Slightly purple..
Not really grape flavory. Was hoping it would be grape-ier, but they are good.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Grape cupcakes!
A new recipe! I had heard rumors of making cupcakes with soda, but I had a hard time finding directions. Someone posted a recipe and I gave it a shot! I used rainbow chip BTW
Friday, February 3, 2012
Thinking
Sometimes, I think I think too much. That the thoughts in my head go round and round and round and never stop.
As I was thinking about this blog post, I started wondering whether or not am I thinking about something or worrying about something. How can you tell the difference?
What am I thinking/worrying about?
As I was thinking about this blog post, I started wondering whether or not am I thinking about something or worrying about something. How can you tell the difference?
What am I thinking/worrying about?
- my job - did I say or do anything particularily stupid or inappropriate? Did I express an opinion in the wrong way or to the wrong people? Was I productive enough? Do I have a future here? Do I want to have a future here?
- my family - why does my sister refuse to talk to me? What will I be walking into when I go home? Do I stay or do I flee? Do my parents expect me to care for them in their old age? Will they move to where I live or will I be expected to stay? Am I really all that they say?
- Buddy - did he eat today? Is he doing ok? Did I say anything particularily stupid? Am I bothering him too much or not enough? How often should I remind of something or should I? How can I convince him to take me dancing?
- friends - why don't I really have any? What do I do that drives people away or keeps them from approaching?
- Should I try to publish my dissertation?
- therapy - should I go? Who should I see? How will I evade questioning by family about my whereabouts? Can I afford it? Can I not afford it?
- my time - am I being productive? What can I do to be more productive? What should I be doing instead?
- photography - why do I feel so uncreative? Why do I only want to take B&W pics of trees?
- Where is the snow?
- my health - somethings not right. I need to lose weight and exercise but how shall I accomplish this?
- What should I give up/do for Lent?
- What am I doing to do this weekend?
Round and round and round they go...where they stop, no one knows.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Susan G Komen and Planned Parenthood
I'll save my thoughts for the only health issue that is of any concern to women is breast cancer for another day.
Apparently, yesterday the Susan G Komen Foundation has decided to stop giving Planned Parenthood grants for breast exams and such because Planned Parenthood is under government investigation and it is policy of the the Foundation to not give grants to those being investigated. Which is a fine policy if you ask me.
I question why the Foundation is giving money to Planned Parenthood in the first place. If you asked me (as a previously poor, uninsured woman) where to go to get a breast exam, the answer was not (and still is not) Planned Parenthood. You go to that bus that BJC drives around to get a breast exam. Shows up on Schnucks parking lots every so often.
You go to Planned Parenthood for abortion, birth control, condoms, pregnancy testing, you know things related to parenthood.
So I've always been a little confused as to why there was funding in the first place. Although, I did serve on a board that decided where monies were going to go. There was a lot of trading going on...
UPDATE:
So I'm reading Good and see this article. I'm having some logic problems. I'm sorry, how is following your organization's policies, procedures and by-laws spineless and/or cruel? I don't follow my place of employment's policies I get fired. I don't follow my university's guidelines, I don't graduate. Then the author of the piece says that many people assume this has something to do with abortion rights...and instead of clearing that up, she goes on reinforce those assumptions. I'm also a little confused as to how donating to a fund that provides abortion helps low-income and minority women get breast exams. I'm also curious as to how many women use Planned Parenthood for all their health care needs. The article makes it seem like Planned Parenthood is the only place available in the hood. Here in St. Louis, Planned Parenthood isn't in the hood. It's in on the outskirts of one of the best neighborhoods in the city. Conveintantly close to 3 universities....Now in rural areas this may well be the case...but in urban areas..
Apparently, yesterday the Susan G Komen Foundation has decided to stop giving Planned Parenthood grants for breast exams and such because Planned Parenthood is under government investigation and it is policy of the the Foundation to not give grants to those being investigated. Which is a fine policy if you ask me.
I question why the Foundation is giving money to Planned Parenthood in the first place. If you asked me (as a previously poor, uninsured woman) where to go to get a breast exam, the answer was not (and still is not) Planned Parenthood. You go to that bus that BJC drives around to get a breast exam. Shows up on Schnucks parking lots every so often.
You go to Planned Parenthood for abortion, birth control, condoms, pregnancy testing, you know things related to parenthood.
So I've always been a little confused as to why there was funding in the first place. Although, I did serve on a board that decided where monies were going to go. There was a lot of trading going on...
UPDATE:
So I'm reading Good and see this article. I'm having some logic problems. I'm sorry, how is following your organization's policies, procedures and by-laws spineless and/or cruel? I don't follow my place of employment's policies I get fired. I don't follow my university's guidelines, I don't graduate. Then the author of the piece says that many people assume this has something to do with abortion rights...and instead of clearing that up, she goes on reinforce those assumptions. I'm also a little confused as to how donating to a fund that provides abortion helps low-income and minority women get breast exams. I'm also curious as to how many women use Planned Parenthood for all their health care needs. The article makes it seem like Planned Parenthood is the only place available in the hood. Here in St. Louis, Planned Parenthood isn't in the hood. It's in on the outskirts of one of the best neighborhoods in the city. Conveintantly close to 3 universities....Now in rural areas this may well be the case...but in urban areas..
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