Ordinarily I am not a big fan of traffic. (oh, the MUSIC, sure....) Today I am positively giddy with delight that the center of this small town is snarled with cars and I happily waited the extra ten minutes for a place to park an extra block away from the library. Why? These are VOTERS! I did my civic duty and cast my ballot already, and it felt great to get that little I VOTED sticker....
Last night I went to the Knitting group and one of the regulars is a retired teacher (high school, 35 years) who is rather firm in her opinions. She had just cast on for another Noro purse and said loudly...."All I am going to say is that if you don't exercise your right to vote, you have No Right to complain."
Well said.
Daughter bird called from college to say that a girl in her dorm had offered to drive any and all registered voters to the polling place...that just does my heart PROUD, you know?
Oh, and she got her midterm grades. I'm kvelling, big time.
Date with the boy bird after work this afternoon. He needs Hiking Boots.
Sandy Poodle gets her stitches out and can finally have a BATH. We are both Very Excited about it!
Hope your weekend is Happy!
Stitches? What stitches? I don't remember anything about Sandy having stitches! And why are you voting so soon down there? Congrats on what I assume are wonderful grades for DB!
Posted by: Norma | October 29, 2004 at 10:17 AM
What a happy post! Except for Sandy stitches. :-( Hope she's ok.
Posted by: monica | October 29, 2004 at 10:38 AM
Well, I don't know about Greta's state but our state is allowing early voting in anticipation of long lines - a problem that I personally think is great one to have.
Posted by: lillium | October 29, 2004 at 10:39 AM
way to get out the vote...my 6 year old is coming with me to the polls...she is very interested in participation...and I am taking advantage! I hope when she gets to college she'll be like yours! Vote!!
Posted by: heather | October 29, 2004 at 11:51 AM
I like what your knitting friend had to say about voting. Must remember that. We don't get to early vote here in the battleground state of PA so I can't wait to see the turnout next Tuesday! Like Heather I'm taking the kiddos with me. My dds (4 & 5) have been discussing "the race" (they still don't fully get that it's not a literal "running" race) a lot. Their BIG concern about voting is that they wonder if they'll get candy at the firehouse like last year. We've got many civics lessons ahead of us...
Posted by: sUsAn | October 29, 2004 at 02:54 PM
I wish we got to vote early... here (like in Susan's PA) even though MN is a battleground state, no early voting. I shudder at the lines....but I'm voting!
Posted by: Melissa | October 29, 2004 at 03:24 PM
I was going to drop off my ballot early, but I think I want to do it during the week when I can take the boys in, let them get a sticker, and live the EXAMPLE. I have memories of going with my mom into the booth with levers to pull and wishing I too could pull the levers. Why did Sandy have stitches?
Posted by: Sharlene | October 29, 2004 at 06:59 PM
Haven't left a comment in a while, Greata but I've been around...I feel like I'm holding my breath when it comes to the election...hope the exhale is one of relief.
Lemme see - give the fact that Dot and Sandy are about the same age, I assume the stitches were to have her 'parts' removed? We have to travel 40 minutes to our vet, so I took Dot's stitches out myself - C was very impressed.
Take care!
Posted by: Teresa | November 01, 2004 at 09:19 AM