this pepper

I am having trouble getting this to look right, so I am posting two (!) things the same day. First of all, I want to say that the pepper you see below this post is a real pepper grown by Michael in the back yard. It tasted as perfect as it looks.

So, just to tell you, I have worked more hours in the past three days than in the past three weeks and I must say it feels GOOD. Really good. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. 

And to comment on this disaster of a country I live in, I am not hopeful anymore about the economy or how the US looks to the rest of the world. I was hopeful last week, but now that the wizards in our government have decided to try to make up for all their mishandling of the economy by putting the country, that is, us, into debt for all eternity, I don't see any bright spots.

On a positive note, the weather has been really amazingly beautiful lately. 

merry christmas

This is a wholly unoriginal observation, but they have ornaments and Christmas food on display at Cost Plus World Market! 

By the time the real holiday rolls around, we will have elected a new president, please lord let it be Obama. On that note, Please lord guide Obama in the right direction, that he shall not stray toward the trivial back and forth that so tempts him, and instead guide him toward the things that are important, such as educating our citizens in the wrong that has been done and the right that can be done. Amen.

dream

toe painting/navel gazing

Trying to add structure to a day when you are used to having the constraints of a job do it for you is difficult. Oh sure, a weekend is nice with nothing to do but run a few errands, or maybe the weekend sucks because you have no time to yourself. Well, too much time to oneself is not always the best thing, especially when it is accompanied by the nagging feeling that you Should Be Doing Something, Should Be Earning Money. After you get the oil changed and paint the baseboards and finally get the knives sharpened and do the laundry and come up with all sort of creative menu concepts, it's time to confront the list of people you ought to call to Find Work.

Of course, I am speaking from the luxury of the position of not having to get more work Just Yet. But it's right there in front of me, and even if I had all the money in the world instead of just a teeny tiny percentage of it, I would still need to Do Something. 

But all the money in the world would be helpful. The fantasy is having all that money and spending a lot of time figuring out who to give it to. That would be satisfying, take a lot of time, and get me involved in all sorts of things I'm not now. I could get involved with those things anyway, but oops I don't have all the money.

I should just go work for Obama for a month and then get a real job.

it's really just a picture of the grand canyon

OK, so this is the Grand Canyon with me standing boldly on one of its infinite edges. You should know these facts so that you, America, can choose what I do next in this life. I can do all or some of the following:

design and lay out a page electronically
draw nice pictures 
communicate in excellent english
be polite
bake excellent cookies
habla un poco español

correct your grammar, (directly or behind your back)

I have a blog now

Now I can begin my quest to let America decide what I will do next to Change My Life.