Memorial Day 2010

Happy Memorial Day

It is Memorial Day 2010, and in the midst of our personal countdown rush (5 days til Tryn's Graduation, 24 days til Tryn and Aarons Wedding, 21 days till the end of my college semester…). Here is a moment to take a deep breath and say thank you to our veterans and to the families of the veterans who have served and given their lives.
This morning on the way to work I heard “Some Gave All” by Billy Ray Cyrus, granted I am not a fan of his daughter Miley but I still enjoy some of Billy Ray’s songs and this one in particular. It is a good reminder that while I work at a nice safe place where my biggest danger is emotional trauma from being yelled at by customers, there are men and women right now in danger of losing their lives to keep us free.

Thank You to all our veterans and to their families.

Slideshow:Homeschooling Myths~10 - LoveToKnow Home School

Here is a Homeschool Myth Slideshow. I thought it was pretty interesting there are alot for thoughts and misconceptions about homeschool and I also promise to get back to the regularly scheduled blog soon...right now please be patient with random bits of my thoughts.


Slideshow:Homeschooling Myths~10 - LoveToKnow Home School

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Exclusive: Seagate confirms 3TB drive

I am just imagining how many pictures I could put on this thing....

RaeAnn

From Help on the Net: Tech Support Guy Blog

Exclusive: Seagate confirms 3TB drive: "

Needs UEFI, 64-bit OS and new partition table
Look for an end-of-year launch of this product.

Feminism in 2010

Right now Tryn is working on a project for school involving feminism, not the first go round where we got the right to vote, but the second one with wages and birth control.

It got me thinking about what feminism means to me. Because of the women and some brave men before me I have never lived in a world where I couldn't vote, where I couldn't open my own bank account. I have always been encouraged to be whatever I want to be. I have experienced wage discrimination. I have never called myself a feminist - in fact honestly, most of the time I disagree with the violent hatred that I see projected by the face of the feminist movement. When you lay out the facts, equal rights, equal pay, equal voice - absolutely. Not just for women but for men and all races. Everyone has a voice as should be paid by the quality of their work, not by their gender or color of their skin. When it comes to birth control I am glad we won that battle too. The ability to take a pill or insert a piece of plastic and reduce the chance of pregnancy has improved the health of many women and children. When it comes to abortion, well, yes things get tricky. Let me just say that I can't imagine ever having one personally - but I cannot, and will not make that choice for any other woman who is in her first trimester.

What I don't understand about some in the feminist movement is the hatred. I have been both a working single, a working wife, a working mom, and a stay at home mom. All have joys and challenges. None are better or worse, all are choices and results of where you are in life. Why the hate and "I am better than you" Why the hate for men? I personally enjoy and embrace the differences between men and women, we really are different and I love the differences between us. I don't want to act or think like a man, and I don't want men to act and think like me, I do want us to try and understand when we don't agree however. And therein lies my basic difference with some of the "militant" feminists. I should be able to vote, and speak, and get equal pay and still be a woman. Wearing skirts or pants as I choose, hair long or short. I should be judged by the quality of my work not by whether my name is listed as J. Smith or Jane Smith.
I am a woman and I enjoy being a woman and all that that means. Wife and Mother, Sister and Daughter. In my own case I am equally at home fixing your computer, scrapbooking photos, unclogging a sink, fixing dinner, or homeschooling my daughter.

Busy Busy Life

I haven't forgotten my blog...I have been so busy that the concept of taking the time to write it down seemed foreign. No matter how much my mind tells me that is exactly what I should be doing. Tryn is in her final week of High School, and catching up on homework she put off. I chose to try (and sometime fail) to not pester her about finishing her work, even though inside I wanted to scream - I won't be there at UNC next year when she has to manage her own time, it better to learn now while there is still a safety net. And she will finish, tonight she will have 3 of her 7 classes complete including the finals, leaving her 9 days to finish the other 4. At roughly 2 days a class she should be fine - and even get one day off :) Not my favorite personal choice, but hey, its hers.

Aaron is working on his own business, making Duct Tape Apparel and Accessories, the website is just starting but functional http://www.zerosducttape.webs.com/
The hats and wallets are cool, the roses are sweet... he is currently working on a hammock that should be very awesome.

Glenn has restarted his computer repair/network management business, http://www.lightningfastsystem.webs.com/ and that's going good.

Tryn and Aaron's wedding is June 25 they have their wedding site up and running http://www.weddingofaaronandtryn.webs.com/ so we are all over the web these days.

It will slow down soon, and life can return to normal chaos...