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Im thrilled that our governor was chosen as the Vice President nominee. After reading/hearing/seeing all of the stuff being said about her it makes me pretty angry. It seems that everyone believes she just popped up into politics. That maybe McCain just pulled her name out of the hat and ran with it.
Her first main public office was as Mayor of Wasilla. Her goal then was to cut spending and rooting out the corruption. And work on making live for her fellow Alaskans. When she ran for Governor in 2006, many did not believe she could beat out Frank Murkowski. He was familiar, but corrupt. I believe thats why she won the primary. And why she beat out Knowles to take the seat.
She does what she says she is going to do. Its not just a facade for people. I think thats pretty important in any official running for any type of govermental office. She’s done a lot in such a short amount of time in the governor seat here. This winter will be warmer for most Alaskans because she put money back into their hands that would have been spent frivolously by our government here. She puts Alaskans first. And I have every faith that she would do the same with all Americans if given the chance.
Alot of people hate her views on the issues. Yes she is very conservative but she doesnt put her beliefs before the will of the people or before her duty to uphold the Constitution. I wish all government officials were this way.
As far as this ‘TrooperGate’ crap, well its being dealt with and I have every right to believe that she will come out unscathed by this. Even the person investigating has said that her and her administration have been very cooperative and helpful. One person and only one person has been found guilty of putting pressure on this guy. And even he says he acted alone and Sarah Palin had nothing to do with it.
Those who criticize her going back to work just 3 days after her 5th child was born are ridiculous. They think he was just abandoned on the rest of the family which couldn’t be the farthest thing from the truth. I wish I could find the news blurb where they were talking to her in her office and her son was there with her. I believe she doesn’t want people to think that having a baby will change her ability to be effective at her job.
Being Governor of Alaska is no easy task. Its by far one of the hardest I believe to run. Its so spread out, diverse and all the oil issues. At the end of her first year she had around a 90% approval rating. Yes its dropped to around 80% but thats because of some of the negative press regarding the so called “TrooperGate”, its still a helluva lot better than most other Governors, and elected officials.
I just wish people would give her a chance. She’s big on reform which is exactly what our government needs. We need to start getting rid of the corruption in our government, and using someone who isn’t apart of the “Good Ole Boys Club” is definetly, in my opinion a step in the right direction.
All that said, I am pretty worried about what will happen if McCain/Palin win in November. It will be very sad to loose her as our Governor.
So I got this from my friend Sunita’s blog. I guess I’m female. LOL
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 97%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 3%
Site Male-Female Ratio
google.com 0.98
myspace.com 0.74
ebay.com 1.11
amazon.com 0.9
facebook.com 0.83
photobucket.com 0.85
walmart.com 0.77
wordpress.com 0.98
flickr.com 1.15
bestbuy.com 1.11
orbitz.com 0.83
sparkpeople.com 0.3
alaskaair.com 0.77
remax.com 0.79
cigna.com 0.87
babyzone.com 0.59
prudentialproperties.com 0.89
If you’d like to try it click here. It uses your browsing history to pick your gender.
**Updated: I guess I’ll breech it with her at my November appointment. Mike called and isn’t comfortable with me having it taken out just yet. I’ll continue the metphormin til then, they’ll draw blood again at that time and then we’ll see. **
I am making the decision to have my mirena iud yanked out. I have loved having it. Not worrying about birth control has been wonderful, no periods a bonus. But ultimately I think not having a period is taking a toll on my body, and is seriously screwing up my horemones. My doctor thinks I have PCOS and I thought, well that explains some things. But the more I really think about it the more I disagree with her diagnosis. And the meds she has me on are really starting to bug me. I get the worst side effects even when switching to a different type. Im so sick of having atleast 3 or more trips to the bathroom for loose stool. Im sick of it!
So today I have to get up the courage to call my doctor to set an appointment to have the IUD yanked out. I also have to tell them I want to stop the metphormin until we know for sure that it is PCOS and not just the IUD screwing with me. Mikes not totally on the same page as me with this action which kind of sucks. I know we aren’t ready for another baby, I think he thinks thats why I want it out. I plan on starting a birth control pill hopefully right away, and I will be diligent with it. He just worries. I am tired of my hair falling out, I’m tired of the acne and Im especially tired of the extra hair popping up where it is definetly unwanted.
I just hope I have the courage to do this. I hate having to go against what my doctor says but I have been praying about it for a while now and it just seems like its the right decision. If the symptoms persist after the iud is out then I will start the metphormin again.
He really wants to get those fish. He’ll sit and meow. Silly kitty.
Here Fishy Fishy
We moved Squirty from the 1 gallon fish bowl (which was clouding up every other day, no way did I want to maintain it that often!) into a 5 or 7 gallon fish tank that we have had around for a few years now. He looked awful lonely in there, so today I went down spent another 2$ and got him a tank mate. We now have two fish. This second one is a Calico Fantail Goldfish. We’ve yet to name it.
I asked the lady how you tell which is male and which is female, and she said it was impossible. Oh boy. I pray that they dont breed.
We got a new little pet today. Mike is away on business and all M will talk about is when he will be back home. So while we were at Walfart yesterday, we stopped by the fish area. The girls always love looking at them. So M asked and I thought… why not. Especially since they had a 1 gallon bowl on sale for about 7$, and the fish would only cost 2$ and food was about 1.50$.
Anyhow I picked up the bowl yesterday and set it up. And today we went and picked out a little fantail goldfish to put in it. I thought we would get a Calico but ended up with just a gold one. M decided to call the fish Squirty. Both girls are so in love. V wanted to take it to bed with her. She was kind of sad when I told her it has to stay in its bowl.
I really am hoping that it keeps their minds off of Daddy. Especially M. And I hope it lasts for a long time. So she has her first pet fish.
At Mike’s current job, the state we live in, we will never be able to own a home.
Why is it not okay to kill animals for food, or anything like that, but its perfectly okay and accepted to kill babies?
So V says! I thought she was too, this morning when I checked her temp it was 96.2, her perfect temp. WOO!!
Fast forward to 11am, its now 100.4 yet again. I don’t know what is going on with her. She acts pretty much fine except for a glassy eyed look when her temp goes up. She still has a cough but not to often, and her nose isn’t really runny or anything. Bleah this raising kiddos can be a really mysterious business.
Well I think I just may have found the program I want to use. Its actually an extention of our local school district. Its a home school based charter school. Its K-12, so I’d probably have to crack down and start doing my Pre-K stuff with M here at home. To get her ready for the K work, but I’ll try to get other information on all of that.
I feel kind of alone in this, so it would be really nice to have someone standing behind me. Mike is supportive of it. His parents on the other hand, not so much; especially his mom. I just dont want them to have to go thru the same sort of things that Mike and I went thru with the public school system. I was constantly bored, and hated the teasing and mocking. Mike had his fair share of misfortune as well.
I’m kind of glad that I won’t have to worry about school clothes, lunches, busy schedules, pick ups and drop offs, or all that business about having to choose the ‘perfect’ school.
