OMG I suck at this!!!!

I cannot believe how long it's been since I've posted here! I've been having a ridiculously hard time adjusting to working mornings. Thank God my mother lives here and can pick up my slack. I still have no idea how to do anything on this blog either. I want to post pics and cool backgrounds but I don't know where they come from so I guess I'm stuck with this. So I'm committing to posting a blog once a week minimum. If nothing happens it'll be boring but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

So for today it's back to the religion thing sort of. It's really about the Cub Scouts. My boys are both scouts now and seem to be enjoying it. It's great for the family in alot of ways since it forces us to make time for each other to complete the various requirements. So now we are looking into leading a den. It's not a crazy amount of work but there is training and stuff so I guess we'll see exactly what it entails then. The problem is my atheism. I try not to force my opinions and beliefs on my children. I'd prefer them to make up their own minds when they get older, but of course that's bullshit, kids learn the most from watching what the prominent adults in their lives do. I don't go to church or pray so they've never been exposed to church really. As a result one child believes in God and Jesus the other doesn't. Unfortunately, this is not acceptable to the scouts and we have to lie. The regular people don't really care, after all there aren't exactly that many active scouts these days, they might be getting desperate. I just hate having to pretend the way we do around certain people.

Here's an example: I say Oh my god alot so does my youngest. Some of the kids in the scouts freak out when we say it and reprimand us. First of all, it's not a scouting rule I can't say it but a personal thing. I know it's a commandment but not everyone who believes in god necessarily believes in that one. Second, saying dumb shit like "cheese and rice" is the same thing. The intent is to cover the use of "Jesus Christ" right? The intent is to use the lord's name in vain and as far as I'm concerned the substitute is just as bad as the real thing. It might help teach your children how to be PC but I doubt God is that stupid. Anyway, just a small rant. Now I'm off to soccer practice, where I pretend to like watching scoreless goalie-free no winner no loser sports!