beth had her citizenship test & interview on thursday.
yep... after living in the u.s. for 23+ years... paying taxes to uncle sam for the same length... and giving birth to 3 americans... she figured it was about time she had the opportunity to vote for the people who will lead the country she lives & works in.
plus... the cost was about to go up.
of course this doesn't mean she'll stop being a full blooded canadian. her heart will always pump maple syrup.
she was a little nervous about passing the test. but in the end, it didn't turn out to be that hard. she said she had oprah's grandma for her examiner. (not really. she just seems like the type.) and as you would expect with my wife... they were best friends by the time the whole thing was over.
she'd been sweating remembering which were the original 13 colonies. but they didn't end up asking that one. she also was afraid she might get confused on which amendments address voting issues. (do you know?)
i asked her what the hardest question was that they asked. "who was the 35th president?" hard, because it wasn't one of the 100 questions they gave her to study. but she got it right anyway.
easiest question? "what color are the stripes on the u.s. flag?"
when "'oprah's grandma" asked her that one, beth leaned forward & whispered, "i can see two flags from where i'm sitting." anyway... she got that one right too. even though she kind of cheated.
she's actually not yet official. that doesn't come until the swearing in ceremony... (emma commented that she didn't think we were supposed to swear.) but we haven't heard the date on that one yet. that's the date when she'll exchange her "green card" for her "i'm an a-murr-i-can" card.
so... when we find out the date... i'm anticipating a celebration! so buy extra fireworks... keep your july 4th duds clean... and get ready to party at the shafer's.
we'll let you know.
who knows... maybe a presidential candidate will drop in to scoop up the new voter!
Congrats on that Beth.
Who are you going to vote for and why?
Posted by: Rick Lingenfelter | June 01, 2008 at 09:55 PM
Congratulations Beth!!!! welcome aboard and who would have ever guessed you weren't already naturalized?! Sisters in Christ and Patriotic Pals...good stuff, eh? Judy Martin
Posted by: judy | June 01, 2008 at 10:08 PM
not sure who she'll vote for. she's taking recommendations though.
Posted by: randy | June 01, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Congrats, Beth!
I wondered if you have let Donald know you are doing this? He will give you a bad time for sure! :)
Love to all the Shafers!
Posted by: Sandie | June 04, 2008 at 10:15 AM