Most of you do not "GET" life in Alaska....

Seriously!!!

ESPECIALLY THOSE SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN IN WASHINGTON DC!!!

ok I get the bridge to no where...although....honestly I live 15 air miles south of where it was "going" to be built, and quite honestly.....as big as the island is the growth potential was huge...but anyway on to the next thing that has the NY times and others out there in the "lower 48" up in arms about us Alaskans.....

http://www.aleutianseast.org/index.asp?Type=B_PR&SEC=%7B4625D388-43A1-4E17-A354-F5F12E4E7205%7D&DE=%7B2A8BB0FC-1236-4078-9EE8-DF22D1A4A278%7D

King Cove Alaska....they are on the Aleutian chain...the nearest airport is 25 miles away....K getting the picture yet? well, during out LOVELY winters here in Alaska Air travel by float plane is damn near impossible....Deadliest Catch anyone?!?! if you have watched that show you know damn well what I am talking about....well this small community wants to build a road to the nearest airport in Cold Bay....because gee with a road they could actually GET people out that need Medical help....because since 1979 11 people have died trying to get help by flying out of King Cove. BUT there is an editorial in the NY Times today http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/opinion/18thu4.html?_r=3&ei=5070&emc=eta1&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

that ripped Alaska, King Cove and the states Representatives a new one because they dare to want to build a road that would actually help people!!! BUT I guess because it is only a little tiny town of JUST 800 they do not matter at all!! I mean really, its not like we are any where near the size of New York, or Texas or California....Wait....Population wise we are not, but by the shear size of our state, we could squash them like a bug!!! sorry, my inner Alaskan woman came out there for a second!!!

I guess my whole point to this blog is to show the couple of you that actually bother to read my blog that it is just not useless pork barrel spending....unless you call connecting people to the ability to fly out of an area that will give you a chance at life useless then I guess I am wrong....

I am no expert of this, and have never claimed to be, but to me this is just one place where those that do not live the Alaska Life just need to STFU and back the Eff off, and until you come here and life the Alaska Life YOU will NEVER know what it is like!! NEVER!!! so Mr. Reid if you do what the NY Times editorial writer asked you to do, then I say fine, go and sit in your warm and cozy home, and when it starts to snow outside in DC maybe in the back of your mind King Cove Alaska will pop into your minds eye, and you will wonder, just wonder if maybe the person that day who desperately needed medical attention made it out safely, or did the plane they were trying to get to Cold Bay on crash into the freezing cold ocean and they all died!!!???

Me Me Time......

MEME today... LOL, since Mimi did not get to this until today...and she tagged me for this....

1.where were you 10 years ago?
same place same time!!! LOL although I was 2 kids lighter...and I was just about to pop with Madisyn....good lord she is almost 10!!!!

2.What is on today's to do list:
Laundry, cleaning, cooking....hmmm sound familiar anyone!!! LOL

3. What would you do if you were a billionaire?
Live life to its fullest!!! oh wait I do that anyway!!! other than pay off bills of ours and my parents and their houses and such....I would just live life about the same...I am a no frills kind of girl...take me as I am or just leave me the hell alone!!! ha ha I would travel the world though...because that has always been a dream of mine....

4. Name 5 places you have lived:

1.Metlakatla, Alaska
2. Anchorage, Alaska
3. LeRoy, New York
4. Pavilion, New York
5. Metlakatla, Alaska

yeah new york and Alaska is pretty much it...and I will take Alaska anyday!!!!!!!!!!!

5. Name 3 of your bad habits:
I tell it like it is. I drink coke!!! LOL, I eat junkfood!!!

6. What are your favorite snacks?
POPCORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sweettarts and reeses peanut butter cups!!!

7. Who will you tag for this meme?
hmmmmm,

Moo
Aggie and
Lori

It boggles my mind......

I recently purchased a booster for my 5 year old since she has outgrown her current carseat. and upon reading the reviews there were some negative ones....so being the mom that I am I checked them out......................

Now mind you this booster is for OLDER kids, not for 2 year old kids....but all the negative reviews were from parents that purchased this seat for 2 year old kids!!! LOL and I am thinking ok, you purchased this seat for a toddler? it is a BOOSTER seat people!!! NOT for 2 year old toddlers!!! and even if you go to the website for this particular seat it says it is intended for OLDER children....that have outgrown their carseats!!! Last time I checked the average 2 year old does not fit the bill!!!

All of the positive reviews came from parents with age appropriate children.... you know the age that the seat was intended for....and they just rave about it.... so I guess my deal is..........if your going to purchase something like this for your child, shouldn't you as the parent at least make an effort to READ up on the AGE the product is intended for before purchasing it.....instead of wasting your money on the said product, and then write a negative review, that could have totally been avoided if you just did your homework....

ok rant over.....don't you just love my nonsense blogs....but hey...thats what my blog was intended for....just a place to get things off my chest and maybe feel better about things in the long run...LOL at least one can hope!!!

I guess I will never understand

MEN!!!

or husbands. I guess men in a lot of ways....why is it so hard to be happy? why can you admit when you are not happy!?! why can you not own up to it? you just say "I never said I wasn't happy" but then all your actions, speak and such say it all too clearly!!! but you expect everyone to just accept that you are happy and go lucky and just plain over the moon....when you are clearly NOT.

I guess I just do not understand....they say men don't understand woman...well that works both ways....my dh and I do have a good marriage, but there are times when I just do not understand the man....at work he is completely different.....seems personable, nice, pleasant, understanding and omg happy!!! BUT when he walks thru that door it is something completely different, he turns into the 'not happy guy' that we know and not love so much....the running joke (I know not mature at all) we have is "he gets paid to be concerned and nice at work, so thats why he does it!! LOL yeah that does not go over well, but at this point in time, honestly I am at a loss as to what to do with him....because he is a far cry from the man I married.....but I am not giving up on him don't get me wrong......I just want to know the inner workings of the male mind!!! not that that will help me in the least!!!

I just had to get this out, and that is what my blog was for, getting out the frustrations of living on an island in Alaska.....and this is a big frustration right now.......any ideas out there?