Good work if you can get it.

So far on my unemployment I have:

• Organized our Fire on the Columbia float for Gay Pride
• Re-caulked the tub
  
• Had a garage sale
• Helped my friend Pat paint his closets and cabinets
• Put together Pat's patio furniture
• Scrubbed and stained the deck
• Added another coat of stain to the deck
  
• Painted the hallway
• Painted the french doors and frame
• Made curtains for the living room
• Completely rebuilt and upholstered Rufus' chair
• Completed a painting for charity
• Am currently in the process of completing 13 additional paintings for an art show
• Helped coordinate and set up Fire on the Columbia
• Did a bunch of gardening including producing a bumper crop of tomatoes (bumper for me, anyway)
  
• Helped install a new kitchen sink and rebuilt the plumbing when the old plumbing no longer fit
  
• Designed and constructed a halter top
• Put together a garden design for Diane
• Rewritten my resume and cover letter three times
• Started the new endeavor of fund raising for a non profit (surprisingly I am not the non profit)
  

The one thing I have not been able to accomplish:

• Acquired gainful employment

I tell ya, it's tough out there, only getting tougher as the economy slides into the crapper. It appears the only jobs available out are of the $10 an hour variety, and I bring home more than that on unemployment. Dire times indeed (although the house looks fabulous).