Cutest Husband Ever...

I have the best husband. He really made my day when this little cutie showed up on my doorstep today :) I have been wanting an ipod shuffle but I didn't want to spend money on myself. On the back he had it engraved. it says "Come Waste Your Time With Me" Waste- Phish

Don't want to be an actor pretending on the stage
Don't want to be a writer with my thoughts out on the page
Don't want to be a painter 'cause everyone comes to look
Don't want to be anything where my life's an open book

A dream it's true
But I'd see it through
If I could be
Wasting my time with you

Don't want to be a farmer working in the sun
Don't want to be an outlaw always on the run
Don't want to be a climber reaching for the top
Don't want to be anything where I don't know when to stop

A dream it's true
But I'd see it through
If I could be
Wasting my time with you

So if I'm inside your head
Don't believe what you might have read
You'll see what I might have said
To hear

Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me

So if I'm inside your head
Don't believe what you might have read
You'll see what I might have said
To hear

Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me
Come waste your time with me

Sarah Palin

I know I said I didn't get into political conversations but I'm really wound up tonight so I think I will.

I've read and listened to a lot of people's opinions about Sarah Palin. She is obviously getting a very positive attention from a lot of people. However I'm finding it really sad at the negative attention she is getting. Its politics I know that comes with negative stuff but come one this isn't even about her career. The negative feedback is about her personal life. Its frustrating.

I was in the book store. A group of mothers were sitting around watching their kids play in the little play area. Standing right next to it I of course could hear their entire conversation. Three ladies knew each other and then asked the lady standing beside me if she could handle being a mother and VP. The girl was like ooh no I only have two and couldn't handle it. I don't know how she thinks she can do it with five. Another lady pooped off ooh she'll just get a nanny blah blah blah.

Here is what I don't understand... Yes she is a mother of five. Yes her personal life obviously leaves her very busy. Yes she has an infant. Yes the infant has down syndrome. However if she were male NONE of this would be an issue. Nobody has bashed Obama for having his girls on the campaign trail. Nobody has bashed him for saying that if him and his wife are not able to take care of the girls that their grandmother does. But since she is female her taking a high powered role in this country makes her less of a parent. Why can a man spend that much time away from home and still be a good parent but a woman can't? They've already said her husband took a leave from his job that he probably won't go back to help take care of the kids. I can not imagine the hours she'll put in as VP but i also think there are a lot of females who put those kind of hours in with any other job. (Doctors, nurses, lawyers, etc etc etc) Are those women less of a mother than me? I'm a SAHM so I spend every second with my kids but I don't see how that would make me a better mother. It just blows my mind that any woman could fault another woman for taking on this role. Or any other job for that matter.

Sure if you don't agree with her politics then don't vote for her. Sure if you disagree with the way she has ran her career then by all means don't like her. But to trash her simply because she is a mother is just ridiculous. This isn't the Donna Reed life anymore... Women can have a life outside of their home!!!

And just as a quick note if I hear one more person make a comment about McCain dying in the next four years I'm going to go off on them. Seriously, thats horrible to think about someone. I don't think anybody would like to hear their lives discussed on national tv and how likely it is that they'll die soon! So get over it. The man has went through hell and survived it.. I don't think the next four years are going to be much of a problem!

My First Time Voting

Now I don't typically get into political discussions and for the most part its because everybody is out to change my views. I don't mind listening to what people believe but I do get mad when they feel the need to change my mind. So I just stay out of it.

This is the first time I've admited this publically. I have never voted. In fact I am just now registering to vote. Pretty sad for an American to admit at my age and even sader I am sure for a military wife to admit. However I have had many reasons to not voting.. Most of all I didn't feel educated enough. Its not that I haven't cared its because I have never felt like I knew enough to cast a vote on something so important. And I'm sure some of that was out of being too lazy to figure it all out. Most of all its because everybody I would ask about it would be one sided so I didnt feel like I was learning anything at all.

So this year will be my very first vote. And I am pretty excited about that. I have paid close attention to everything going on. I have been researching and I really think I'm figuring out more than I ever knew before. I still don't get most things but I'm working on it.

I will proudly be casting my vote for McCain and Palin. :)

A little time...

I have a little time for an update. Today didn't start off so well. Makennah refused to get out of bed.. she didnt even wake up when I was telling her it was time to go to daycare. Usually that has her jumping out of bed. This the very first time she has ever acted that way so I figured sleep was a must. So I let her sleep in and took her to June's two hours late. I decided to lay back down too and that only gave me a headache :(

Not much longer and my husband will be home. I am more than excited. We are planning a little vacation. Taking the girls to Sesame Place and some things around there. There is tons that we can do. Not sure what all we'll end up doing just yet but I'll just be excited to get out of IN for awhile. Plus we get to see some awesome friends :)

I have been a little sad this past week. Nothing horrible but the littlest things makes me emotional. My dog ruined a bunch of priceless items, looking at baby things that I'm giving away, talking to my husband, and just those sorts of things. Patrick and I have been having some of the best conversations lately and I just can't help but get excited. I'm going to have my best friend home again. My world will be one even if it is just for two weeks. I'm really teary eyed just thinking about it. The thought of seeing Makennah's reaction to her daddy picking her up from daycare is something I have been the most excited for. I'm praying that M.E. realizes who daddy is and isn't scared. She is so tiny so any reaction is to be expected. She loves his pictures and seeing him online so I am sure it won't take long for her to warm up.

So close :)

So Proud :)

I am so proud of Patrick. On a normal day I am proud of the way he serves his country. I am certainly proud of him for being the amazing father that he is but today I'm over whelmed with pride.

He volunteered to go on this deployment. Some people may call it selfish to leave his kids like that but I see it as something amazing. Its not selfish. Its people like him and the several others I know how volunteered who keep this country safe. Its also people like him who make it possible for others to stay home.

Now he told me that he volunteered for even more. He is going to be part of a group who is going to be going out to the villages and talking to their leaders. Finding out what each village needs and then working on a solution.

Once again, this is not something he had to do. He could probably do a lot of stuff in that spare time but probably nothing this great. I am so excited that my kids will be able to some day say "this is what my dad for that village or this is what my dad helped to do for another village" Iraqi lives will be personally changed by my husband and by the men who volunteered with him. Its a great feeling to know my husband is doing so much. It makes this year apart from him worth while. It is stressful and it sucks to be away from him but how often can people say "My husband changed so many lives and I'm proud to support that!"

Sadly, I am sure my kids will grow up hearing the negative sides of this war. How many lives have been lost, how people were against it, who felt were over there for wrong reasons, who thinks this, and who thinks that. Its awesome that my kids will have a chance to fight back with very positive sides of this war. I hate how this country feeds on the negative instead of looking for the positive in situations.

Ok enough rambling for today. I could get on a soap box and really go on about this sort of stuff but I choose to keep it on a positive note. My husband Rocks :)

Let me go home...

During this deployment Patrick and I are trying to figure out just where our home will be. I feel like him and I have never actually had a chance to settle in and call a place "our home." Its heartbreaking to think about. He is working hard not only on his missions but working even harder to find jobs. Again that is something I feel like we do all the time. Job searching. He still has his civilian job to come home to but its not what he really enjoys. Its not even in a location that either of us would like to live. After four years of marriage I'd just like to be able to feel settled. I want to be out of this town. I would rather be completely out of this state. Some where that its just Patrick, myself, and the girls. Where the four of us only have each other to depend on. To grow as a family, to work, to make new friends, and to start a "life"

So where ooh where is this life going to be--

Here Possibly?

Makennah still asks all the time if she can move to GA and be a beach bum :) I can not wait till he finds the job he wants. I can not wait till i can plan the location of our move. And even more so I can not wait to get my own life started.... School, job, or whatever I can find to get into :)

Ahh Fun Day

Went to the zoo today. Fun was had by all. Seen some fun animals. Let the kids get wet. Wore them out and a two hour nap followed. Nice :)