Some items that I have purchased:
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| Djeco: LockBasic Toy Board |
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| Jeffrey Campbell: Bubblegum Sandal |
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| QUAY AUSTRALIA: cat eye sunglasses ** |
Stuff and Events of Interest to a non-PC wife and mom of 6 kids+
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Nordstrom: Anniversary Sale Purchases
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Louis Vuitton Store: Stop, Thief!!
$100, 000 stolen 😠😲😳😠 by a swarm of 11. This may be old news from last month, but the Robbers have not yet been caught. Find, or turn-in these LV THIEVEs before they strike again !!!
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Sunday, July 25, 2021
Why You Should Not Marry Your Cousin
I certainly would never marry a cousin. However, those who keep records show an uptick of those who have married their First Cousins and the results have been disastrous 😟 😟 Read on ...
‘You shouldn’t marry your cousin!’
The alarming increase in defective births in some communities in Britain has led to calls for marriages between cousins to be banned.1
In Bradford, more than 75% of all marriages between people of Pakistani origin are believed to be between first cousins. This has resulted in a dramatic increase in the rate of genetic defects and infant mortality. Bradford’s Royal Infirmary Hospital has identified more than 140 different recessive disorders among local children, compared to the usual 20–30. Across Britain, the Pakistani community accounts for 30% of all births with recessive disorders, despite representing only 3.4% of the national birth rate.
The calls to ban marriage between cousins are certainly understandable from a genetic perspective. When first cousins marry, the chances of them both passing on just one variant (disorder-causing) gene to a child is one in eight.2 For other couples the likelihood is estimated to be less than one in 100.3
A recognized risk
While suggestions to ban marriage between cousins are not yet common, prohibitions against siblings marrying one another have long been in place in societies around the world. It is widely understood that union between brothers and sisters (including half-brothers and half-sisters) results in an unacceptably high risk of their children being deformed. From genetic studies we now understand why.
The more closely related two people are, the greater the likelihood of them carrying the same mutations—copying mistakes in their genes. Therefore a brother and a sister are more likely to have mistakes in the same genes since these have been inherited from the same parents. (Everyone has two sets of genes that specify how we are put together and function—we inherit one gene of each pair from each parent.) So the child of a union between siblings could inherit the same mutated gene from both parents—resulting in serious defects. But where a child’s parents are not so closely related, inheriting a bad gene from one parent is not calamitous, because a good copy of the gene from the other parent is there as a back-up.
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| pc: presentindicative.com |
We’re going downhill
Today we see a steady accumulation of the number of defective genes in both human and animal populations.4 In other words, the accumulating mutations mean that genetically we’re going downhill with every passing generation.
This is very confronting for evolutionary theory, but just what we’d expect from the Bible’s account of our history. Originally, the Creation was ‘very good’ (Genesis 1:31) but because of Adam’s disobedience, God cursed the world, bringing death and decay to the Creation (Genesis 3:6ff; Romans 5:12, 8:22). So Adam and Eve did not have the accumulated genetic mistakes (mutations) that we have. Their genes were perfect, but as genes passed from generation to generation, the now imperfect copying process in this sin-cursed world resulted in errors.
Today we see a steady accumulation of the number of defective genes in both human and animal populations.
By the time of Moses (more than two thousand years after Creation Week), degenerative mistakes would have built up to such an extent that it’s not surprising to us (in light of today’s genetics knowledge) that it became necessary for God to forbid marriage between siblings—even half-brother and half-sister (Leviticus 18:9, 20:17; Deuteronomy 27:22). Also, there were plenty of people on Earth by now, and there was no reproductive necessity for close relatives to marry.
In contrast, prior to Moses (before laws forbidding sibling marriage) there would have been fewer accumulated genetic mistakes—the first few generations after Adam and Eve would have exhibited minimal degeneration—so it makes sense that Cain could have married his sister5 with God’s approval, without any potential to produce deformed offspring.
evolutionary theorists have got some hard thinking to do
But today, some 6,000 years later, the situation is very different. With the degeneration in the genome all too evident, we are increasingly hearing of authorities, such as in Bradford, wanting to go beyond the Law of Moses to institute prohibitions against marriage between cousins.
From the standpoint of biblical history—an original ‘very good’ Creation now in ‘bondage to decay’ and which ‘waits eagerly for the sons of God to be revealed’ (Romans 8:19–22)—the situation facing authorities, and their suggested solution, is understandable.
In contrast, evolutionary theorists have got some hard thinking to do.6
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Thursday, July 22, 2021
Our Home's Statement Wall
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| pc: Walmart |
Statement walls can be a wall that is painted; or a wall that draws the eye through choice of decor, pattern, or material:
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| pc: Kristi Kohut |
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| pc: Domino Magazine |
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| Luv it! |
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Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Life With Pets: Vicious Kitty
Each Pet usually gets along with the other, but for two nights in a row I was roused from sleep by hissing and/or door banging. What gives? I was too sleepy to care, and let it go.Tufts of hair greeted me in the morning. Cats were calm or napping at their fave spots. The rest of the Family had nothing to report. No signs of damage that I could see. All. Is. Well.
The truth These two had been at it! 😏 😑 😕
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| poor baby! |
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| Defiant! |
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32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ( John 8 )
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Sunday, July 18, 2021
Vans Shoes: Custom Comfycush Old Skool in Pink & Black
Everybody loves her; and she loves everybody (especially of the 4-legged variety), and her new Vans ❤ shoes.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice:
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice:
and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
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Thursday, July 15, 2021
Repurposed MacKenzie Childs
I get it that MC wants to appeal to the Environmentalists many of us. However, I am more of a lover of clever ideas, a cheapskate (I hate wastefulness), and💲money-saver.
So, here are samples of some my repurposed MacKenzie Childs (and other) items.
Tin Container of Popcorn re-used
as an Emergency Waste 🚽 Container 😮😀
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| my former MC toothbrush holder |
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| from cake-holder to egg roll plate! |
Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
( Jeremiah 33 )
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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Tuesday Talk: Ideas for an Emergency Toilet
I like this useful article; plus it brought back memories of my early years living in a third-world country. Option number 4 was what we had then. We used it for years as it was more than adequate. However, at night, when it got very dark it was more than a little creepy for me 😨
Emergency Toilet Options- by Food Storage Moms
The Cathole
Cat holes, or personal use holes, are holes you dig in the ground and squat over. Each hole is one-time use.
2. The Latrine Trench
The latrine trench is similar to the cathole, but instead of a hole, you are digging a trench that should be 4 to 6 ft long, 1 to 2 feet wide, and 2 to 2.5 feet deep to work as a makeshift bathroom. - Food Storage Moms
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| pc: wikipedia |
3. The Portable Camping Toilet
All you need is a bucket with a makeshift toilet seat placed on top. Once you’re finished, simply dump the waste in a latrine trench and you’re done. - Food Storage Moms
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| pc: Walmart |
4. The Outhouse
... You will need to dig a very deep and wide enough hole in the ground, and then build a privacy shed over it with a toilet seat that you install. - Food Storage Mom
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| pc: wikipedia |
Click on link for full info 🠊🠊🠞 TOILET Options
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