158 - Street Lamp Farol

159 - Water Agua

160 - Autumn Otoño

Today was mostly cloudy but the sun shone for a few minutes.
Hoy estubo nublado pero por unos minutos salió el sol.

161 - "Yes We Can" "Sí Se Puede"

Now that the rain stopped tonight's sunset was quite beautiful.
Ya que la lluvia paró la puesta del sol fue muy espectacular.

This morning I woke up a little earlier so that I could go vote before I went to work. Cheryl followed me in her car as we drove to our polling place. I was expecting a long waiting line but I think there were only less than 10 people in front of us. We cast our vote for Obama. The morning started out great and finished even better.

After work I stopped at a hill to take pictures of the sunset and then went off to BevMo to grab some Pacifico beer and a couple of bottles of champagne to hopefully celebrate and Obama victory (I actually was pretty confident that he would win and for once I was right). When I got home Cheryl was sitting on the sofa watching some election returns. She had even better news; she was called to have another job interview in Santa Clarita. So now she said she wanted to go to bed early tonight because her interview was at 8 tomorrow morning. Her plan is to drive to southern California early in the morning. So we ate dinner as we watched the election results. At this time McCain was in the lead and for a while I was a little worried. As the night progressed the Obama machine moved to the lead and began getting closer to the 270 delegate goal. Just before the ballots closed in California and other western states Obama had climbed to 220 electoral votes and McCain was in the 135 neighborhood.

The champagne had been chillin' in the fridge and as the polls closed in California and California had 55 electoral votes I started to get it ready so that I could pop the cork. I got Brendon and Gabe together, got some glasses together, and went outside to pop the cork a couple of minutes after California was called for Obama. At our front porch I popped the cork and aimed it toward our neighbors across the street (McCain supporters). The cork came down on Brendon's car and we could hear it hit, hope it didn't do any damage. As I popped the cork I yelled out "Obaaaaaaama" hoping the neighbors heard. Anyway, maybe I woke Cheryl up because she came out and we gave her a glass to toast Obama's victory. She actually had not gone to bed. We were all very excited about the Obama win.

Obama addressed a pretty big Chicago's Grant Park audience after winning the nomination. About 4 years ago I first took notice of the man at the Democratic National Convention and at the time he had made an impression in my mind that stayed to this day. Tonight's speech was just as memorable, just as eloquent, just as inspiring. I wish him the best. Below is a video show casing his acceptance speech.



Esta mañana me levante un poco más temprano para ir a votar antes de ir al trabajo. Cheryl me siguio en su coche par air a votar. Esperaba una linea larga pero nada más habia unas 10 personas antes de nosotros. Votamos por Obama. Esta mañana empezó muy bien y terminó major.

Después del trabajo fui a un monte para tomar fotos de la puesta del sol y después fui al BevMo (una licorería) para comprar unas cervezas de Pacífico y unas dos botellas de champaña para quizas celebrar la victoria de Obama. Sentia que Obama hiba a ganar. Cuando llegue a la casa Cheryl estaba sentada viendo la tele. Ella también tenia buenas noticias; hiba a una entrevista de trabajo mañana por la mañana en el sur de California. Haci que comimos nuestra cena en frente de la tele par aver los resultados de la elección. Al principio McCain estaba ganando y me empezé a preocupar. Después la máquina Obama empezó a llegar cerca a los 270 votos electorales que le daría la elección. Un poco de que cerraban los puestos de votar en California (a las 8p.m.) y otros estados del oeste Obama tenía 220 votos electorales y McCain tenía 135.

La champaña estaba poniendose fria y California tiene 55 votos electors y estos les podian dar la victoria a Obama. Llamé a Gabriel y Brendon y agarramos unos vasos de champaña y salimos a fuera para sacar el corcho. Lo apuntamos hacia nuestros vecinos porque ellas soportaron a McCain. Al sacar el corcho parece que calló sobre el coche de Brendon. También grité “Obaaaaama” para que me holleran las vecinas, pero desperte a Cheryl. También le dimos un poco de tomar y celebramos la victoria de Obama.

Abajo un poco del discurso de Obama después de ganar la presidencia de los estados unidos. Creo que voy ha estar contento con nuestro nuevo presidente por los siguientes 8 años.

162 - Early Nights Noches Tempranas

It's getting darker earlier. Got a picture before it started raining again.

Se está poniendo oscuro más temprano. Tomé ésta foto antes de que empezó a llover otra vez.

163 - Clouds and Cars Coches y Nubes

Clouds above my house and cars in front.

Nubes sobre mi casa y coches en frente.

164 - Halloween (the morning after) Día de los Muertos

Ninja Brendon.

When the kids were very young there was this lady that decorated her house for Halloween and I tried to take them to her house, until they got scared. She would sit on her front porch and get dressed up as a witch and had a great witch's laugh that you could hear down the street. Hundreds of kids (I'm not exhagerating) lined up with their parents to get candy from the witch. Little kids would be, and I'm sure still are, afraid of lining up and getting their candy from the witch. This morning after picking up the ninja above (with Gabe) we passed by her house for these pictures.

Cuando mis hijos eran muy chicos había una señora que decoraba su casa para Halloween (víspera del día de Todos los Santos) y traté de llevarlos a ésta casa pero se espantaban los pobrecitos. La señora se sentaba en frente de su casa y se vestia como una bruja y tenia una risa como la de una bruja que podiamos oir por toda la calle. Montones de chicos se desfilaban para que la bruja les diera dulces (come es costumbre en este día en los estados unidos). Los chicos, y estoy seguro que todavia, tenian medio para ponerse en linea para los dulces. Esta mañana después de recoger al ninja arriba (con Gabriel) pasamos por su casa y tomé éstas fotos.