massillon and the primaries.
I am excited to vote in the Ohio primaries tomorrow. This is horrible, but the last (and only other) time I voted was at the presidential elections in 2004, and I voted absentee, so I’ve never had the experience of actually going to a polling location and voting. I hope they have those little “I voted!” stickers.
Funnel and I started dating in October 2004, in the heat of the Presidential race. The first time I met his family was at an election party they were throwing on election day evening to watch the results come in. I was super super nervous because we had just been dating about a week, and I was absolutely in love with him and I really wanted his family to like me.
“Don’t tell them I voted for John Kerry” I told him. I had the full intention of pretending I voted for Bush because I knew everyone there had voted for Bush. I didn’t want to make a bad impression.
And then when we got to his house, there was a friendly little sign taped to the door that said something about “This is a bi-partisan election party 
” and I thought, “Oh no, he told them!” But it was very sweet of Debbie to put that sign up, and I am happy to say that they accepted me despite my choice in presidential candidates.
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This past weekend I went to Massillon to visit with my mom. Dad had to work at a golf show in Pittsburgh, so it was just us girls.
Massillon is near Amish country, so we drove out there to buy some cheese. You can not beat the cheese made at the little cheese shops in Amish country – it is so fresh and they have some delicious varieties (bacon cheddar… with little bits of bacon in it.. mmm). I bought five kinds of cheese (smoked swiss, taco cheese, parmesan, colby jack, and jumpin’ jack (with jalapenos)).
The bulk of our weekend was spent making aprons. They are really cute and I would love to keep them all, but we are going to try to sell them on etsy. We almost finished them, but not quite, so mom is going to work on them this week and drop them off at my apartment on Friday, on their way to Indianapolis, and I will post them on etsy sometime this weekend.
We also watched most of Anne of Green Gables (my favorite movie!) but its so long that we didn’t finish it. Growing up, my mom and I watched that movie so many times. We even went to Prince Edward Island the summer of my 9th grade year and got to visit the real Green Gables, and “The White Sands Hotel” (its the hotel in the background when all of Anne’s pages are blowing around… we got to stay there!), and so many of the places from the films and books. It was lovely… I especially loved the red roads and cliffs that were everywhere and maybe it was just the time of year we went (June) but there were lupines everywhere! Sometime I will scan and post the photos of it. I would love to go there sometime with Funnel.
I was telling one of my co-workers today that I feel like I was born in the wrong decade. Maybe even the wrong century. Or maybe I should have been Amish. Do you ever feel like that?
((an attempt at taking a photo of me and Pete, but he was set on trying to give me a kiss. yuck!)) .
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:05 pm
This is a very wist-making entry. I love it. My best friend Heather will probably love it too, since she understands about /AOGG/ and being born in the wrong decade/century.
To answer your Alaska question, first I must ask a question of my own—how did you know it was Alaska? Was it the 4,286 miles clue? Was it stumbling upon my mom’s/dad’s blog through my blogroll? I’m intrigued. Mom and Dad got appointed to the Alaska Missionary Conference, where they’ll serve for probably four years, then see how they feel about staying longer. Alaska has been on my dad’s mind/heart for a long time. Coincidentally, I found mention of moving to Alaska back in a journal entry from when I was 14. I guess now is finally the time.
I love stories of being in love. I still want to hear the story of how you and Funnel revealed you had feelings for each other.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
P.S. I love the clothesline picture and I want to see more pictures of the adorable aprons.
March 4th, 2008 at 9:08 am
It sounds like you had a great time with your mom this weekend, making aprons, watching a movie and getting cheese! We have Amish near us, but they don’t make cheese:(
March 4th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
I voted today!! It was super exciting! I know I’m voting differently than my parents and something about that made me feel really grown up and independent! I was thrilled to get my “I voted” sticker.
I love the aprons.
I know what you mean about feeling like you were born in the wrong time and place. I am a huge history lover- so growing up I read ((no, I still do)) a lot of historical fictions novels and what not, history books. Yes- that is the one textbook I did read. I always wondered why God had me born when he did. ((can I say ‘had me born’?)) But as much as I would love to jump in a time machine and check everything out, I figure He has a pretty good reason for my life in this time and place. . . but if ever a time machine is invented… I’m in!
March 6th, 2008 at 5:15 am
I’m still smiling over this post!
I love cheese, and I adore your aprons. I want one.
Just last week, Michaela said…”Mom – we need to start planning our Election Party”. We found the sheet where everyone had predicted who they thought would win – and also wrote down some comments about the presidenial campaign. There were some really funny comments written down!
I also had to smile remembering that one of my friends, commenting on our sign… (” Welcome! This is a bi-partisian, line dancing, mechanical bull riding, Texas BBQ Election Party”) asked me – did you really rent a mechnical bull?? You poor thing! Walking in on a party with 46 crazy Republicans.
I’ll never forget seeing you for the first time. We fell in love with you then…you were, and remain – our favorite first daughter in law. : ) Do you remember sitting in the laundry room stairway with Funnel – and you had that helmet on??? I knew then that you two belonged together, forever.
I don’t know if I ever told you how nervous I was meeting your parents for the first time. We met for dinner – and I presumed that they were rich democrats. And here we were…the poor republicans!!! I miss your parents – I’m going to call them today.
On a side note: I love that we live in American and have the freedom to vote our conscience. I’m so excited that you young people are voting! My first experience was as an 18 yr. old in college – and Dan and I waited 3 hours in line to vote for Ronald Reagan! We were so full of anticipation! We just read about the Mayflower experience this week. Wow – our history is pretty amazing. I’m convinced that we take alot for granted on a daily basis.
Sorry this is so long – I’m totally distracted today, just musing about this and that.
See you SOON!!! Love, always! M