BOYS TOYS: We almost never go to McDonalds because, well, ick. It's like a three-times-a-year destination, max. But we found ourselves in a McD's drive through line at around 11
today because of the Ponies. Slaves to the ponies ... how many times I've said that. ;)
So, I order a couple of Chicken Nuggets Happy Meals and am immediately asked, "Do you want girl toys or boy toys."
Ugh.
Recently on the Support for Grayson page on Facebook, borne out of a boy who was horribly discriminated against by his public school district for carrying a My Little Pony backpack to school, I'd seen a poster about the longstanding policy of asking 'boys' or 'girls'? (I rememberthat's the way it has been all the way back to Rick and Ken's tender years, and I'm guessing beyond.)
I thought that was dumb then, and I think it's dumb now, and so I was happy to see it supposedly had moved beyond this when someone shared a note from some McDonald's management to its employees.
And so, the kids' writing assignment of the day became writing a couple paragraphs on mcdvoice.com where, per our receipt, they supposedly really value feedback. We shall see. ...
It's not like this is a 'little' deal. Truth of the matter is, McDonalds is the largest toy distributor in the world. So if they're stereotyping who receives which toys, that's literally a big darn deal.
At the very least, per our receipt, they 'won' a free Quarter Pounder for logging in and registering their feedback.
JUNGLE IN HERE: This morning an alert popped up in my Facebook feed from the National Weather Service. It had a thumbnail of a tornado next to it.
Curious (of course!) I followed the link. Imagine my relief when it was only an update about when it's safe to move planting outside.
The release had a list of average last frost dates (the average date that the last frost of the season occurs using weather statistics over a number of years):
All this said, the NWS thought it prudent to add, "CLEAR NIGHTS THAT CAN PRODUCE FROSTY MORNINGS ARE NOT IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK...GOOD NEWS FOR PUTTING PLANTS OUTDOORS. YET GIVEN OUR CLIMATIC DATA HISTORY...IT MAY BE WISE TO HOLD OFF PLANTING THOSE OUTDOOR PLANTS UNTIL AROUND MAY 1ST."
OK. GOT THE MESSAGE!
The Internet was full of pretty blood moon photos this morning. Here's one from our friends at NASA. Lookie how close Mars is to the moon in this shot. Neat-o!
Our match lasted a whopping 90 minutes. In the end, Christian and CJ beat Annabelle and me. We girls were vexed most of the game by the menfolks' blasted Birdos (knights).
today because of the Ponies. Slaves to the ponies ... how many times I've said that. ;)
So, I order a couple of Chicken Nuggets Happy Meals and am immediately asked, "Do you want girl toys or boy toys."
Ugh.
Recently on the Support for Grayson page on Facebook, borne out of a boy who was horribly discriminated against by his public school district for carrying a My Little Pony backpack to school, I'd seen a poster about the longstanding policy of asking 'boys' or 'girls'? (I rememberthat's the way it has been all the way back to Rick and Ken's tender years, and I'm guessing beyond.)
I thought that was dumb then, and I think it's dumb now, and so I was happy to see it supposedly had moved beyond this when someone shared a note from some McDonald's management to its employees.
Well, clearly that wasn't the Ballard McDonald's. ... Heavy sigh.
And so, the kids' writing assignment of the day became writing a couple paragraphs on mcdvoice.com where, per our receipt, they supposedly really value feedback. We shall see. ...
It's not like this is a 'little' deal. Truth of the matter is, McDonalds is the largest toy distributor in the world. So if they're stereotyping who receives which toys, that's literally a big darn deal.
At the very least, per our receipt, they 'won' a free Quarter Pounder for logging in and registering their feedback.
JUNGLE IN HERE: This morning an alert popped up in my Facebook feed from the National Weather Service. It had a thumbnail of a tornado next to it.
Curious (of course!) I followed the link. Imagine my relief when it was only an update about when it's safe to move planting outside.
The release had a list of average last frost dates (the average date that the last frost of the season occurs using weather statistics over a number of years):
BELLINGHAM - MAR 15Per the press release (in all CAPS cause that's how they roll), "NOTE THAT THE MORE OUTLYING AREAS HAVE A LATER AVERAGE LAST FROST DATE AND THOSE CLOSER TO BODIES OF WATER THAT TEND TO MODERATE TEMPERATURES LIKE PUGET SOUND AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN HAVE THE EARLIER DATES."
PORT ANGELES - APR 1
FORKS - APR 28
EVERETT - APR 7
SEATAC AIRPORT - MAR 27
KENT - APR 25
PUYALLUP - APR 30
SHELTON - APR 29
HOQUIAM - APR 5 C
CENTRALIA - APR 29
All this said, the NWS thought it prudent to add, "CLEAR NIGHTS THAT CAN PRODUCE FROSTY MORNINGS ARE NOT IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK...GOOD NEWS FOR PUTTING PLANTS OUTDOORS. YET GIVEN OUR CLIMATIC DATA HISTORY...IT MAY BE WISE TO HOLD OFF PLANTING THOSE OUTDOOR PLANTS UNTIL AROUND MAY 1ST."
OK. GOT THE MESSAGE!
MOON SHADOWS: Of course, we didn't get to see the lunar eclipse/blood moon last night. Boo, hiss! It had been mostly clear all day, and come 10 p.m., the moon slipped behind a quilt of clouds, not to be seen again for the night. The Internet was full of pretty blood moon photos this morning. Here's one from our friends at NASA. Lookie how close Mars is to the moon in this shot. Neat-o!
Image Credit: NASA Ames Research Center/Brian Day
STRATEGERY: This afternoon we engaged in an epic chess match.
Chess is taxing enough, but when your pieces are all Nintendo gaming characters, it's exponentially harder.Before every move you have to figure out who's who and plot accordingly. Our match lasted a whopping 90 minutes. In the end, Christian and CJ beat Annabelle and me. We girls were vexed most of the game by the menfolks' blasted Birdos (knights).
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