Pansy and Peony

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Posted by Pansy at 11:52 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Time Magazine this week (pdf. article) has examples of food prices that have gone up since 2003:

Wonder Bread up 74%
Boneless center-cut pork chop up 124%
Farmland Skim Plus milk up 38%
Arnold Stone-Ground wheat bread up 36%
Rib-eye steak up 64%
Carr's water crackers up 39%
Bird's Eye frozen sweet corn up 28%
Bananas up 41%
Bird's Eye frozen baby peas up 21%
Diet Coke up 10%

Notice the crap on the list-the Diet Coke- is the price that has inflated the least. I am too tired to speculate about the meaning because I am too busy trying to feed a family of eight nutritious and palatable real food on a budget.

I am running out of all those bright ideas I used to have.

Posted by Pansy at 11:37 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

but it is too funny to ignore. Previously, I blogged about Miley Cyrus and how tired I am of not only hearing about them, but how tired I am of Hollywood telling me how backwards I am for thinking the images inappropriate. If the Tila Tequila quote was not enough, how about this quote from Hugh Hefner:

Says Hef: "Sure, she’d be welcomed in the magazine. Very pretty lady. And I think to make such a big to-do over something as innocent as those [Vanity Fair] photos, I think is a reflection on how schizophrenic America is about sexuality."

Young Ladies, this is why modesty is important. You do NOT want the attention of dirty old, old (did I mention old?) men calling you pretty...If Miley Cyus has any sense, now she is getting the creepy crawlies and thinking "Ohmygosh, no more suggestive pictures again!"

Ugh...shivers.

Posted by Pansy at 11:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

A warm welcome to Baby Nikola!!

Posted by Pansy at 9:20 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

They are building a Planned Parenthood in the city in which I live. Naturally I wanted to become part of an effort to be a thorn in their side. The problem is all the committees, groups, or what-have you are about cliques and I don't know what else. I hope God can use me for some good.

Posted by Pansy at 7:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

These are so cute!

Posted by Pansy at 9:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

I think like many a parent, I am semi-outraged by the Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair photos.I have a 15-year old and I'll be damned before I let her take pictures implying she is naked... with a bed sheet making people wonder why she is naked with a bed sheet...and 15. Never mind, grossed out. However, I am even more annoyed that Hollywood is telling me why I shouldn't be outraged:

The frenzy over Miley Cyrus' Vanity Fair cover shots was inescapable earlier this week -- everyone seemed to have an opinion on the snaps, and most of them were critical of the tween star and her parents. But that's starting to change, as some familiar names -- like Sally Field and Rosie O'Donnell -- have come out in her defense.

So here I am reading these dopey celebrity quotes from the likes of Rosie O'Donnell and Nick Cannon when the last one came up. I could not have written anything better myself to back my point up:

"I think it's hot. When I was 15, I was doing the same thing except I bared it all ... She's just showing her back. She's growing up. I don't think she's doing anything harmful ... I think she's hot!" -- Tila Tequila

Posted by Pansy at 7:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

is a very, very strange place. I, um, er, um, you know...wow. I don't know what to say.

Posted by Pansy at 10:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

I'd spend tons of money on Liberty of London fabric, and I probably wouldn't do "I just spent how much on what?" thing. (OK, I would, but I sure wish I had the money to waste on Liberty fabric).

Posted by Pansy at 8:59 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

This link was passed on on a home schooling email list. It is a real time map with current school incident reports.

On the one hand it freaks me out. I had no idea there was so much happening at once surrounding schools. It sort of gives me that usual "good thing I home school" vibe. On the other hand, what is the point of this? I hate reacting to scare tactics, or dwelling on all the evil going on the world. Where is the line to simply being informed and living in fear? Is it that times have become so dreadful that this is a new phenomenon or are we just more informed about what is happening as soon as it happens?

What do we do with this information? Most of us would not dream of taking guns to school, so it is not as if the average citizen contributes to the violence.Or is there something we are doing to contribute? Are we supposed to stay inside forever?

Perhaps we are just called to pray more and work harder to spread peace in our everyday actions. I am just not sure how to do that, and if someone has some tangible advice, I am open. It is just a wonder I get supper on the table every night.

Posted by Pansy at 8:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)