We ❤️ Ballot Boxes 🗳

When I think of Fall I think of trees changing color, Halloween, my Dad’s Birthday, football, soccer, hat weather, scarecrows, pumpkin patches and Voting! We vote by mail-in ballots because life gets busy and we like to research each person and proposition. We have taught Valerie to be a responsible voter and not to necessarily vote along party lines but after careful consideration and reading about each candidate to then decide who she would prefer to be in office. We tend to agree on most issues but occasionally I am a bit outside of the norm. I don’t agree with tying the hands of our Police Officer with legalistic ties and more mental health training- they already receive training in this area. I say let the police do what they need to do. Also I refused the extra tax for the library system...maybe they should reallocate their current budget and not buy computer screens for the libraries. It’s a waste of money and people don’t use that access appropriately. They should stick with books, and pay their employees. All the other stuff people can choose to work hard and buy their own computers. Those were the big ones I didn’t agree with. I don’t want to raise my taxes to pay for anything else! It’s rediculous.

In the kids zone, Charlie chose dinner tonight! She requested Flounder (I used Sole because I couldn’t find flounder) and broccoli with cheese sauce. It was absolutely yummy. I mixed Johnny’s seasonings with some plain bread crumbs and dredged them in the mixture. Baked it for 8 minutes while the broccoli was steaming in the instant pot. A little Velveeta cheese on top and a side salad rounded out the mean perfectly!

Other things I accomplished:

Got Val jeans at Costco

Taught mom how to make Lentils in the IP

Taught mom how to track dads CPAP useage

Put Ethan on insurance

Worked out Valerie’s monthly insurance payment

Organized and packed away all the Halloween stuff

Got 4 loads through the wash and dryer

Cleaned my closet

Found a picture Mark needs for a concert tomorrow...he is going to see a artist we went to in 1994!

Stopped by Puyallup Respiratory and got 2 new masks

Took Fishy (the homeless cat that we’ve been feeding) to a shelter

Voted and took our ballots to the box

Did dishes

Listen to my daughter play piano

Now sitting and blogging while pretending to watch football!

Later I’m going to drink some Reisling and watch Poledark with my man.