New Boots and Politics:

Thanks to a guardian angel I have new boots. They are so warm and comfy-they are furry inside but keep the water out and my tootsies toasty! The others will work for really deep snow but these are much better for everyday. In fact, my shoe wardrobe (all two of them) is at work and I wear these back and forth so I am all warm. And I took Brandon's suggestions and got wool socks-he is right (as always) they are much warmer and don't itch. I think they may even be warmer than alpaca. So thanks to my guardian angel and the advice of my kiddo I have toasty tootsies!

Tomorrow is election day here (well, I guess it's election day everywhere). There have been people on the street corners with signs for at least a week promoting their candidate....tonight at the corner of New Seward and Northern Lights, a main intersection, there must have been at least 50 people standing out there in the 15 degree weather yelling and waving Sarah Pullen signs. Last week it was Women Unite for Sarah standing out there. The other big political issue here is prop 2 regarding the gas line (it makes no sense to me so I can't even explain it-apparently the effort of "signature collectors from California" to penalize the industry for not putting a gas pipeline in faster...or something I just don't get)...the interesting thing about this prop is that I see all sorts of ads to vote "no" to prop 2 and even all three of the governor candidates are against it as are all the other political candidates so I can't figure out who is for it or why they are spending so much money trying to get people to vote "no" when there appears to be NO ONE who even wants to vote "yes." I tried to put a link on that would explain prop 2 but found that there was no clear explanation of what it was even when I did a google search.....whatever it is most people are "agin' it." I have noticed that people seem to be less apathetic re politics and voting then in the lower 48, can you imagine crowds of people gathering all over Abilene in freezing weather to wave signs?

It is gettig cold here-I think I understand that it is colder earlier than usual here. In any case it is cold-late nights are falling into the low single digits to the minus degrees. When I drove to work this morning it was 2 degrees, on the way home it was 14. Cold, clear, crisp with the big moon peaking between the trees. The apartment is cold this evening-I am going to have to move my computer away from the window!

Well, I am rambling and you probably have other things to do-I am having a great dinner of Havarti cheese, pear and hot artisian bread with lavender and chamomile tea---yummmm. Hope you are warm and cozy with a nice dinner to enjoy!