I mean, do they even count your vote if you don't post a selfie with your I voted sticker?!
Showing posts with label voting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label voting. Show all posts
Friday, December 2, 2022
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Election Day/Taco Tuesday
Two Great Things that Go Great Together!
Vote First.
Tacos Second.
Huey Luey's Taco Tuesday is Great!
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Decision 2016
It's Election Day!
It seemed like this day would never finally come, but it has arrived.
Kevin and I took the boys and voted early on Friday afternoon.
Our county has approximately 80,000 registered voters, and it's an open county, which means that you can pick any polling place in the county to vote. There were 4 or 5 locations open every day for two weeks for early voting, and when we went on Friday afternoon, there was no line and the whole thing was very relaxed and smooth. I really wanted to vote early because the lines for the primary election in March were extremely long.
So, we have voted, and we are ready for the rest of the country to vote now, too.
Of course, we are learning all about the Electoral College for school.
I've got a couple of these blank maps ready so that the kids can color in the states as they are called tonight.
I remember having to do this assignment for homework for the 1992 election, and coloring the states blue for William Clinton, red for George Bush, and leaving the states that Ross Perot won white. I also remember how upset my parents were about this assignment, because we lived on the east coast, and the western states weren't going to be called until after my bedtime. I really wanted to stay up to finish coloring my map, but I don't think I did. I think I finished coloring it before school the next morning.
But, this one assignment really made it clear to me how we elect the president, so I'm going to do it with the kids. We shall see how many states they get to color in tonight before they go to bed. The rest, they will have to do in the morning. As is tradition, apparently.
It seemed like this day would never finally come, but it has arrived.
Kevin and I took the boys and voted early on Friday afternoon.
So, we have voted, and we are ready for the rest of the country to vote now, too.
Of course, we are learning all about the Electoral College for school.
I've got a couple of these blank maps ready so that the kids can color in the states as they are called tonight.
I remember having to do this assignment for homework for the 1992 election, and coloring the states blue for William Clinton, red for George Bush, and leaving the states that Ross Perot won white. I also remember how upset my parents were about this assignment, because we lived on the east coast, and the western states weren't going to be called until after my bedtime. I really wanted to stay up to finish coloring my map, but I don't think I did. I think I finished coloring it before school the next morning.
But, this one assignment really made it clear to me how we elect the president, so I'm going to do it with the kids. We shall see how many states they get to color in tonight before they go to bed. The rest, they will have to do in the morning. As is tradition, apparently.
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Things We Say
We all talk a lot around here. Some things we say strike me as more memorable than others.
Like today while in Target, Lex and Connor were arguing about something that had to do with Pokemon. I wasn't really paying attention, but I did gather that the gist of it was that Connor was annoying his brother. On purpose. So I scolded him as follows:
"Deriving joy from the misery of your brother is despicable, and inappropriate. Stop annoying your brother and listen to what he has to say."
Which is a very normal thing for me to say. In fact, I know I have had to say that very thing to the boys in the past. But what was different was that this time, another mom shopping in Target came up to compliment me on my mad scolding skills. It was weird. And epic.
Strangers always compliment me for yelling at my kids when I'm in Target. That's the only place it ever happens. (Yes, it has happened before.)
Other quotable moments:
Connor, discussing the upcoming presidential election: "I wonder who all the candidates are going to be. I wonder who is going to win. I want to hear *all* the speeches. And then we should vote for the one who is going to cut taxes."
He's seven years old, and he already has a firm political policy. He would of have loved that whole "read my lips: no new taxes" shtick.
Lex, bemoaning his lot in life: "When will we be done with chores?"
Me: "What do you mean?"
Lex: "Everday we have to make our beds and do homeschool. When we will be done with that?"
Me: "Oh, never. And when you get older, you will have to do more things."
Lex: "When I'm older, will I have to do the dishes?"
Me: "Yep."
Lex: "No, my wife can do that."
Me: "What if she says you have to help her?"
Lex: "Oh, Mommy, please don't say terrible things like that."
Connor, regarding our current location: "Yeah, so, I'd like to move out of tornado alley."
This one was as much the way he said it as what he said. Completely deadpan.
I love hearing the things that my kids say. Sometimes they take me completely by surprise, you know? I have this misconception that since I'm with them all the time, and teach them just about everything that they know, that I would know what sorts of things should be coming out of their mouths. But that just isn't true. At all.
Like today while in Target, Lex and Connor were arguing about something that had to do with Pokemon. I wasn't really paying attention, but I did gather that the gist of it was that Connor was annoying his brother. On purpose. So I scolded him as follows:
"Deriving joy from the misery of your brother is despicable, and inappropriate. Stop annoying your brother and listen to what he has to say."
Which is a very normal thing for me to say. In fact, I know I have had to say that very thing to the boys in the past. But what was different was that this time, another mom shopping in Target came up to compliment me on my mad scolding skills. It was weird. And epic.
Strangers always compliment me for yelling at my kids when I'm in Target. That's the only place it ever happens. (Yes, it has happened before.)
Other quotable moments:
Connor, discussing the upcoming presidential election: "I wonder who all the candidates are going to be. I wonder who is going to win. I want to hear *all* the speeches. And then we should vote for the one who is going to cut taxes."
He's seven years old, and he already has a firm political policy. He would of have loved that whole "read my lips: no new taxes" shtick.
Lex, bemoaning his lot in life: "When will we be done with chores?"
Me: "What do you mean?"
Lex: "Everday we have to make our beds and do homeschool. When we will be done with that?"
Me: "Oh, never. And when you get older, you will have to do more things."
Lex: "When I'm older, will I have to do the dishes?"
Me: "Yep."
Lex: "No, my wife can do that."
Me: "What if she says you have to help her?"
Lex: "Oh, Mommy, please don't say terrible things like that."
Connor, regarding our current location: "Yeah, so, I'd like to move out of tornado alley."
This one was as much the way he said it as what he said. Completely deadpan.
I love hearing the things that my kids say. Sometimes they take me completely by surprise, you know? I have this misconception that since I'm with them all the time, and teach them just about everything that they know, that I would know what sorts of things should be coming out of their mouths. But that just isn't true. At all.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Homeschool: Social Studies
We live in Ohio. Also known as The-State-That-Will-Pick-The-President-in-2012. We have been bombarded by campaign commercials on the television and radio, campaign rallies, and from what I understand from everyone else, endless campaign calls on landlines. We don't have a landline for this very reason. Heck, we even received a few calls on the cell phones, and I'm pretty sure I was entirely too rude to people who were just doing their job, but I DON'T WANT SOLICITATIONS ON MY CELL PHONE. Oh, and then there was all the people knocking on our doors. Like the little old lady who interrupted my birthday party to give me Mitt Romney fliers, and then freaked out when Lex ran to the door to see what was going on, because she thought he was a large dog. Apparently, she had been bitten by TWO dogs already THAT DAY. I would have gone home after the first dog bite, screw the campaign, but maybe I'm just a bad person.
So, that's a taste of what has been going on in Ohio.
At the beginning of all this, Kevin suggested that I take the boys to a campaign rally. Despite the number of them that have been held in town, it never worked out. Until yesterday. President Obama decided to make a last-minute stop in town the day before the elections, and we weren't doing anything else but playing at home. So I got the necessary tickets online and we headed downtown.
Here's how it happened:
12:00 Noon: Doors opened at Nationwide Arena. I figured that we should probably have some lunch at home before doing anything else.
1:00 PM: We got in the car to drive downtown. No traffic, no big deal. We found a spot in a garage right next to the arena. Granted, it wasn't the arena garage, and probably only local people who go downtown really knew it was there, but a spot was easy to find for $10. Also, when I was driving past the arena, I saw the long line of people waiting to get through security at the High Street entrance. This was the same long line that Kevin and I stood in to see Arnold Schwarzenegger and George H.W. Bush years ago. I wasn't excited about it. So, when I saw that there was hardly a line at all at the back door, I was giddy with joy.
We stood in line to get in for about 4 minutes. It was great. Then we went inside and upstairs and got great seats.
2:00 PM: The kids are happily installed in our seats with ear protection and digital entertainment.
2:30 PM: Mayor Coleman speaks. Pledge of Allegiance. National Anthem. Prayer for election. Ted Strickland. Sherrod Brown.
Then, nothing. For ages, there is nothing. The sound check guy tunes Bruce Springsteen's guitar endlessly. Then, they play some campaign commercials on the scoreboard. The kids are restless, so we go to the bathroom and water fountain and the bathroom again.
3:55 PM: Bruce Springsteen plays a few songs and then talks. Kids are not impressed. They don't know who Bruce is.
4:15 PM: Bill Clinton video plays on scoreboard. Crowd goes so crazy you can't even hear what he is saying. People love that guy. Still. If he could convince us to change the laws, he could run again for a third term and he would win.
At some point late in the afternoon, someone official came up to our section and invited anyone interested to go down and stand on the floor since the floor area wasn't full. Lex wanted to go, but I didn't want to get the kids trampled, and therefore elected to stay in our seats. We were in the minority. Most people went down.
4:30 PM: Jay-Z comes out and rocks! Now the kids are impressed. Connor said, "It was so loud the lights were vibrating!" Those are called strobe lights, honey.
4:50 PM: President Obama speaks.
5:00 PM: It's over. We go back to the parking garage. It's still not crowded. As I am buckling Lex into the car, he says, "I didn't get to talk to President Obama. We have to go back."
He clearly had very different expectations for the afternoon.
5:45 PM: Despite the rally traffic and regular rush hour traffic, we made it home in decent time. And the kids can cross "going to presidential rally the night before the election" off their bucket list.
Now, I figure that I took them to the campaign rally yesterday, and I will take them with me to vote today. That, together will a few picture books about the election and some election worksheets makes for a very nice Social Studies unit, right? Oh, and we'll probably watch the Charlie Brown election special on DVD.
P.S. Connor can't wait to find out who is going to win. It's like waiting to find out who is going to win a football game to him. I think.
So, that's a taste of what has been going on in Ohio.
At the beginning of all this, Kevin suggested that I take the boys to a campaign rally. Despite the number of them that have been held in town, it never worked out. Until yesterday. President Obama decided to make a last-minute stop in town the day before the elections, and we weren't doing anything else but playing at home. So I got the necessary tickets online and we headed downtown.
Here's how it happened:
12:00 Noon: Doors opened at Nationwide Arena. I figured that we should probably have some lunch at home before doing anything else.
1:00 PM: We got in the car to drive downtown. No traffic, no big deal. We found a spot in a garage right next to the arena. Granted, it wasn't the arena garage, and probably only local people who go downtown really knew it was there, but a spot was easy to find for $10. Also, when I was driving past the arena, I saw the long line of people waiting to get through security at the High Street entrance. This was the same long line that Kevin and I stood in to see Arnold Schwarzenegger and George H.W. Bush years ago. I wasn't excited about it. So, when I saw that there was hardly a line at all at the back door, I was giddy with joy.
We stood in line to get in for about 4 minutes. It was great. Then we went inside and upstairs and got great seats.
2:00 PM: The kids are happily installed in our seats with ear protection and digital entertainment.
2:30 PM: Mayor Coleman speaks. Pledge of Allegiance. National Anthem. Prayer for election. Ted Strickland. Sherrod Brown.
Then, nothing. For ages, there is nothing. The sound check guy tunes Bruce Springsteen's guitar endlessly. Then, they play some campaign commercials on the scoreboard. The kids are restless, so we go to the bathroom and water fountain and the bathroom again.
3:55 PM: Bruce Springsteen plays a few songs and then talks. Kids are not impressed. They don't know who Bruce is.
4:15 PM: Bill Clinton video plays on scoreboard. Crowd goes so crazy you can't even hear what he is saying. People love that guy. Still. If he could convince us to change the laws, he could run again for a third term and he would win.
At some point late in the afternoon, someone official came up to our section and invited anyone interested to go down and stand on the floor since the floor area wasn't full. Lex wanted to go, but I didn't want to get the kids trampled, and therefore elected to stay in our seats. We were in the minority. Most people went down.
4:30 PM: Jay-Z comes out and rocks! Now the kids are impressed. Connor said, "It was so loud the lights were vibrating!" Those are called strobe lights, honey.
4:50 PM: President Obama speaks.
5:00 PM: It's over. We go back to the parking garage. It's still not crowded. As I am buckling Lex into the car, he says, "I didn't get to talk to President Obama. We have to go back."
He clearly had very different expectations for the afternoon.
5:45 PM: Despite the rally traffic and regular rush hour traffic, we made it home in decent time. And the kids can cross "going to presidential rally the night before the election" off their bucket list.
Now, I figure that I took them to the campaign rally yesterday, and I will take them with me to vote today. That, together will a few picture books about the election and some election worksheets makes for a very nice Social Studies unit, right? Oh, and we'll probably watch the Charlie Brown election special on DVD.
P.S. Connor can't wait to find out who is going to win. It's like waiting to find out who is going to win a football game to him. I think.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Election Results
Someone needs to explain this to me.
At 10:00 PM, I turned on the TV to see how the election was going. I turned it back off again because I was troubled by the reporting techniques.
For instance, I saw that 78% of New York had voted for Obama, with 0% of the precincts reporting. Isn't 78% of 0% zero? How on earth did they come up with the numbers at that stage?
At 10:00 PM, I turned on the TV to see how the election was going. I turned it back off again because I was troubled by the reporting techniques.
For instance, I saw that 78% of New York had voted for Obama, with 0% of the precincts reporting. Isn't 78% of 0% zero? How on earth did they come up with the numbers at that stage?
Friday, October 10, 2008
I Voted Today
I filled out my ballot and dropped it in the mail today. Since I don't get a little sticker that says, "I Voted Today" because I voted by mail, I thought I'd post this blog instead.
Kevin really wishes that they mailed out the little sticker with the ballots. Other than the lack of the sticker, I *really* love voting by mail.
Kevin really wishes that they mailed out the little sticker with the ballots. Other than the lack of the sticker, I *really* love voting by mail.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
The Seven Wonders of the World
Since only one of the original seven wonders of the ancient world is still around today, someone has decided that the time has come to name seven new wonders of the world. There are 21 options, and the seven winners, picked by the general public the world over, will be announced on 7/7/07 (of course!). You can learn more and vote for your favorite seven new wonders at http://www.new7wonders.com/.
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Today is Election Day
http://www.10tv.com/?story=thirdparty/election/candidatematch.php
I have posted above a link for the coolest thing that I've found today regarding the primary election for the governor's race in Ohio. It's a short multiple choice test that will allow you to see how closely your beliefs line up with those of the candidates on certain issues.
I took the quiz, and it actually confirmed what I already thought. It said that I share the most beliefs and values with the candidate that I was already planning to vote for. So, since I thought it was neat, I thought I would tell you about it.
Remember to Vote!
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
And the winner is...
My friend, Ben, has a very cool website for movie and television lovers. He writes some good articles and reviews. The site is at http://www.afilmic.com/. I'm telling you this because he is taking votes right now for the first annual Benji awards, for the best and worst things in the movies and on tv in 2005. I voted this morning, and it was fun. You should vote, too, because it might be fun. :) I was pretty impressed with the site itself, too, because my other friend, Alex (which is how I know Ben, by the way), put it together, and it is super cool.
Disclaimer: I love to vote in things. I voted for the Nick Teen Choice Awards or something like that last week, even though I didn't exactly fit their target demographic. But I had to show my love for Harry Potter.
Oh, and the week before that, I voted for some literary awards presented by the people of England, or something of that nature, even though I don't live there. But I had to. It's like a complusive addition. Or a desire to change the world by voting for all sorts of random awards.
Show me a contest or a poll, and I will vote for my favorite movies/books/tv programs/actors any day.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)