Today's the day!!!

Have you cast your vote?

I was raised in a home where voting is a privledge and a right that has been fought for over the years so you best get off your hiney and vote. I always remember my mom working at the polls. She started early, early at 6:00 am and didn't come home until after 9:00 pm except for food and bathroom breaks. The polls were next door in Mrs. Fern's garage. Tradition!

So voting has been engrained in me since I was young. And I tried, by example to pass that along to my kids. Back in the day when the polls looked like this:

My kids were with me and I taught them (hopefully) to be respectful and quiet as I and others voted. Really, all they wanted was the "I Voted" sticker! :D See some things never change.

That's Tabitha's first time she got to vote in 2006.

Now living in Whatcom County, we are a mail-in ballot voting system. Here's what voting looks like now.

Kind of anti-clamatic isn't it? To me, growing up, these were the absentee ballots. I have a hard time putting these in the mail box or this:

I've seen in the news too many Post Offices placing these boxes on the outside, customer side of the lobby. Um, no thank you. I prefer to take my ballot and drop it off at the polling drop-off at the Lynden Library into one of these

and it is watched over by 2 retired ladies. Plus I get MY sticker!