Perhaps it has been many years since you have thought about your creativity. Most of us in our youth are able to express ourselves through sports or the arts. As we get older this need for self expression comes around again. Some may be able to paint and then some may want to draw. For those artists they may want to get back into it but not have the equipment to help them properly begin. An art desk or a drawing desk might be a good start.
As people get older they desire being able to leave a legacy. Some people will consider creating art for that very purpose. Some paintings created by family members eventually become family heirlooms. This is a treasure that is passed from this generation to the next one.
Fame is hardly a concern for most artists. The artists that do it for a hobby really only want to have fun while being able to express their creativity. Some will paint pictures of the house or of the family dog. These everyday things can be an inspiration for the artist.
The next trip will be to the art store. Try not to over buy materials. Choose a few brushes or pencils to start with. As your interest progresses then so can your supply of materials. One way to keep costs down in the beginning, if painting is your art, is to mix your own paint. The fabulous colors that are offered can often just be mixed.
Watercolors are an inexpensive way to go. All you will need is a few brushes and some watercolor paints and paper. These are generally a lot less expensive than the materials for oil painting. Pencils can be even cheaper if you stick with the ones that are not for high end artists.
A way to keep that spark of creativity alive is by showing your children how to create art. You will each be able to gain something from one another. As a parent you will appreciate the enthusiasm of your child to learn. The child will also be gaining real tools that will help them develop later in life.
When people have not explored their creativity for sometime they tend to have lost some of their ability. That is OK, it will come back. It will take some time, patience and practice to get back to your former skill. It happens to everyone that has become rusty from no practice of the skill. In a few months you may be back to where you originally were. In some cases, you might even find that you have advanced beyond your previous ability.
Practicing at least once a day or twice a week can really help out. Spending more time at the art desk will improve your skills faster. Once you have improved, then reconsider purchasing more materials to keep up the good work. Consider investing in higher quality materials as you continue to progress in your art.
If you work in an office, then you definitely need office desks and business furniture. If you want to work comfortably, then it all needs to be high quality.
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Actually, the concrete serves as a thermal mass. You need insulation for it to function properly as such.
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A lot of locals aren't into caring much for their property, compared to other cities across the U.S. And they are bigtime into home-based businesses. Therefore you will see lots of weird things, like weed and trash-strewn properties all over town. Since people live 12 to a house, parking can be a problem, even in residential neighborhoods. My neighbor across the street usually has between 4 and 7 cars parked in front of his house at any one time. The people on my left have 3 or 4. I think I'm the only house on the block with only 1 or 2 cars parked at a time.
About the home based businesses. The guys 3 doors down have a sort of auto repair, and there are about 8 junked cars and an RV parked on their lawn and on the street. This is a middle-class neighborhood with fences and backyard pools. There are zoning laws, but they aren't enforced. A half-block away, somebody has started a used-car lot–the cars have "Se vende" and a Mexico phone number painted in white shoe polish on the windows. My neighbors do woodworking as a side-business, so I have to listen to saws and hammering a lot.
Shopping is weird here. Why? Because right across the border, there are 1.3 million or so Mexicans who have no access to Wal-Mart, low prices or decent selections of consumer goods. So they come here. Shopping is a stressful nightmare nearly any time of the day or week. Stores are jam-packed with families walking 5 abreast, completely oblivious to the fact they are blocking everybody else. They don't care. I can't buy ice cream at the grocery store because the checkout lines are so long that it would melt before it got paid for and taken home.
The other annoying thing is that all this cross-border consumer demand means that stores actually have a smaller variety of goods for sale. They can stock fewer items and still make lots of money, since there are 750,000 (in EP) + 1.3 million people buying them. All this demand means that stores don't give a crap about stocking shelves, having prices on the shelves, cleanliness, or a minimal level of service. The local WMs are always full of broken shopping carts blocking the entrance.
All this, and prices are higher than in other cities. EP has higher than average grocery and apparel prices. Why? Because there is huge demand for everything. On the other hand, the cost of living here will be cheaper overall than in WDC.
The housing stock is mostly older and poorly maintained, over 30 years old, and of a distinctly Mexican style with bars on the windows and high stone fences. Housing is mostly affordable, but probably not as cheap as it should be, considering the low wages and lack of amenities in the typical house/apartment. For instance, although temps are above 100 for much of the summer, most homes don't have a/c–they have swamp coolers. They work, but not as well as a/c. Many homes don't have dishwashers or clothes washers or carpeting (tile floors). Insulation is nonexistent. I was amazed to find a friend who bought a new house with a garage, and the garages didn't have automatic door openers. There have been many scandals about fly-by-night homebuilders building mega-crappy homes and disappearing. Most houses here aren't what most of us would consider attractive. They are often weird agglomerations of Mexican and other gringo influences. How about a Cape Cod Casita? Mexicans LOVE Nantucket Red, as long as it's on YOUR ENTIRE HOUSE.
As an interesting aside, the EP housing authority brags about the fact that its housing stock is of better overall quality than that of the city as a whole. Another shocking factoid is that 10% of EP's population lives in gov't housing. So if you're poor, you will have a better house than somebody who has a mortage.
If you must rent an apartment, I've found that parking is nightmarish at many complexes, because people are living 5 to a unit. Apts don't bother with bars on the windows like the homes have here; they'd rather just pay to have the glass man come out once a month and replace all the smashed windows. What am I talking about? Although EP has less violent crime than many U.S. cities its size, it has much more property crime (theft, burglary, vandalism) than most U.S. cities. Renter's insurance is a necessity here.
EP also has the craziest drivers you will ever see in this country. And because Mexicans don't care alot about other people and appearances, they think nothing of repeatedly smashing things into your car. My car has more scratches and dings on it this past year in EP than it got in the 3 years previous.
EP isn't so violent, but there's violence aplenty right across the border in Ciudad Juarez. There is so much drug and human trafficking that Army and local police personnel are no longer permitted to travel there. It is generally not recommended for anybody to travel there without good reason. In January, the police chief of Chihuahua state was seriously injured in an attempted organized-crime assassination; he was brought to a hospital in EP since there's no good medical care in Juaritos. Well, since he was being hunted like an animal by thugs, the local hospital had to lock down, remove visitors and set up an armed perimeter around the (large, public) hospital. For a few days it was like we were sponsoring a military-junta exchange program. You never hear about this stuff much in the news, because I think it is deliberately suppressed by the local and regional media, as it would otherwise create more anti-Mexican sentiment in the U.S. than already exists.
Hmmm… What else should I tell you? That the Mexican food in EP is the worst I've ever had? It's bland, watery, boring, unseasoned. They think cumin is a big, big deal here. You can find good Mexican food if you look, but I can find good Mexican food more easily in Kansas City than here. Local restaurant reviewers grumble about how any truly good restaurants go out of business here within months of opening. I howled last month when an elderly lady at church, a lifelong EP resident, told me she couldn't believe all the wonderful Mexican food she ate during a recent visit to San Diego. Something to keep in mind.
Oh yeah–El Paso is severely geographically isolated. It's on the side of a mountain valley (without trees or vegetation since it's in the desert) 4000 feet up. It's 220 miles to ABQ, 550 miles to San Antonio, and about 300 miles to Tucson or 400 to Phoenix or over 600 to Dallas. Those are the nearest cities. ABQ is the nearest city of consequence, but it's a bit too much like EP to feel like you're really getting away. EP has almost 800,000 people, but you wouldn't know it from being here. We don't even have a Chipotle restaurant.
Oh, oh! And when the wind blows right, you can smell the smoke and other pollution blowing in from Juaritos. In the winter the odors are really interesting, because they burn tires and industrial scrap to stay warm. Good times!
Now that I've thoroughly annoyed you, I recommend you check out which has some good listings for everything, job-wise. It's sorta a meta-job search site. I looked and didn't find many entry-level architorture positions. Here's where else you can look:
Ysleta Independent School District; El Paso School District, El Paso Community College; University of Texas at El Paso; Ft. Bliss; The City of El Paso; El Paso County; El Paso Times newspaper; state jobs here ; AND, the places I mentioned above.
In EP, I think you will make a wage a bit lower, but on a cost-of-living basis, similar to what you're making now. TX has no income taxes either. EP tends to pay decent professional wages; on the other hand, service jobs pay poorly because EP has a very large unskilled (and illegal) workforce.
I hope this helps you. I enjoyed venting. And if I can convince even one person to stay away, I have done a good deed. My roommate is putting in for a transfer, and I'm leaving as soon as it's reasonable.
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This will vary widely from city to city and state to state. It's also probably dependent on the facilities you're having cleaned.
A good way of discerning the average in your area would be to ask several local companies to come by and give you an estimate.
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Close the damper on your heating vents half way. Duct tape over 1/2 of the heating vents if they dont have dampers.
There are some useful tips here.