Up at 7:30 on this rather cool, mid-May day, and did a treadmill session and weights exercises after breakfast. Was on the computer for a while before lunch. Mother came over around 11 a.m.
After lunch, we went to our polling place to vote in the Primary Election. Hubbie registered as number 99 at the poll, which is a fair turnout for this little polling place. It shows that folks feel very strongly about this highly contested election.
The poll workers all know us by name, so it is amusing that they still must see our ID's before we can vote. We have voted at this polling place for many years...so long that on the rare years we have gone downtown for early voting, our poll workers have inquired later why we didn't show up. There have been years that they practically cheered when we walked in the door, so slim was the turnout.
The electronic voting machines certainly make the process convenient and fast. Mother, though, is intimidated by the machines, so I accompanied her while she voted to make sure she didn't get confused by the functions.
Today, we also flew our American flags in the yard in recognition of Election Day. Hopefully, when people drive by and see the flags they will be reminded to go to the polls. God Bless America, and the freedom to express our choices with our votes.
After we got back home, Mother and I walked around the yard, inspecting the raised veggie gardens and her container herb beds. I snapped several photos of the plants (see previous posts).
Then, before supper, Mother joined me in reading e-mails, blog posts, and FB family conversations on my laptop. Supper was leftover lasagna, salad, cottage cheese, and green beans.
Mother went home after that, and Hubbie and I settled in front of TV. We watched a couple of one-hour shows, followed by "Dancing with the Stars," and "Lost." After that, we tuned in to state election results on TV, as well as our county's results at our local newspaper's website live streaming video from City Hall.
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