Sweet Southern Belle

I dug up all my veggie plants right after the first frost but not before I picked about 30 green tomatoes and 4 bell peppers. The tomatoes are sitting in the window a few at a time turning red. We’ll have tomatoes a while longer and I may have enough to freeze a bag or two more. We have really enjoyed eating the fruits our plants this year. I’m doing some reading on gardening and I plan to have a big garden next year. I love knowing that nothing harmful has been put on my food!

I filled up my car for under $30.00 bucks this week!  I’d been paying 50+ for some time so I’m thrilled! Most of the stations around here are now $2.00 or lower a gallon. I’m not sure what’s caused the drop, but I’m thankful!

Barack Obama will be our next president. He won with an overwhelming majority of electoral votes and slightly over half of the popular vote.

So, make sure you go vote! As my friend the Shallow Thinker jokingly said in his post, this election could come down to your vote. Now, I know that’s unlikely but we should all vote with that in mind. In fact the last presidential election was so close it did come down to just a few votes.

I’m very excited about this election. It’s so historic that it gives me chills. I certainly have my hopes for who wins but either way it will be historic. As my pastor said on Sunday (I’m paraphrasing and he was not advocating for either candidate, btw) this election gives America the chance to be who we say we are. America claims equality for all and now we are acting that out by allowing an African American or a Woman to be in one of the two most powerful positions in the country. That’s just amazing considering African Americans and women haven’t even always been allowed to vote in this country!

 I’ll admit that I really love politics, government and history so I can’t help but be thrilled that I get to take part in one of the most historic elections in the history of this country. I suppose I got this trait from my father. He was always interested in politics and history. However, had he lived until I was adult I’m sure we wouldn’t have seen eye to eye on politics but I am certain we would have enjoyed arguing over them.

I’ll be at the polls at 6:30 in the morning in hopes of being one of the first people to vote and I look forward to watching all the results come in as the night passes!

I have very strong political beliefs but I honestly have a hard time understanding why people get so nasty around election time. The truth is, each of us vote for the candidate that we believe will benefit us the most and move the country in the direction we believe is best. I know that what I think is best isn’t what everyone else in America believes and that’s ok. Hey, that’s what democracy and freedom are all about. I’m thankful that we live in a country where we can have different political viewpoints. Politics in this country tend to swing back and forth. A very left winged candidate will take office and then a right and so on.  So, if you’re not on the “team” that wins this time…. your turn will come. Many feel like we’ve just ended a phase of horrible years and many believe that the horrible years are ahead. What I don’t understand are personal attacks on the character of the “other” party. I expect this from politicians but it’s really crazy to me when others do this. I’m just sooo thankful we only have a few more days to listen to “junk” from angry folks on both sides!