeye football season
4. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
5. The lame part of Flashdance where the stripper/welder has all of that water dumped on her.
6. Sally Fields speech from Norma Rea
7. Some of you were Jets and some of you were Sharks
8. The battle of Sterling
9. The L.A. Riots (which was my personal favorite)

As entertaing as all of this was I must be honest and say that I didn't enjoy my end of it, if this happens again I'm going to call the Po-po and then you will have to live with the shame of being the first Centaurs arrested for being dicks.

Peace

Did the bride really wear black?

Me being goofy with my curly hair. Bless my poor mother's heart, she tamed the beast that is my hair.

Our cupcakes, they were so yummy and cheapie cheap cheap. $12.43 for 30 from Sam's club.

We ended up with a ton of photos of feet. :)

Us actually getting married. From left to right: Erik's brother & best man Brian, Erik, Me, and
Erik's other best man/ stand-in Maid of honor Delayne.

I felt the need to post some wedding photos.

Whoops...sorry about that.

I've been gone a while, haven't I?
So, a few things have happen since my last post about that cute baby. The biggest one is that Erik and I were married this past Tuesday. It was a very small wedding at his Dad and Step-Mom's house. It was fun and funny at times, like when my cell phone went off while our pastor was beginning the ceremony, or when we forgot the ring exchange, or when I was so ready for it to be over I couldn't wait for the pastor to tell Erik to kiss me and I basically pushed my face at him. But everyone had fun and all of our guests ate a good homemade meal.
Now that the business of being wedded is out of the way my new focus is going to be on two things. The first one is finding a job, honestly I'm thinking that my name change will help with that and if it doesn't then I really need to consider getting more education. The second is getting Erik and me healthy. We are what is seen in the media as average Americans which basically translates into Fat Americans. Now I don't hold any false hopes that I'm ever going to be anything other than "Plus Sized" but a healthier and less hefty me would be a good thing. And since I control our food by being the buyer and maker of it, it's my job that it be as good for us as it can be.

Oh he's just the Bee's knees!

This is Ulyssess and he's the sweetest baby in the world. I know this because his mommy says so. :) After 20 hours of active labor he was delivered via C-section last night. Sadly Erik and I won't get to meet him in person until early next year but that will give this tiny Greek man enough time to develop his personality thus making him much more fun to play with, so all's good.
I did learn that when a pregnant woman's "water" breaks it's not just fluid that comes out, it's "chunky" according to Uly's mom and that's just cringe worthy for me.

And I thought I was crazy.

I just learned of a movement that's going on right now by a group of conservatives that are seeking to take the liberal bias and language out of the Bible. Which make me wonder if these folks have read the Bible, because it's not what one would call "Liberal". It's a very fire and brimstone read.

The Conservative Bible Project was started by a group of members that run this website http://conservapedia.com/Main_Page and if you read the ten guidelines they are wanting to go by to rewrite a major religious tool it reads like a manifesto. I think my favorite is number six: "Accept the Logic of Hell: applying logic with it's full force and effect, as in not denying or downplaying the very real existence of Hell or the Devil." I love how they are using terms to sound so official. And I want to know if they even looked up the definition of the word logic. Well, just in case they didn't I did and here it is: logic is - a science that deals with the principles and criteria of validity of inference and demonstration: the science of the formal principles of reasoning. So, they have to demonstrate that Hell or the Devil is real for their followers. How are they going to do that? It's not as if you can call the mighty fallen angel Lucifer over for a potluck or plan a mission trip to Hell.

Another part of their project deals with removing phrases such as this one from Luke 23:34 Jesus said "Father, forgive them, they know not what they are doing" . Because it doesn't appear in the "earliest and best" manuscripts of the Gospel according to Luke. Another reason they want it out is that they assume that "some of the persecutors of Jesus did know what they were doing".

What!

I may be wrong but if you are a Christian you have to believe the words and teachings of Christ and by saying that some of the people knew that they were murdering the son of God, then you saying that Jesus was wrong, thus proving that he was just a man. And it's this double speak that is really upsetting to me. Jesus can't be perfect and imperfect at the same time. You don't get to have it both ways.

They are also saying that the Holy Bible and the teachings of Jesus Christ preach Socialism. That it "improperly encourages the 'social justice' movement among Christians". Please correct me if I'm wrong but the teachings of Jesus mostly focused on loving God, being good to each other, and treating people as a brother or sister? That's my understanding and I have two different Bibles to learn this from.

It's the arrogance of these people that bothers me so much. I can't comprehend how anyone could read the Christian Bible and see it in such a skewed way. And that's really all I have to say about it.

Peace.

The Anti-Pink Ribbon Girl

Would you like these?

I am officially anti-pink ribbons. But don't mistake that for being anti-women's health research, because I do feel that medical research is extremely important. And let's be honest we need all of the help we can get. We live in a country where tons of prescription insurance companies cover most of the cost for a man's monthly supply of Viagra, but won't cover birth control prescriptions. What I am saying is that all of the junk that get marketed to us every October is just another way for companies to get us to buy their products. And even when they donate "a part of their proceeds" the organization that is usually the recipient of those proceeds is the Susan G. Komen foundation which then turns around and use "a part" of that money for research and the rest (most) of the money goes to supporting their fundraising events.

Please don't think that I'm knocking SGK, I know that through their organization thousands of women who have suffered from breast cancer either themselves or through a loved one have a community that they feel safe in. And that I do support. I just think that if you want to help the researchers then you should take the money you would waste on Pink Ribbon crap and donate to a scientific research organization.

Also, have you actually read some of these Pink Ribbon products? Not all of them donate any of their profits to any breast cancer organization. I found ten today at the "Breast Cancer" display at my local Wal-mart that had no mention of any kind of a donation and there were only about thirty items in the entire display. And before anyone says that a Wal-mart thing, I've seen the same crap at Target and other retailers.

I guess it just struck a nerve today.

Peace out! :)