It's over! in A small but passable life.

“That’s our entire economic system: buy things. Everybody buy. It doesn’t matter what you buy. Just buy. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have money. Just buy. Our entire civilization now rests on the assumption that, no matter what else happens, we will all continue to buy lots and lots of things. Buy, buy, buy, buy, buy. And then buy a little more. Don’t create, or produce, or discover – just buy. Never save, never invest, never cut back – just buy. Buy what you don’t need with money you don’t have. Buy when you’re happy. Buy when you’re sad. Buy when you’re hungry. Buy when you want to lose weight. Buy an iPhone. Six months have passed, here, buy another iPhone. Go online and buy things. Go to the mall and buy things. On your way, stop and buy some more things. Buy things for every occasion. Buy things to celebrate. Buy things to mourn. Buy things to keep up with the trends. Buy things while you’re buying things, and then buy a couple more things after you’re done buying things. If you want it – buy it. If you don’t want it – buy it. Don’t make it – buy it. Don’t grow it – buy it. Don’t cultivate it – buy it. We need you to buy. We don’t need you to be a human, we don’t need you to be a citizen, we don’t need you to be a capitalist, we just need you to be a consumer, a buyer. If you are alive you must buy. Buy like you breathe, only more frequently.”

Pasted from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-walsh/shopping-on-thanksgiving_b_4310109.html

Welp, another Christmas has passed. We didn’t exchange gifts. We gathered for a noon meal. Mom and I, my cousin Doug and his wife Twila, their daughter Tamara and her husband Eric and their two teenage boys Colton and Braden. We played games through the afternoon over in the game room- Rummikub, Aggravation, and Uno, had one more meal and then called it a day.

Mom says I don’t have to start painting again until Monday. It shouldn’t take but a few days to finish the job. I’ll try to stretch it out for as long as I can just so I have something to do.

I’ve got potatoes, carrots and a roast in the Crockpot for dinner tonight. Yum!