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Methinks Solomon must have slept on the couch a little when he wrote those two chapters of Proverbs…
I got so many hand-me-down onesies with blue butterflies! It was amazing. And, it was from the other side of the family who probably didn’t even know about this comic. What can I say? Blue butterflies seem to be a staple with girl’s onesies. Moths? Not so much…
Of course, you can get your own Moth baby onesie at the Moth and Myth: The Bacon Fund shop! Well… it has Myth too. Because baby onesies need to have blue butterflies, apparently.
Speaking of babies, my baby is having lots of fun being nocturnal. Lots and lots and lots of fun… *sighs*
Who is excited about Laudato Si, by Pope Francis, coming out?!
Oh? No one but me? Okay…
I know that many people laud it as the climate change document, but honestly, most of the document isn’t about climate change, though admittedly climate change is briefly mentioned. It’s about our environment and how our lifestyle affects the environment. Since most of us (including *gulp* myself) seem to have a pretty consumerist attitudes about life, we tend to think in the perspective of, “Well, what can I get?” And this encyclical challenges that idea by placing us in the environment, not as consumers that need things, but rather as a fellow creation that has been set apart to protect and preserve what has been given to us.
I haven’t read all of it since it’s a rather big document and I have an attention span of pretty much a hummingbird. However, from what I’ve read, it appears to make a great deal of sense in that we need to be good stewards of what we are given — which includes the environment. I like how he ties how humanity is affected by the environment from an international perspective. Very often, because I live in the United States, we get a very narrow perspective of current events that only seem to include the Western world, with a bit of Middle East turmoil thrown in every once in a while for good measure. Some of the things regarding South America and Africa are things I never really thought about, so I really appreciate him going in depth describing the plights of some of the most marginalized in our society.
The encyclical also makes me cringe a little bit… I don’t think you can live in the industrialized world and not cringe when you read that papal encyclical, quite honestly. It lays out quite clearly that we have helped make it much harder for the poor in the third world countries from our consumerist lifestyle in which we want the latest and greatest thing. It reminds me a little bit of this article, which is about a woman who lost both her hands in an LG factory making TVs. Yes, we live a great life in this great country, but at the expense of who? It really makes you think.
Anyway, it’s very fascinating and I look forward to finishing it. You can read it at the Vatican website here: Laudato Si.
Also, if you would like to discuss it, feel free to comment! I would love to hear your thoughts! 🙂
All frugality blogs must, must, MUST have an article about making your own laundry detergent. It’s a requirement. If they don’t have a laundry detergent article, they are clearly frauds. The typical blog typically goes like this:
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN BUY BORAX IN THE STORE? YEAH. AND YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN LAUNDRY DETERGENT. THINK THAT’S CRAZY? WE DID TOO UNTIL WE TRIED IT. WE’VE SAVED $250 THIS YEAR BY MAKING OUR OWN LAUNDRY DETERGENT. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH $250 PER YEAR CAN GROW TO IF YOU PUT IT IN A RETIREMENT FUND WITH A MODEST 5% GROWTH FOR THIRTY YEARS? $18,520.68. THAT’S AN INCREASE OF $11,020.68. WITH A MORE TYPICAL GROWTH RATE OF 8% FOR THIRTY YEARS, IT GOES UP TO $33,102.13, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF $25,602.13. MAKING YOUR OWN DETERGENT DOESN’T SOUND SO CRAZY NOW, DOESN’T IT?
…yep.
We buy laundry detergent.
With this said, I have a love/hate relationship with coupon clipping. I love it because sometimes there are days in which you save $30 on things you regularly buy, and it’s the most amazing thing ever. But then, most of the time I end up buying things I really don’t need…
True story! When I first had my baby, everybody and their brother told me, “Oh, she needs a pacifier. She needs a pacifier. She’s crying… have you considered a pacifier?” And she would not take the pacifier. At all. She only became remotely interested in it when she discovered that she had hands and found the shape of the pacifier interesting to hold. Otherwise? Nope. Not happening.
What I’m trying to say here is that, A) not all babies take pacifiers, and B) this whole scenario seemed really tempting at the time…
Speaking of babies, I really don’t recommend spraining your ankle when you’re the mother of a 1-year-old. It’s highly inconvenient. On the plus side, I can now put weight on my foot for a short time without being in agony. Huzzah!
Guess what day it is?! You got it! Sanctimonial Sunday! Which… you’ve probably never heard of, mostly because I just made it up just now. The basic premise of this is that Christianity is delightful and whimsical, and why not draw bad comics that are delightful and whimsical in honor of God on Sundays?
Also, for all you critics out there who are saying, “But, the adjective ‘sanctimonial’ is classified as archaic and ‘sanctimonious’ is now the correct adjective to use!” Well. I’m Roman Catholic. We do things old school around here.
Day 2 of sprained ankle: I cannot draw cats to save my life. This is the edited version that actually looks somewhat catlike. We’ll just pretend it’s a Maine Coon, okay?
My cat catches flying insects as a hobby. And he kills spiders too. He’s a good cat.
Not that this has anything to do with the comic, but today I sprained my ankle in a rather spectacular fashion. By that, I mean that I’m certain many people probably thought that I might have been a pro soccer player who was hoping that the foul might be noticed, it was that spectacular. Several people, including one very concerned MP, offered to call an ambulance for me. Apparently, I have a flair for the dramatic.
In other, more comic-related news, I am back home with a tablet and a sprained ankle. I can only assume that this means some bad comics are in Moth and Myth’s future…