This article details the specifics of a new law passed in Florida. According to the law, signed by Jeb Bush himself, “American history shall be viewed as factual, not as constructed.” That means students will not be allowed to construct their views of American history based on the interpretation of events; they must accept the dogma doled out by the school system.

Seriously? They want to keep our kids from critical thinking EVEN MORE than they already DO??!! Thank the gods I don’t live in Florida and if our stupid ass Georgia Senate gets any ideas I’ll be camping out on somebody’s lawn.

Thanks to Blogging Baby for the tip.

I came across a quote today from Alicia Paulson over at Posie Gets Cozy:

“trying to find a LYS (*local yarn store) that felt good in every way — big enough inventory to inspire, not too crowded, nice employees who don’t make you feel like you’re annoying them (or embarrassing them) when you go to buy your apparently uncool yarn choices, or whatever (ugh — hate that).”

Aha! This is a great description of Why Knot Knit is my lys. And I don’t say that because I now work there, I say it because it was my lys of choice BEFORE I would even consider working there. It’s really a nice place and if you are in Atlanta and into knitting you should come by!

Well Friday was my husbands birthday. We had a nice date night that went on SUPER long. Luckily my dad and his wife were babysitting and didn’t really mind staying up until midnight. Yes that’s right, Tess refused to go to sleep. Yikes. Of course she’s pretty much right back on schedule now so we’re all good. We really did have fun though. We saw a silly movie and had a really nice dinner. He so deserves to have a nice night out once in a while. Happy Birthday honey! I love you!

Seriously! how fun was that!!!? I found this beautiful transfer to use in making a cute school bag for my daughter. Isn’t it lovely? thanks again Mary Ann and Jinjur for the great idea!

Well Mary Ann over at a Very Mary Design has come up with a super great idea for all of us to do!! Help support artists over at etsy by buying one thing a month for $5 or less and then post a picture of it on your blog. Such a great idea. I just went and did a search and found 1650 items for $5 or under. And such neat stuff too! I’m off to make my purchase and I’ll be posting a picture when I get it.

Thanks for the tip off Jinjur!