I sympathize with the little girl who is featured in a viral post on Youtube - I also am tired of hearing about Bronco Obama and Mitt Romney. Enough already! I watched this little girl in tears explain her angst over the election. to her, his name is Bronco Obama and the news clips do show him prancing onto the stage.
The prognosticators have consulted crystal balls, hog entrails, woolly worms, crystal skulls, Ouija boards, endless polls, witchdoctors and any and all superstition laced actions to try to determine who will be the winner. Tomorrow we will find out and one person will be the President (not until all the recounts and the Supreme Court decision I suppose) and the other will whine over the loss. Just like the Super Bowl or the World Series, the teams duke it out over a period of time and then one team gets the glory and the other team returns to the locker room to ruminate over what might have been. to borrow a line from "Man of La Mancha", 'too much thinking shrivels the brain.'
This was a wonderful weekend for me. On Saturday I made the first block for Lyla's quilt and it goes together well. I only have 55 more blocks (7 X 8 blocks make this queen sized quilt for my little darling). I divided up my day by walking in the morning, sending Bill off to work, sewing on the quilt, going shopping at the new natural market to order a free range turkey for Thanksgiving and to pick up the free 8oz pack of cheese as per their coupon - I chose Feta - work on my Sunday School lesson - have been asked to teach the 4 and 5 yr old class for the rest of this year and in January I get a new batch of 4yr olds to be taught by, (and I do mean be taught by these little kids),then just as I was going outside to rake the leaves up in the front yard, Anne from the Archives Search Room called. What a wonderful surprise that was. We talked for about an hour and I am now caught up on all the happenings in the Archives. It was like taking a trip back to Maine. She said it is cool there - read that 40degrees is the high for the day while we begin the day in Prescott at 40degrees and climb to73 degrees today. Phoenix will be 91 today - of course this info comes from my phone. Went out and raked the leaves. They are completely dry (we live in a desert environment) and so when I put them in the leaf bag they rustle and take up lots of room until I kneel on them and squash them down with my hands to make room for more. I don't weigh 200pounds, but these brittle leaves are no match for me kneeling on the bag and squashing them down. One really big bag and half another bag is the take for this session. I am waiting for the other tree to doff its leaves and then I will fill up the second bag. I also talked to my friend Sue for the best part of an hour as well so I am caught up on all the news of the church in Augusta.
Tomorrow is election day here but more importantly it is the running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Race Track, in Australia. There is everything from office betting pools to big time players who bet on the outcome of the Melbourne Cup. For the few minutes it takes the horses to run the race, the whole of Australia comes to a grinding halt to listen for the winner. Many fortunes are at stake on this race, some are made and many are lost. On the other hand, the fashion show is a sight to behold. I doubt if it comes in second to the Kentucky Derby fashions or those of Ascot so it is a safe bet that the Ladies in their finery are just as interesting as the horse that wears the crown of winner.
So, on the eve of the presidential election, some people are overcome with angst over what should have been or what could have been but tales of graft and coercion at the polling places will surface I am sure. the people who suffered at the hands of Sandy the Hurricane may be too distracted to even go to the polls so the outcome in those affected states swing the pendulum and in January they will gear up for the next four years of whoever will be the president of the USA. And so it goes.
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