judiism

thirtysomething. married. constant laugher. dog person. proud mama of three. corporate slave. tv junkie. guacamole enthusiast. reluctant suburbanite. part-time crunchy hippie.

[aphrogenian]

I dont want a career and I hate working. There I said it

[judiism]

ahhhh feels so much better to have it out there.

[annushorribilis]

[judiism]

ha!

but also :(

[poofgonebyebyesolong]

My concern is that the foster agency might have taken advantage of a routine, unfounded allegation to get rid of a pesky foster parent who shines a light on how they've failed these children

And each hour Clementine’s siblings absorb irreparable damage to their souls, mind and development.

[judiism]

this is just one post that highlights a really sad story that developed last week... i’m not fully caught up but it hurts my heart watching this story, and i’m watching from afar. i can’t even imagine this agony...

[helthehatter]

Good Things that Happened in 2016

·         We’re closer to having successful vaccines for lung and brain cancer.

·         New chemotherapy breakthroughs have increased the 5-year survival for pancreatic cancer from 16% to 27% (and is getting better)

·         Scientists figured out how to link robotic limbs with the part of the brain that deals with intent to move so people don’t have to think about how they will move the limb, it can just happen.

·         Child mortality is down everywhere and it keeps going down.

·         Thanks to the ice bucket challenge the gene responsible for ALS has been found, meaning we are closer to an effective treatment. Let me rephrase that: we are close to getting a treatment for a very bad disease because a lot of people (including really hot celebrities) got wet.

·         A solar powered plan circumnavigated the world.

·         Michael Jordan donates 2mil to try and help bridge connection between police and the community.

·         Tiger numbers are growing.

·         And manatees.

·         And pandas.

·         Pakistan has made strides toward outlawing honor killings.

·         70,000 Muslim clerics declared a fatwa against ISIS.

·         Pokemon Go players went insane with placing lure modules near hospitals for sick kids.

·         California is now powering over 6 million homes with solar power, a record in the US (and that is the tightest shit)

·         Volunteers in India planted 50 million trees in 24 hours.

·         Apparently world crime as a whole has drastically declined as a whole in the last couple of decades.

·         Coffee consumption has been proved to help curtail cancer and suicide rates.

·         Speaking of coffee Starbucks figured out how to donate perishable food in a food safe way.

·         500 elephants were relocated to a better, safer and bigger home.

·         We made massive strides in Alzheimers’ prevention (my grandmother literally told me that scares her more than getting cancer this is very good news)

·         The ozone layer is repairing itself and all the work we did to get rid of those aerosol chemicals was actually worth it.

·         A new therapy developed in Israel could cure radiation sickness.

·         The Anglican church resolved to solemnize same-sex unions the same as opposite-sex unions which required a super majority of all three orders of the church (lay, clergy, bishop).

·         The Rabbinical Assembly issued a resolution affirming the rights of transgender and non-conforming individuals.

·         Precision treatments for cancer are hitting clinical trials and WORKING (as someone who’s had relatives with cancer this is the best news)

·         Dentists are once again providing free care to veterans who need it.

·         The Orlando Shakespeare Festival showed up with angel wings to block funeral-goers for the Orlando Pulse victims, view from anti-gay protesters

·         We may have cured MS

·         Rise Women’s Legal Centre opened

·         Death by heart disease has decreased by 70% in the United States

·         Two brothers saw color for the first time thanks to specially-designed glasses

·         Pope Francis spoke against society’s obsession with physical beauty while dedicating Mass to the disabled community (love that dude)

·         Portugal ran its entire nation solely on renewable energy for four days straight

·         A retiree is launching a project to transport 80 endangered rhinos to an Australian reservation to save the animals from poaching

·         An Afghan teacher has been delivering books via bicycle to villages that lack schools

·         Harriet Tubman is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.

·         200 strangers attended the funeral of a homeless WW2 veteran with no family

·         A teen battling cancer married his sweetheart

·         Bank firm pays for college tuition for the children of employees who died in the 9/11 attacks

·         New medicine has been shown to increase melanoma survival rate to 40%

·         Over 800 Boko Harem Hostages were rescued by Nigerian Army

·         Toys R Us is Offering Quiet Shopping Hour for kids with autism this holiday season

·         Volunteers made special tiny Halloween costumes for NICU babies

·         A 4-year old befriends a lonely man and helped him heal after losing his wife

·         Families grew

·         People survived c ancer

·         People overcame depression

·         Any kind of victory, even if it affects only one person,  is a victory

·         Now for the pop culture good news

·         LEONARDO DICAPRIO WON AN OSCAR! EVERYONE READING THIS LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE LEO FINALLY GET WHAT HE DESERVED

·         There’s a new Harry Potter book

·         And a movie

·         Harry Potter has no plans on vanishing with time

·         This sweet father gave candy to passengers on a flight so his little girl could trick or treat on Halloween

·         LET ME TALK ABOUT ALL THE KICK ASS MOVIES WE GOT THIS YEAR OH MY GOD

·         Kung Fu Panda 3, this franchise is still going strong despite that its about a panda played by Jack Black

·         Jungle Book. The amazing remake none of us saw coming

·         Finding Dory. I haven’t seen it yet but I’ve heard good things

·         Kubo and the Two Strings. Haven’t seen that yet as well but its Laika so I know it’s a masterpiece

·         Deadpool. The beautiful and super accurate R-rated marvel film

·         Captain America: Civil War. Seriously is the best marvel movie yet in my opinion I need more.

·         Zootopia. Oh don’t mind me I’m just a movie that tackled the issue of racism and not only game changed animated films but also made a billion dollars

·         The Hamilton Mixtape is coming out. Which is a bunch of artists singing songs from the musical (Sia, Usher, Regina Spketor, etc.) I’m excited.

·         A personal victory for myself, I joined Tumblr and met angels in blog form so…that’s uplifting.

·         And I met my favorite voice actor at a con which was a bucket list accomplishment.

Good Things that have yet to happen this year

·         Birthdays

·         Doctor Strange

·         Thanksgiving

·         Black Friday

·         Moana

·         Christmas

Good things that have nothing to do with the year but will hopefully make you feel better

·         Puppies

·         Chocolate

·         Rainbows

·         Rain (I like listening to rain it’s one of the most calming sounds)

·         Cartoons

·         Kissing

·         Music

·         Friends

·         FF: If you are a religious person you are an imperfect masterpiece

·         FF: If you are not then you are a splendid coincidence

·         Any year spent with loved ones be they family or friends is a good year. Trust me.

·         ”A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life, it’s the only weapon we have” –Roger Rabbit

#NeverForgetTheGood

*Plz feel free to add other good news (even if it’s something small like you ate cheesecake THAT is good news)

[datsemtx]

This is a gorgeous post, everyone should reblog it to see the balancing side to the whole bad things happening in the world!

[apatosaurus]

Lots of great things. Not all of the movies are great, but there are still good things on the list.

[judiism]

optimism is pretty rad.

[judiism]

just rediscovered this song on an ooooooooooooold playlist (2002!!) and damn ... i just really love music. remember when listening to music was a thing to do by itself?

[judiism]

i believe we are making the right decision moving the kids to a new day care, but i just got the ‘peek of the week’ that their (current) day care sends out on fridays, announcing the theme/lessons for the following week, and it made me really sad.

[champagnetoasts]

Suffice to say that this lifestyle blog has taken a turn away from sharing personal stories to promoting new products, services, and things that I love. 

So I must tell you about my friend Lindsay’s new organic home + skincare line, Tupelo Honey Pop-Up Shop, that she launched this morning. Linds has poured her heard and soul into making natural and family friendly goodies over the last year. And a bonus? She’s taught her little girl so much about passion, drive, and business savvy sense along the way. 

I’m super proud of where she’s come and hope you enjoy her goods just as much as she’s enjoyed creating them. I can’t until my lip sauce, room spray, and dryer balls are delivered. 

Happy Shopping! And high-five to you, LFC. So proud of you!

[judiism]

couldn’t have said it better myself! lindsay is an amazing person, one of the most genuine and generous and simultaneously (miraculously) hardworking but really really fun people i’ve ever known.

wishing the most success to you, linds!

[just-shower-thoughts]

Netflix needs an incognito mode so that I can watch terrible films without getting recommended more terrible films

[judiism]

genius.

[just-shower-thoughts]

The human body is 70% water so we’re basically cucumbers with anxiety.

[sn0wiest-deactivated20170520]

#fucked up a perfectly good cucumber is what you did

[gothmisspyggie]

Excuse you, with the amount of salt and alcohol I consume, I am clearly a pickle.

[judiism]

i cherish this.

[judiism]

tap tap

this thing on? i guess nobody really posts here anymore at all huh?? it’s like a ghost town.

[ariverisariver-deactivated20160]

Bernie Sanders’ showing in this election was amazing and an undeniable net positive for progressives. But all throwing an immature and extremely reckless shitfit about him not being the nominee and opening the door for Trump even a centimeter does is tell the centrist Democrats not to even bother listening to you next time.

[judiism]

“tell[s] the centrist Democrats not to even bother listening to you next time.”

YES.

[judiism]

hive mind

need some trip and food recs from my favorite people.

greg and i will be in chicago for a wedding in september - i’d welcome your lunchtime recommendations for a thurs/fri/sat. thur dinner will hopefully be next/alinea as soon as i’m able to actually book that. i have some fall-back options in mind if those don’t work out, from the plethora of you wonderful chicago tumblrs. but if you want to shout something out, please do! fri/sat dinners will be wedding events, so unfortunately the weekend won’t fully be the great chicago food tour of my dreams, but we’ll just have to come back again for more!

next, sonoma. going on a friend vacation there w/ 3 other couples in october. we have a full day in SF before we head to our rental house in sonoma, so i’d loooove your very best cannot-miss lunch spot in sf. (that’s not the ferry building - i’m not being snooty, but we’ve all been there before.)

and then if you want to shout out anything napa/sonoma related, i’m happy to hear that, too! THANKS!! MWAH.

[whatwhiteswillneverknow]

[judiism]

it’s really a shame you can’t go to jail for just being stupid.

[emphasisadded]

[judiism]

always a favorite.

harley told me she wants to dance w/ greg to this at her wedding. --> all. the. tears.

[meanwhilepoetry]

When your daughter asks you if she’s pretty, looking like the universe is weighing down her little bones with insecurity, resist the urge to say “Ofcourse, darling, Ofcourse you are.” Tell her instead: “Everyday, I bless the stars that fell apart to allow your body’s embers to glow to come to life.” Tell her instead: “In the 7 billion that exist on this planet you are the only one of your kind.” Tell her instead: “You are so much more than pretty. The stars that gave you to me made you to be like the sun. You are their best ever masterpiece. You aren’t pretty. You are inspiring.”

Nikita Gill (via meanwhilepoetry)

[determined-mind-deactivated2025]

[girlwhorpsalot]

I needed this.

[cranquis]

This just changed my approach to suicidal patients, permanently.

[mursejesse]

@cranquis This is original words and art from @boggletheowl - there’s a bunch of similar stuff in the archive that you might find useful. It’s been making the rounds again with attribution to the source, so I’m hoping you’ll see this and not only find some additional good art and info, but also get the original artist’s work back into circulation. 

Original post here. Dated 26 Jan, 2013.

[cranquis]

Self-reblogging to add attribution info. Thanks @mursejesse!

[judiism]

“you’re the one staying alive.”

that was kind of heavy. i needed that.

[judiism]

i’d take a picture but 1000 words will have to do

...since ellis is currently using my phone.

i’m working from home today b/c a summer bug is apparently sweeping the nation our house. ellis is generally really clingy when sick, aka totally normal.

he was climbing all over me and then saw my phone and asked for elmo. so i put on youtube and an elmo video. and then i had a call for work.

taking my chances, i scooped him up, phone in hand, and deposited him on the couch in the living room and went back to the office, very much out of his line of sight.

and there he stayed (and is still there, almost 20 minutes later!) watching videos happily. (i snuck a peek around the corner so he couldn’t see me and decide he’s over it.) he’s so damn cute. (ok i’m gonna go get him now.)