100?? Already??

I've been stumped for awhile now, thinking hard, trying to come up with something really "good" for the 100th post. After all, 100 ought to be something special right? And as soon as my fingers hit the keyboard, my brain shuts down. It's like I'm incapable of forming a coherent sentence. The task of producing something mind boggling and creative is just beyond me. The stress is too much. So instead, I leave you with these thoughts, random as they may be, and hope the block is removed when it comes time for 101 and 102 and 103...

I don't like Sarah Palin or her politics. The more I read, the more I hear and the more I watch I just want to rip those trendy little glasses off her face and say "wake up, woman!". Ok and I do feel like slapping her around a bit when she talks about her great family values and then traipses off to further her own career while leaving someone else to care for her children and her spouse - lets someone else have the daily struggles of raising a child with special needs while she claims to "understand" and wants to "fight for" their rights. Puuuuhleeezzzeeee. Her "victimize the victim" stance is also quite frightening. What political official in their right mind would sit back and do nothing (thereby sanctioning at minimum) while rape victims pay for their own rape test kits? And her anti-abortion stance of "oh well if you got pregnant by rape, abortion is always wrong" just reinforces the idea that it's ok to victimize the victim. Again, I don't want to debate the notion of is abortion "right" - moral, ethical, proper... Heavenly Father has given us all the opportunity to exercise our agency in this matter and I'm not going to sit and tell someone that they may not do something that I wouldn't do - that's all I'm saying.

eta: I almost forgot - the newest reason I can't stand that Sarah Palin is the Republican VP candidate: her hubby seems to think that suponeas don't apply to him. Look, I personally don't think that based on everything made public that Sarah Palin will be found guilty of any ethical violations in the firing of her Public Safety Commissioner -- even though there are TWO investigations into the event. But the American public has a right for that issue to be ruled upon BEFORE they go to the polls to vote for the next President of the United States. Who does he think he is that he can refuse to answer questions and stall the investigations? And where does the Republican party get off making a request to have the investigation halted until after the elections? Come on!! I realize it's not like the woman is on trial for murder but it's a matter of public trust. Can we trust this woman? Can we trust this woman's husband will not flaunt the privileges that may come with her office? Can we trust anyone from the "official" Republican party who is more interested in political outcomes than truth? Yeah, I think it's pretty fair to say that unless someone can present me with something pretty horrible about the Democratic ticket I'm going to be an Obama voter.


Apparently there was a massive batch of valve stems sent out to tire distributors, dealerships and garages. They crack. Suddenly. And when they do you end up with tire failure - hopefully just a flat. In July, we experienced this - of course we thought it was a fluke and luckily we were close enough to the repair facility that it was but an inconvenient blip in our day. Since there, apparently there has a been a recall on these valve stems - but not one that has been announced -- just one that if you present your vehicle to the shop with a valve stem failure, they will replace it for free. Mmmmm hmmmmm. You have to have a problem before they will fix what they know is a problem. What kind of logic is that, especially when it may relate to the safety of one's family? So last Sunday we get to church and I notice, sure enough, another tire is going down. It's starting to rain and the trunk is filled with things to be dropped off at Good Will. So I drop the kids off with their Dad and scoot out quickly rather than staying for the meeting block, hedging my bets that I can get it to the repair shop again before it's completely flat. Nope. It got flatter - much flatter. Like not repairable flatter. Not only that, but another tire had decided that it wanted in on the attention - just like a parcel of kids! So even if I had stuck the spare on the car, I was still going to be in trouble. Oye vey! The gal at the tire shop informed me of this "recall" situation. The tire was covered under the road hazard warranty, the replacement valve stems were covered by the recall, and the charge to put road hazard coverage on the new tire was also covered by the recall. They also checked the 4th tire and discovered that valve stem was also about to go so they replaced it while they were in there. The most important thing to me is that no one was hurt. I think of how just a few minutes before we were traveling the highway around the city at 65 miles per hour and how bad that could have been if the tires had gone out while we were driving. We got lucky.

I had my hair cut. Short. Like the stylist didn't want to cut my hair because she didn't believe me when I told her I used to wear it that short all the time. Luckily I had brought photos with to show how I wanted it cut - she believed me. But she was still timid about those first few cuts. I told her it was just hair and it would grow. Then she relaxed and did what was asked. It's actually kind of cute - not just practical and functional. But it has thrown a few people off. Someone I've known for 9, going on 10 years looked at me from across a room and asked me to introduce myself to the group. Ahhhemmmm. We all had a good laugh.

I am a huge procrastinator this week. I don't know what the deal is, but I just can't be motivated to do anything unless it's "hurry up" and "at the last minute"... like now, I should be out the door for church in 30 minutes and still haven't bothered to shower. Thank goodness for the new hair cut - I can still make it now that I don't have to deal with the mane.

On that note... ta. And happy 100!