Last night, I had an epiphany. Yes, another one.

I prayed, “God! I need a large injection of cash! All my woes would be solved with just one big wad of cash.”

God, “What…like a bailout?

Oh.

Wasn’t I the one who said that our government should not be bailing out Wall Street after they mismanaged the money and resources given to them in the first place?

Didn’t I scream to the rafters that policies need to be reformed?

Oh. Yes, that was me.

So basically, I just asked God for a bailout after I’ve personally mismanaged my finances (and let’s face it, my life).

*slapped in the face by my own hypocrisy*

I suppose I am going to have to take my own medicine and and do what I said the banking and mortgage industries should be doing – change my way of doing things (my policies and procedures) and become fiscally responsible. I’m not up to my eyeballs in debt or anything like that (or up to my knees for that matter), I just know that I should have more by now. More savings, more net worth, more resources, more equity… etc.

Ouch.

It’s the longer, harder road (no jokes, please) but the one road that I need to be on to see economic recovery and never go through this crap again.

Amen.

“We need tax cuts!”
“We need to tax the rich more!”
“More money for healthcare!”
“More money for education!”
“More money for our nation’s security!”

I don’t know about you but if I ran my business the way politicians are running our government, I’d not only be on my ass in the street – I’d probably be in jail.

What I want to ask the candidates is this.  Why is it costing so much for our country to function?

I mean, seriously.  Where are you getting your numbers?  (more…)

I saw a chem-trail plane this morning but couldn’t get to my camera in time… I must say one thing for the guys spraying the skies over Plano, TX (with God knows what) – kudos on the creative trail patterns. I like the argyle patterns you make here better than Vegas’ boring straight lines (see video). As a crafter, I’m all for creativity – I’ll remember your pretty patterns when the tumors start to develop and my children can’t breathe. *_*

My (conspiracy ) theory is that someone is trying to manipulate the weather and/or slow down global warming. The German government has already announced publically that they are spraying their skies with “harmless” bits of dirt and other stuff as part of ongoing wargame exercises. The chemicals sprayed are supposed to trick any ground radar facilities. They also admitted that they had manipulated weather satellite images to keep it from the public. Well, I guess if the Germans are doing it… our government might be practicing their wargames, too. Darn, I was hoping for weather manipulation – preferably with a mad scientist who has hair issues and a secret lair.

What I really prefer over chemically induced migraines are Pop Tarts. I can’t eat them (bad, bad, processed, toxic, ick) but I remember them as being especially delicious in the Brown Sugar & Cinnamon variety. So what better way to satisfy my desire for Red No. 40 and Pyridoxine Hydrochloride goodness than to make them out of FELT… *sigh*

Yummy, felty goodness. The glass beads might bring up some digestive tract issues but it becomes unnoticeable once the brightly colored hairballs start to come up. Enjoy!

I’m going to go drink a cup of freshly ground coffee before my sarcasm and excessive eye-ball rolling turns me into my pre-teen son.

Love and kisses,
+ann

P.S. The book I’m currently reading, Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert, is NOT a self help book as the title implies. Yeah, I was bummed when I found out too – I’m all for self-help. It is however written by an amusing Harvard psychologist (wrap your brain around that oxymoron) and teaches you all about the human brain, why we do what we do, think the way we think, some other deep psychological insights, and all with a dose of intelligent humor. It gets technical in some places and I have yet to come across any fluffy rainbows or catchy feel-good phrases. It’s science, baby! So far, so good.