President Obama!

History was made today :) I truly believe the US made the right decision based mainly on the Democrats policies - those are, of course, what REALLY matters. Yet you can't get away from the fact that todays election result is a HUGE step for America - and one that is soooo important to me personally. As a parent of mixed race children and having been married to a black guy for 10 years, I frequently heard that there would probably never be a black President - that America was still extremely racist and would never be 'ready' for a black President.

Today has proved that theory wrong. Today, if a black child says they want to be President then every teacher and every parent can say GO FOR IT ;) Barack Obama has proved them wrong.

I am excited to see what he brings to the country. I have a feeling he is going to bring many good changes to the country - and hopefully the world will see the US in a new light.

Tuesday....Election Day continues...

So it's still Tuesday. Sam had Pre-K. They focused on Teeth brushing because of Halloween and all that candy!! Great choice! While he was there I ran to Scrapbook Diva and got the supplies for the scrapbooking class 'Stories In Hand' that I've signed up for. (See the blog post below if you're interest in joining me for this FREE two week long online class)!! Scrapbook Diva is convenient for MP but the staff just aren't as friendly as Scrapbook Memories and the store is desperately lacking in stock compared to Scrapbook Memories too! I just wasn't in the mood to drive anywhere much.

Then I went back to MP and sat and read with a coffee until Sams class finished. Colleen was at MP working out and came over and said hi on her way out - Hi Colleen (waving madly) - so that was a nice surprise :)

Now I'm waiting for Lloyd to get home. He's in Safeway right now and then will be on his way home. Tonight the bees are going into storage for the winter.

Tomorrow night Lloyd and I have date night and I am sooooo looking forward to it :) We're off to see 'The Secret Life of Bees' the movie based on the book I read in the Summer :) I am mostly just looking forward to going out with Lloyd though - I just NEED that - it's been a crappy emotional week all round :(

Life goes on, day to day stuff gets done.....but amongst it all I'm left wondering what Tara is facing throughout her day.....

Cutting down the trees...

The Electric company came by a couple of months ago to tell us that they would be cutting down all the trees underneath the electric wires in the roadside at some point, and so yesterday that day arrived. They have cut all along underneath the wires but not on our land - they have given us a list of slow growing trees that we can replant there for privacy. We still have some smaller trees on our land that will give us some privacy in Summer, but for now it is very bare :(

I understand why they did it - the power has gone out a couple of times when the trees have brushed the cables and they have to come every couple of years and trim the trees so this time they decided to cut down all the trees in the area - any underneath the cables - not just under ours but the whole area :(

Swap from Tess.....

Here are the gorgeous ATC's I received from Tess as part of the swap I did with her and Stacey - the theme was Winter/ Christmas. Tess also handmade the card for me :) (and told me off for not handmaking the one I sent her lol - ungrateful wench hahahahaha)!!

They're beautiful Tess - thank you!

Edward Cullen atc....

Another Edward Cullen atc from a swap at swapbot...

Tuesday....Election Day

.....and its already looking as though we have a President Obama....THANKFULLY. Just VERY sad that his Grandmother died on the eve that he may become President. The very first black President of the USA. No matter how you look at this, this is a HUGE thing......an amazing step for the US. I will be very happy if Obama gets in. Many of Mccains policies had me very concerned. I don't agree with ALL of Obamas policies, but I think many of his major policies are a lot better than the Republicans....which are out dated and closed-minded imo.

I just hope that Mccain doesn't get in at the last minute......I can't think of anything worse...to me it's no different than having Bush in power again....surely Americans will have more sense THIS time...can't they see what that has done tot heir country over recent years and the opinion other countries have of their country now? THIS is their chance to turn that around. Obama can DO that!!!