Hello. I am Everything Traci Has Tried To Do Today. I am going to take a quadrillion times longer than I should to get anything accomplished at all! Won’t that be great??? As a bonus, my friend Everything Traci Touches Causes Six Other Things To Fall To The Floor will be coming along with us ALL DAY.  Whee!

Pete is growing out his facial hair, inspired by Natalie Dee.

Yesterday, I was younger than my husband. Today I am the same age as my husband. Tomorrow, I will be younger again.  It works out well for me.

Celebrations included tasty yet chaotic dim sum with way too many people, but then, it’s tough having so many friends.  We considered starting a blood feud within the group to make dining out a little easier, but in the end cooler heads prevailed.

Audrey has been insisting on a “Barocket Obama cake”, which makes sense, and “John McCain cupcakes”, which makes less sense.  The cupcakes had to have purple icing as well, which I suppose speaks to the bipartisan nature of the project.  She’s a new generation, people.  We will all come together as a nation and as a people.

Cake and cupcakes (including seriously good home made icing) thanks to Katy, and apologies for my offspring’s feet on your counter.

Good Job, Everyone.

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Title: “It’s Up To You” (1958)
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I dearly love the community I live in for many, many reasons. The reason today:

Entering preschool with my ObamaMama shirt on and Audrey clad in her Generation Obama shirt, a fellow parent yells, “Go McCain!” and everybody laughs.  I love living in a community where there is no question that it was a joke.

I also love living in a community where the local bar hosts debate and tonight, Election Night parties.  There will be a separate room downstairs for people to watch in (relative) quiet, but all the flat screens will be tuned to CNN and MSNBC.   We got a babysitter specifically so we can drown our nerves in Blue Bird Bitter and Spaten Octoberfest, then cry on the shoulders of friends when inspirational things happen.

or I will personally come over and smack you.

I mean it.