Monthly Archives: August 2011

How to Deal With Problems

August 31, 2011 Posted by Issa under Uncategorized
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Issa’s Top 5 Ways to Question Authority

August 29, 2011 Posted by Issa under Mother Culture
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(This post originally appeared on my now defunct blog Right to Bleed on April 22nd, 2009 and appears here in slightly modified form.) “Question Authority” makes a great bumper sticker, but how do you do it? What’s the nitty-gritty of questioning authority? Is it limited to cussing at your parents and cheating on your taxes? It turns out there are an infinite number of ways to question authority! Here are my top five: 1. Question… Keep Reading

Brainstorming Parenting Guiding Principles

August 27, 2011 Posted by Issa under Parenting
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I want to start a series soon that outlines my guiding principles as a parent. First I have to think of my guiding principles, though! I’ve got a list started, and I want to get y’all in on the conversation. My idea of a guiding principle is a concept that arches over all of your parenting decisions and attitudes. These are the big picture values. They are the things that are relevant whether you’re parenting a toddler… Keep Reading

Tiny Baby

August 26, 2011 Posted by Issa under Parenting
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Throughout my years as a childcare professional, I saw lots of kids treated inappropriately for their developmental age, often by well-meaning caregivers. It happened most often when a child was smarter, bigger, or more physically skilled than their chronological age might suggest. I knew one little girl who was startlingly intelligent and also tall for her age. She seemed like a six year old, which made it hard to remember that she was really only… Keep Reading

What My Dictionary Says About Me

August 24, 2011 Posted by Issa under Uncategorized
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Here’s something just for fun: I found the place in my cell phone where my custom dictionary is located. These are all the words I’ve entered into emails, text messages, and shopping lists that the phone didn’t already know. I was highly entertained by what I found there, which mostly fell into four categories. Sex-related and curse words: ass, bitching, bitchy, cock, cum, fuck, fucked, and fucking (hmm, wonder what my favorite word is?), quickie, shit, shitty, slut-wear Random sound words: erm, hah, haha, mwah, schoop, s000000, W00t, Wheeeeee Fertility… Keep Reading

Milk Decisions – Raw Milk or Not?

August 21, 2011 Posted by Issa under Kitchen
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Awhile back, I posted about my switch from lower fat milk to whole milk. That’s a decision I’m delighted with, and I still shake my head at how much time I spent drinking lower fat milk. At the bottom of that post, I mentioned that a natural next step would be to switch to raw milk, so I started looking into my local options for raw. Then a commenter on that post, Amy of My… Keep Reading

Sweet Comic

August 17, 2011 Posted by Issa under Parenting, Relationships
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This comic touches me in an indescribable way. Found here. Keep Reading

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