Myers house is celebrating a new hope for America. I spent the day yesterday at the local Obama headquarters. This
Hockeymom for Obama was greeted with a donkey donut and a pretty new blue Obama election shirt. That sweatshirt couldn't last long in the almost 80 degree weather.
I organized drivers who drove people to the polls. What an amazing morning. Wave after wave of people arrived to help. All sorts of people. White. Black. Young. Old. Haves. And have
nots. All united. I talked to people who told me over and over "well I've never done anything like this before." We took calls from people who had obviously not voted before.
Later I canvassed with Chris an Opera singer from Oakland, California who is
appearing this week at the Lyric theater. We had a targeted list of voters who had expressed an indication they would vote for Obama. Our job was to motivate and encourage them to actually go vote. It wasn't an easy job- we worked a subdivision where every street was named winter.
Winterpark,
winterpark blvd, wintergreen,
winterfountain.
After school Jackson joined the campaign. We canvassed another neighborhood. His job was to help navigate. Read the addresses off of the clipboard, and to help locate house numbers. And he knocked on half the doors. When we returned to headquarters we were meet by councilman Alan Gray on the left, and Larry who I worked with side by side all day.
Jackson met Carol a retired third grade teacher from Long Beach, California. Carol is a veteran community organizer and lent her skills to the Missouri campaign. And just for the record Mr.
Giuliani community organizers are the backbone of this great country. (you butt head)
After our lesson in election politics, we were off to his schools family literature night to celebrate books. They had food, fun and lots of books. Jackson made a wallet out of duck tape. A
usable wallet. But the highlight was Chief's player Maurice
Leggett. It was a little startling to see Jack standing almost shoulder to shoulder with a Chiefs player. But Jack pointed out that he wasn't as tall as a Chiefs player he was nearly as tall as a Chiefs corner back. They are normally small but lightening fast.
On Sunday we had one of those bright, warm Autumn days that makes you glad to breath.
So we loaded up the van with
child'ens and turned them lose in the woods. This particular trail
criss crosses a nice little creek.
Children don't have as many opportunities to just explore. Lauren
screeched when she found "a lobster" in the creek.
Every Saturday is game day at Myers house. The fan club comes out in force. Erin insisted that she wanted to wear one of Jack's jerseys.
Grandma and Grandpa are awfully proud of their grandson!
I organized drivers who drove people to the polls. What an amazing morning. Wave after wave of people arrived to help. All sorts of people. White. Black. Young. Old. Haves. And have nots. All united. I talked to people who told me over and over "well I've never done anything like this before." We took calls from people who had obviously not voted before.
Later I canvassed with Chris an Opera singer from Oakland, California who is appearing this week at the Lyric theater. We had a targeted list of voters who had expressed an indication they would vote for Obama. Our job was to motivate and encourage them to actually go vote. It wasn't an easy job- we worked a subdivision where every street was named winter. Winterpark, winterpark blvd, wintergreen, winterfountain. 
After school Jackson joined the campaign. We canvassed another neighborhood. His job was to help navigate. Read the addresses off of the clipboard, and to help locate house numbers. And he knocked on half the doors. When we returned to headquarters we were meet by councilman Alan Gray on the left, and Larry who I worked with side by side all day.
Jackson met Carol a retired third grade teacher from Long Beach, California. Carol is a veteran community organizer and lent her skills to the Missouri campaign. And just for the record Mr. Giuliani community organizers are the backbone of this great country. (you butt head)
After our lesson in election politics, we were off to his schools family literature night to celebrate books. They had food, fun and lots of books. Jackson made a wallet out of duck tape. A usable wallet. But the highlight was Chief's player Maurice Leggett. It was a little startling to see Jack standing almost shoulder to shoulder with a Chiefs player. But Jack pointed out that he wasn't as tall as a Chiefs player he was nearly as tall as a Chiefs corner back. They are normally small but lightening fast.
On Sunday we had one of those bright, warm Autumn days that makes you glad to breath.
So we loaded up the van with child'ens and turned them lose in the woods. This particular trail criss crosses a nice little creek.
Children don't have as many opportunities to just explore. Lauren screeched when she found "a lobster" in the creek.
Every Saturday is game day at Myers house. The fan club comes out in force. Erin insisted that she wanted to wear one of Jack's jerseys.
Grandma and Grandpa are awfully proud of their grandson! 
