~Bill Cosby
Mute Monday- School/Education

With out trying to make this a very NON Mute Monday post, I will say my quick 2 cents. Sex Education for children and teens (hell I even know some adults who should take note) is *imperative*. I mean, obviously I hope my daughter will never won’t have sex until she’s a grown adult woman who can make grown up adult decisions for herself. But as much as I can hope that. And work on instilling those values in her and expressing that to her. It’s honestly possibly unrealistic, IMO. Of course I will encourage her to wait and all that jazz. But if she is going to someday, good lord I want her to be SMART about it and have the knowledge she needs to be able to make smart decisions. So. That said. I am a HUGE fan of sex education. I’ll save the rest of what I have to say for CQW.
“I think sex education should include enhancing a girl’s sexual self-image and self-esteem, and give her the tools to say ‘no’, and ultimately ‘yes’, when the time is right.” ~Anita H. Clayton











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Well. The kiddos begin school Wednesday. Monday is our last ‘no frill/no pressing commitments/do nothing’ day. Tuesday both have placement/assessment testing. LM begins Kindergarten, which much to my dismay is half day. Not bc I don’t love spending time with him, but bc I think Half Day K programs are retarded. But, whatever. I don’t have a choice in that. I WAS excited that he made the morning program, which is what I had requested but still you never really know…..
So he’s off to Kindergarten and LP is on to 3rd. We had the meet and greet with both kids teachers on Friday, which also included dropping off school supplies and getting desks set up. This is the first year they will be riding the bus. I’ve felt guilty shuffling LP onto the bus until now. But you have no idea how stoked I am to have both kids in the same. school. WOOT! AND with them riding the bus to school and LP home….I potentially don’t have to leave the house but once a day, to get LM from school. I swoon at the thought of all the gas we will save! I plan on coordinating my runs (bc I prefer to run my beloved route in town rather than the one along the lake by our house) with the pick up of LM. Booyah Baby!!!
Still. Wow. The school year is really here. I can’t believe the summer is coming to an end. All summer I/we were looking forward to something…. The River trip with SR and her crew, Disney World, the wedding, Jamaica…. And now, it’s all come and gone. Kind of makes me a bit melancholy. *sigh* The fact that as much as I love fall and really do like winter, I always, always miss summer. It’s my favorite season and if I had *MY* way summer would be 7months and winter only 3. Gah. But I can’t complain too much, we have (normally) pretty mild winters, long Indian Summers for fall…….
Oh well.
In other news. WE HAVE SOLVED THE CHICKEN MURDERING FOX ISSUE.
Oh Yeah Baby!
SAH-WEET.
After much research, contemplation, wasted time and money…..we purchased a Tuff Shed. It’s not here yet but will be soon enough. In the meantime LP and I have been catching and enclosing the chickens/ducks each night. Which the first night sucked ASS. Each night since has been easier and easier. We have a system down and they all seem to be getting accustomed to us accosting them each night. (((them))) But hell, little do they know I am saving their freaking little feathery LIVES. Doh.
So. There you go. PC is gone most of the week on business. Yay me….not…. :( I think this week will finally be *normal* here in blogland for me. So..yay you…or not, or whatever. LOL ~wink~
HappyMonday!!!

~xo