thing a day - day 4...

oh, so much accomplished to day! where to start - where to start??

first off, let me just say that tuesdays are what i usually term "terrible tuesdays" - dance classes (yes, plural), park time with friends, and generally - just mommy getting mini from one place to another with all of the required equipment, meals and snacks. we arrive home just in time for bath, dinner and bed. it's a busy day for us and i'm no better at it this year than i was last - but i'm more accomplished at having busy work for me to do as i wait during classes.


as you can see from the photo - much was accomplished today!

i'll start with the black shadow in the photo - it's a hat! yes, i knifty knitted a hat! after finishing off the scarf a few weeks ago - i just had to make a hat to go with. i don't really like all 'matchy matchy' , so i went with a black chenille. yummy. i finished the last few rows while at a theatreworks production of "the midnight ride of paul revere" (told you our tuesdays are busy! we arrived there at 9am, then off to lunch and dance class #1). it's a bit longer in the top than i'd planned, but heck - i did it. i'll take it! thing a day - day 4, accomplishment #1, hat

secondly - i picked up my crochet needle. i haven't crocheted regularly since i was mini's age. yes, that many years ago! but finishing the hat and scarf have me determined that i can go back to it. there are SO many more cool blogs and books on the market with patterned things to make that it's not just granny squares, shawls and afgahns anymore! i don't know what i'm making yet - i'm just trying to refamiliarize myself with some of the terminology and skills. i'm thinking that this particular thing might end up on some of mini's dolls. thing a day - day 4, accomplishment #2, crochet beginning

finally - and MOST importantly - I VOTED! see, i even used capital letters for that!
this election is one that i never thought i'd see in my lifetime. there is an honest and real chance that our next president could either be a woman or a black man. that's absolutely HUGE!!
i took mini with me to the polls, i always do, but this year i made more of a point on discussing just why this election is so important. there are still many years for her to realize that blacks have only had the right to vote for about 40 years, and that woman have only had the right 80 years. yes, the 15th amendment said otherwise for blacks, but had it not been for the voting rights act of 1965, the systemized disinfranchisement would still be going on.

we chatted about it. she helped cast my vote.

i think about those people i have know who are not here to witness today. i tear up, knowing they never got to see this. i think of my beloved grandma who grew up in rural indiana. who never got to sit in a restaurant until she moved to california - in her 40's. oh, how i wish she were here. but i am, and i am so proud that two such strong and accomplished people now knock on the door to the white house. heehee, maybe we should call it the brown house or the pink house now!

just kidding (sort of).

thing a day - day 4, accomplished My Vote.

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