a letter to santa * updated with snowstorm photos

or vi's little list of the gimme gimme's and the i wants

dear santa claus
i have been very mostly occasionally trying to be good this year.
if you decide to not gift me with alternative heating sources (ie: coal, as my stove won't take it)
i have a few things for the list

now i realize that they are rather........ahem....... large items
and probably most won't fit in your sack or even on the sleigh.....

but none the less this is my wish list

first off, for some of the folks i love dearly, who are struggling, could you make their way a bit easier?
and for the folks who've lost their loved ones ......... can you help them smile again
and for the ones that are sick, could they have a break from their suffering
cause they are my friends and i worry about them.

now for me
i need a bigger studio..... seriously, one that is probably double this size, and a new office chair, (with adjustable lumbar support) as mine is now toast
i also need a new desktop computer- i would like 8G ram and at least 1 T of harddrive, a card reader, two cd/dvd RW drives, 6 usb ports, an ergonomic keyboard and twin monitors...... (and wifi please on it)...... if you can throw in the photoshop etc that i also need that would be wonderful
a drawing tablet to go with the new computer

them colored pencils....... the light fast ones, i settled on the set of 60 from faber castell, and while i WAS waiting for a sale, when the sale came, i was sort of not able to swing them.

i could also use an agent, please send me one that believes in me, and is interested in taking my work all the way to the top? (not that i'm greedy or anything but seriously how many more years do i got? i would like to get there pretty fast)

that red house i adore... yes i know that wish is HUGE, but after all didn't you get one for that kid on 'miracle on 34th st'?
i really do like that red house and if i get that one, well we won't need the studio as the entire down stairs will end up being my painting studio....(i'm so predictable no?)
in that case you can sorta scratch the larger studio......actually getting me the house saves you a present no?
we're ok with selling this house and putting that towards helping with the red house.....
but i do want a level lot, 3 acres is enough, cause i want a BIG garden there.

i hope this finds you and the mrs well...... and i promise it wasn't me that got the elves smashed.....i don't drink remember?

so santa if you would find it in your heart to fill my wish list......there it is!
but bernie said to tell you, if you can't fill my wish list, can we have a happy and safe holiday?


your very good friend

vi