I can see clearly now...if I can just vote right!

Food - Or the lack of these days, that is until the Thanksgiving Feast. Don't worry - we will not starve - I have managed to do the "daily" cooking such as homemade chili, etc.. Although what has gone to the side of the "chopping block" is the fun and creative dishes that I don't have time for right now. Soon, my dear, soon.

Remember the song; Sign, Sign, everywhere a sign? Well I have a song too, it's: "Piles, Piles, everywhere a pile." I like the other song a lot more! There is a stack of books that, if I don't quit buying more of, will soon resemble the height of Mount Everest; an ever mounting pile of mail, a growing collection of "previously viewed" and "new" DVDs waiting to be viewed by someone, and recently purchased groceries waiting to be concocted into either a tried and true recipe or a recipe created by moi and shared with all of you - lucky you!

These varied collections of piles, and there are probably more, are the end result of the massive paint job that I have undertaken. As you can tell from my above descriptions, I have still found some time in my daily brush and stroke life, to buy more sh** to add to these piles, that's the fun, and rather easy, part. It's the: "where do I put this?" question that becomes hard to answer, but inevitably "it" all ends up in the despicable "pile(s)." The task of sorting through these piles is another topic that will, no doubt, be a blog entry in the near future as I can see the bottom of the can and there is only one more to go.

I find myself singing the song: "I can see clearly now the rain is gone." But I replace those lyrics with something like: "I can see the bottom of the can now and only one more to go." My family, however, has begged me not to sing out-loud ever again, or sing about the bottom of a can (must be a personal issue going on here.) Use your inner voice they say. Okay, so I know I'm no Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Clarkson, or even Carrie Underwood for that matter, but, for those of you who know me - know - I have a song for everything and I have NEVER been able to use my inner voice! So, I guess they will just have to use ear plugs or... choose to sing along!


Dish - Recount wouldn't be necessary if it was done right the first time! Maybe, they weren't seeing clearly? Yeah, I know, you are saying I am living in a perfect world, and that mistakes will always happen. That much is true, I have made a few so no argument from me, but can we keep them to a minimum by voting right????

The Star Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer Press both showed examples of voters filling in one candidates name only to put a x mark in another. Here is a novel, but rather, genius idea that if you mistakenly fill in the wrong candidates name - leave the voters booth, get another ballet and do it correctly! Please, this will save us taxpayers a lot of money and the embarrassment of having to admit that we don't know how to vote, after all these years!

Star Tribune ~
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/34936534.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs

St. Paul Pioneer Press ~
http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_11049818?nclick_check=1

Embellish - If you do it right the first time, you don't have to do it over.