I hope you voted, I did & back to knitting

Is any one still around this blog? I am the only one who has posted in a long time. I was excited about this election until the candidates were chosen. Then I was disappointed with both until the one running mate got me excited again. Still my mom died in August, so I kept busy running the 100 miles back and forth to there getting ready to sell the property there. While I am sadden to see our country choose what they did. I will sit back knowing I will do what I can in 2 years mid-term elections and in 4 years. Praying people have woke up to there foolishness.

Moving past County Convention

County convention was a weekend ago already. I was a delegate and glad I was. I have conflicts with both the dates for district convention and state! I have gone this far a few times but never gone farther. Yes, I did knit while waiting to get underway that morning. I had a scarf come up in late Dec. that did not want to get made. I did get in done, after I think 8 frogings. I was adapting a couple of things to make it a scarf, not following a written pattern. Then my sons in track asked for felted mittens, while getting them done two weeks late I finished them and two more pairs and am back to working on some long waiting ufo's I want to get finished. Karen's painted gloves and my Hyphen-Boy Modular Bag. However, I did volunteer to make a bride a few items for her August wedding, So I could be side tracked if she wishes for me to help her. I guess we have known her for 6 years or so. Met her on vacation, she hung with my sons and there friends, Now she is marring one of the friends and one of my sons is in the wedding party. For two years All insisted her name was Bob so that is what I call her still. Too fun. LOL

So no trip to the National convention. que sera, sera.

NH tomorrow

Iowa down, my precinct went well. Similar to the the state in order, not in amounts. Yet it took a couple of days to make sure all got wrapped up correctly as I had to get over to see my son wrestle. I heard Wyoming had there caucuses on Saturday, Mitt Romney won and John McCain came in second was all I heard. Maybe the democrats meet at another time? I am not sure. Those two got all the votes was what the story I heard said.

Now on the first Primary tomorrow, NH!I will be close to my computer and radio in the evening. The only T.V. station we get will not carry it.

I'm ready

Less than one week now. Thursday January 3, 2008. I am my Precinct's temp temp chair for the caucuses. I am so excited. However, There will be three caucus locations in our county for my party this year. Last time they had two and Always before that they had one. Since our county is so heavily Democratic, there is not as many of us. 1/2 of my city will meet at my sons high school library or theater. (My son ,3rd, will be wrestling in the gymnasium.) While we have to got to go to the new (two years ago) middle school out on the west edge past the other high school a good ways. I am sure my sons girl friend has to drive out to the other far edge of the country to the bowling alley, as she lives in a rural community. My son, 2nd, will miss being voting age by one week. ARGH! He could not vote at Ames Straw poll because of this. Oh well. While our oldest is coming with us or going with us and the younger boys. Yes I take them. I take them to vote with me and to the caucuses, I have not always but the youngest two I do not think have ever missed one. This is the year I will get back on the the central committee Lord willing. We have moved since the last Caucuses and there might me more than dh, one neighbor and I here who knows. For knitting I am taking along my two color mittens and frogging a pair of fair isle socks youngest ds wore 3 times before they were too small. I have crochet and tatting as well as a book in my bag too.

I am looking forward to the phone stopping ringing All the time! I get many calls a day telling me the favored candidate (one son calls plastic man, artificial looks) who has fallen from favor is bitter about who I am supporting, and why I should not support him. =-) Then there is the family I know supporting a nut case running. =-) Should be an interesting Christmas party at church tomorrow evening! (The pies I need to take are ready.) Happy New Year.

What a difference

What a difference from 8 years ago. While I carefully choose who to support at the Straw Poll. The big candidate is far to left for this conservative. So I contacted the candidate of my choice for tickets, he was low enough budget there was no bus this time. Many others were sending a bus here. It was a long drive but dh took the company car, we just take a hit on our taxes for personal use of it, they cover the up front expenses. We left at 6:30 A.M. stopped once on the way there. We meet our oldest ds at 10:30 A.M. used his bathroom and delivered some stuff we took him and headed over to the parking area. We wandered around checking out where all the candidates were. Romney had Hickory Park caterer in food. They are known as the best place to eat in Ames, Iowa. There is always a line waiting to be seated at Hickory Park. Barbecue was the common choice of the day most candidates served one had Famous Dave's and some were unmarked. Duncan Hunter was grilling corn and adding barbecue sauce to it different, fine, as my sons pointed out it was tougher corn than we are used to here in Iowa. One had popcorn, one had watermelon, a couple had cotton candy, a couple of issues and Duncan Hunter had Ice cream! So we went to one of the smaller candidates got our tickets and went back to Romney's to get lunch. Last time we got T-shirts on the bus, adults and children alike. We got tickets to get all 7 in to hear the speeches. This year no t-shirts for us from candidates. Only tickets to let the two adults in side for speeches. While we took two older sons 16 and 14. The younger ones had a Sunday School Activity they stayed behind, with a friend. We were not going to leave them outside while we went in. We did get in later with getting two floor tickets for the boys. So we did get to hear 7 candidates and a fair number of issues.

As promised one has already dropped from the field. More to follow soon I think. Yet I hope three of the little know guys stay in it. They have made a impression on dh and me.
I was interviewed by NBC for the nightly news after they filmed me eating watermelon. As far as I can tell they did not air it. All in all a GREAT DAY if you are an Iowan! Long day next up the caucuses!

Well I Have Chosen Who I Want In The Straw Poll

I know who I am going to vote for in the straw poll, finally. If I thought for one minute that he would pull out so quick afterward, as the one I voted for last time I went. I might vote differently, but I can pray my vote will help propel his race forward so I will vote accordingly. I will be knitting the 4 hours there and back home on August 11, 2007. I better let them know I want tickets, soon!

Taking the bus is nice but I just can not vote for the only man bringing a bus here I know about.

Knitting- Victorian Lace socks, Painted Gloves, and making the Garterlac dish cloth into a baby afghan in three colors purple, lt. blue and burgundy. Also hoping to make my UFO bag into a FO. =-) Looking forward to attending the Strawpoll! So are our children

We need more inforamation to make the commitments they are asking for

It is also a little weird that two candidates have decided I was on there team when I am still looking for someone to support. I have not been able to make the one appearance in our city as we had other commitments that evening. The other wants me to commit to backing him at the straw poll. The one time I did make the 4 hour one way trip to the straw poll. I was very sure of who I was backing and was upset when he later bowed out.

As for knitting I have my six socks in progress, and a baby afghan for a young friend at church expecting her first. As well as the usual UFO's, too, waiting on me.