ELECTION MISCELLANY

This is going to be the first time for me to vote since moving to New Mexico. I'll miss the old town hall in Lancaster, with Connie Cardinal signing me in and the little booths with their red white and blue curtains and handing my ballot to a beaming Jim Seppala as we both put it into the giant wooden ballot box. Small town life is so very special! Now that I'm in a "big" city (relax ~ I grew up in Chicago, I know a real big city when I see one) and carless, I made sure I applied for an absentee ballot. It's here! It's here! I can't remember being this excited to vote for a President since the very first time I did it. (John Andersen, if you're interested) So I'm going to sit down with a big cup of tea this weekend and fill it out (2 looooong pages) and send it in. If I can convince my brother or sister-in-law to take me, I may even be able to see Barack at UNM this weekend!

If I were a really good person, I would say "It doesn't matter who it's for, just VOTE !" Unfortunately, I have not as yet achieved enlightenment and am still shallow enough to hope that if you're planning to vote for Obama/Biden, please do so and take along someone else who feels as you do. If you're planning to vote for anyone else - stay home!

And now I bring you this little gem:

BONNE ANNIVERSAIRE, JEANNE!

C'est Francois. Il est mon cadeau pour Jeanne (Joan). Il peut seulement compter a trent-neuf. Joan chanceux!
I have been busy (and using my Mala beads with my ridiculously slow computer) to sell off some of the stash on eBay in order to begin to fund my car repairs. So far, so good. Lots more to go, which means I'll probably be blogging less. Unfortunately, when I list something on eBay, it takes more than 2 hours per item. Did I mention that after the car repairs the next thing is computer repairs?
Knitting continues for the holidays. CGB's Ragna is done, and I'm pleased with it. I have also almost finished my daughter's "stocking". I'm zooming along on SIL's wrap and have found the perfect pin for it. Check out the lovely jewelry here.

IF I HAD A BABY ELEPHANT.....

.....I would knit 3 more of these and call them a set. But as all my offspring are of the human flavor, I think I'll just felt this one and call it a Christmas stocking instead. You probably wouldn't understand this, but planning stockings is a giant leap of faith for someone who rarely has enough money to buy gifts for anyone. But this year I am being optimistic and hoping I will be able to follow through on my plans.

My eBay sales are plodding along. I have listed seven lots of wool and have bids and/or watchers on all of them, so I'm pleased. Poor U4EA! I had to watch the Balloon Fiesta mass ascension on tv this morning. Last year I had fun chasing different balloons all over the place. Next year, for sure! Only about another $1300, and she'll be as good as new.

Sadly, I'm hoping that my computer can last me through all this. It takes me almost 2 hours to do one listing, including posting photos, just because it takes so ridiculously long to wait for pages to load. Patience! That's the word for the day. Tomorrow's word is hypoxia. Can you say "hypoxia" boys and girls? We'll talk about it tomorrow.