When I got home last night, Kevin already had the television on to watch the election coverage. It was an exciting night, watching them make projections of whether or state would be red or blue, and CNN would often hold off on making projections until they were sure, so we didn't have a repeat of previous elections. There was a lot of analysis with their "magic map". I've never been a strict member of one party or another, but was so happy to see many of the states colored blue. Right after the polls closed in CA, WA, and OR they projected Obama as the winner! History is made and a new chapter begins for our country. I am glad the campaigning is finally over, two years - and it had to have been the longest for each of the candidates.
Throughout the night they showed Grant Park where thousands of people gathered for Obama's speech, and seeing the sea of faces, including all races and ages was really indictive of the diversity of our country and all the various groups that support him. I am so happy that he will be our next President. We also watched McCain's concession speech, ad I have a lot of respect for him and all that he has done for our country and hope he does continue to work for the good of our country, but I truly believe that Obama is the president we need right now.
funny note: CNN's "thing that had never been done on television" - a reporter in Chicago was brought into the studio as a 3D hologram, psst...its been done, watch Star Wars. and it was really dumb, I'd rather watch them on location with the people and places of that location in the background.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Wonderful Normal Weekend
Losing a week at work made last week very hectic and long. So Kevin and I were very glad when we got to Friday and could look forward to a “normal” weekend. We had the whole weekend to ourselves and no hurricane to prepare for. We took full advantage and had a great time!
Friday night we went to check out the Thai Cottage restaurant that recently opened near us. We split several dishes, and fell in love with the green and red curries. I think the green curry is my favorite! Then we hurried home to watch the first presidential debate. It almost didn’t happen, since McCain was saying he wouldn’t come so that they could concentrate on working through the financial crisis, but in the end he did show and they had a good debate, never really talked to each other like they were supposed to, but still interesting to see. The topic was supposed to be foreign relations but went all over the map, especially with the Wall Street crisis in the front of everyone's minds. Aside -- the crisis became the top news story while we were still dealing with Ike, so for a while we didn't even KNOW about it!
Saturday we did our chores (grocery shopping, mow the lawn) and then grilled our dinner. The sky was a clear blue, and since its starting to cool off we decided to take advantage of it and eat outside. The patio, with the canopy above us, makes for a great outdoor dining room! Later, we decided to check out a pub we’ve driven by for quite a while and never gotten over to, The Maple Leaf. What a great idea (all credit goes to Kevin), we stayed there much longer than expected because we were having fun just hanging out and they have board games so we played Trivial Pursuit 80s. For growing up in the 80s (and loving trivia), I know surprisingly little about the decade! I blame some of that on my being so young for much of it, though Kevin isn’t that much older so I think it has more to do with me not being as informed as I should be.
Sunday we watched football and again grilled and ate dinner outside. The Texans played a better game than I expected, but lost in overtime. Later in the day, we went for a bike ride around the neighborhood and into the older part of the neighborhood that connects to ours. There are lots of piles of branches and debris, and tarps on a large number of the roofs. On the way home, I felt like my bike was riding weird and yep, I got a flat on our ride. So I need to get that fixed, but am so glad the weather is finally cooling off to where I want to ride the bike. That night we were watching a movie and suddenly the power went out! We went and sat on the patio to enjoy the cool night, but were wondering how long it might be out for. It came back on after about 40 minutes, so we think they had to bring our power off to bring someone else’s power back on, but I really don’t know. The power going out makes me think about those people who STILL don’t have power back since Ike. I hope I never have to experience that, but know that it can’t be easy. How quickly I take for granted that I can flip a switch and the light comes on or the cold air keeps coming out..
Friday night we went to check out the Thai Cottage restaurant that recently opened near us. We split several dishes, and fell in love with the green and red curries. I think the green curry is my favorite! Then we hurried home to watch the first presidential debate. It almost didn’t happen, since McCain was saying he wouldn’t come so that they could concentrate on working through the financial crisis, but in the end he did show and they had a good debate, never really talked to each other like they were supposed to, but still interesting to see. The topic was supposed to be foreign relations but went all over the map, especially with the Wall Street crisis in the front of everyone's minds. Aside -- the crisis became the top news story while we were still dealing with Ike, so for a while we didn't even KNOW about it!
Saturday we did our chores (grocery shopping, mow the lawn) and then grilled our dinner. The sky was a clear blue, and since its starting to cool off we decided to take advantage of it and eat outside. The patio, with the canopy above us, makes for a great outdoor dining room! Later, we decided to check out a pub we’ve driven by for quite a while and never gotten over to, The Maple Leaf. What a great idea (all credit goes to Kevin), we stayed there much longer than expected because we were having fun just hanging out and they have board games so we played Trivial Pursuit 80s. For growing up in the 80s (and loving trivia), I know surprisingly little about the decade! I blame some of that on my being so young for much of it, though Kevin isn’t that much older so I think it has more to do with me not being as informed as I should be.
Sunday we watched football and again grilled and ate dinner outside. The Texans played a better game than I expected, but lost in overtime. Later in the day, we went for a bike ride around the neighborhood and into the older part of the neighborhood that connects to ours. There are lots of piles of branches and debris, and tarps on a large number of the roofs. On the way home, I felt like my bike was riding weird and yep, I got a flat on our ride. So I need to get that fixed, but am so glad the weather is finally cooling off to where I want to ride the bike. That night we were watching a movie and suddenly the power went out! We went and sat on the patio to enjoy the cool night, but were wondering how long it might be out for. It came back on after about 40 minutes, so we think they had to bring our power off to bring someone else’s power back on, but I really don’t know. The power going out makes me think about those people who STILL don’t have power back since Ike. I hope I never have to experience that, but know that it can’t be easy. How quickly I take for granted that I can flip a switch and the light comes on or the cold air keeps coming out..
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