Fock You Friday

Emily Answers some very imprtant questions...

Do you follow Bill Gothard's movement? Are you part of ATI or do you strive to be? Will you use their homeschooling program? Do you associate with the quiverfull movement? Have you read the No Longer Quivering blog?

I had to ask Dan who Bill Gothard was[See, I'm submissive, I really am. I could have swagbuck searched, but instead I asked the Head of the Household]. He described Bill Gothard as "the guy who believes that single women in their sixties should still live at home and be under the authority of their father, who is in his nineties." The fact that I had never heard of him means we don't follow his movement.[Actually it means that I haven't been told I follow his movement, or someone hasn't sent me a whacky article that makes absolutely no sense for me to jump on. If someone out there has an article of him saying mattresses are bad, or that lacto fermented food is good, I can change my mind and jump on that bandwagon]

Dan didn't know what "ATI" [Dna thought it eant Away Team Intelligence, snort!] was and neither did I, so I did a swagsearch [If the Head of the Household doesn't know, then it is permissable to swagsearch, but always go to your cousband first ladies] and came up with a bunch of odd technical things until I came across Bill Gothard's homeschooling curriculum site. Although I'm sure it is a fine curriculum, we are not planning on using it.[I'll be making my own curriclum from various fruitloop ideas I find on the internet. It is what is best for our family] I will be writing a separate post about what we will be using for curriculum in the future.[ And I bet it will be a doozy, and published right around a time when the blog is lagging in hits. I'll really rile them up with the half baked ideas I have for curriculum]

I wrote here about our lack of association with the quiverfull movement. [I don't want to be associated with them. Even though a lot of them are fruitloops too, too many of them are materialistic and give their children beds, food and clean clothes. That is not our plan]

I have come across the No Longer Quivering blog, but I don't keep up on it. If I remember correctly, the administrator believes that the Bible does teach families to desire a "full quiver", but that that part of the Bible is out-dated. [What I mean is, it didn't fit in with the plan we have for our family. It doesn't support some of my crazier ideas and it encourages women to escape a life of servitude. They really should just pretend to submissive to the cousbands and then take control of their lives. It can be done, I am doing it]

What do you wear when you swim?

I wear shorts and a t-shirt. I don't wear shorts any other time, since I find them not-so-cute, and I have a t-shirt designated for swimming. [we try not to swim too often though as the chlorine gets our clothes too clean and we feel that cleanliness leads to weakened immune systems. People in 3rd world countries have less illness than we do. No, it's true, I read it on http://www.whackedouttheoriestosuitmyneed.com/ and I'm not changing my mind, cleanliness will not be part of our home!]

On some of the forums that talk about you, people are talking about sending you gifts and things they think you need. What will you do with these things if you receive them?

It will depend on what it is. If it is something that we could use [like Star Trek DVD's or band aid ears] that would add value to our quality of life, we will keep it and use it[ if it's something than can add value to the kids lives, it will be craigslisted ot tossed]. If someone sends us something we don't need or can't use, it will go to charity. To those who are seriously thinking of boxing things up and sending them through the mail, feel free to email me first just to see if it is something we want [because if you even think about sending anything for my boys, I'll throw a snippy fit and tell you how it doesn't fit the plan]

How do you know that your children don't need glasses like you if you aren't taking them for regular check-ups?

First, a child's first eye routine exam is at six months. Both Bobby and Daniel went to their six month check-up and Thomas isn't old enough. The second is at the age of three. Daniel is going for regular check-ups and the other two boys are not old enough for this eye exam. [See how great a mom I am? I know when they need to go to the doctors and you all didn't. How dare you tell me when I am a master swagbuck searcher]

Second, considering the real possibility that what Daniel had was genetic,[Wait, I thought she had determined that it was caused from sleeping on and under the crib mattress? I'm confused again by Emily's contradictions] all the boys are going to doctor's appointments. I don't think routine visits before would have prevented a genetic disorder in Daniel, but I think that if either of the other boys has it, it will be helpful for them to have a solid medical history for doctors to work with [Too bad little Dna hadn;t been to the doctor's for routine visits before he was sick, it might have helped the doc's to have that history. Oh wait, it was the mattress, so it wouldn;t have mattered].

Third, my need for glasses is not genetic. Out of five biological siblings, I am the only one with glasses, but I will be writing about that topic in a separate post. [The story of how I got my glasses is so riveting, it deserves it's own post, but why my kids dont go to the doctor can be said in a snippy two paragraph's. Me, me, me, it's all about me.]

What kind of soap do you use to wash dishes?

I use Dawn foam in a pump. I've tried natural dish washing cleaners, but nothing works like Dawn. [although it doesn't work on my filthy crotchpot, or my pizza cutter, or the grout on my table]We have a lot of fat in our diet [and that is not changing, that is the plan, we like it that way and we always buy full fat tube beef] and thus have some greasy dishes [Whew! I'm glad she stopped at greasy dishes, I was afraid we were about to get another indepth look into their bathroom habits]. Dawn cuts grease. Nothing else comes close [I have sent Dawn the stats for my blog and I am really hoping they will want to advertise here]. I also use it as a laundry pretreater for grease stains I get from cooking and Dan gets from work.