happy thanksgiving!

i am back! good grief, i've been way too busy at work. no time for anything. even working weekends. this makes me very stressed. i did get away to the rubberstamp and scrap show in madison on sunday. OMG! if i only had an unlimited budget... i did manage to get a few things: ink, stamps, grungeboard... stampers anonymous was there - dangerous on my pocketbook! i also got a wonderful package from artchixstudios.com - i had ordered some dream boxes from them along with a few collage sheets. all i can say is how wonderful! i've got to take some time these next few days in my studio being creative before it makes me insane. 

winter is pretty much fully here now. we've had over an inch of snow on the ground since monday night. i finally had to take the pump out of my pond before the thing freezes solid. it is a preformed pond, with lannonstone surrounding it. we took the goldfish out several weeks ago, but i hadn't managed to take out the pump. the top of the water had frozen over leaving this little hood of ice where the water bubbled up from the pump. i hated to take it out as the birds and animals drink from here. my birdie bath heater is broken and i have to either replace it or see if it can be fixed. think i'll need a new one. 

even though it's a four day weekend coming up (i'm taking friday off), it is month end and that means i'll have to come in and do reports on saturday. marc, his mom and i are going to madison on friday for a "family day" of fun and frolic. seriously, we will do some antiquing and go out to eat. it is black friday, but none of us shop! for thanksgiving dinner we are going out to eat - thanks to marc's aunt and uncle who are taking us out to eat at a restaurant. at least i won't have to cook, but i do miss the time at home.  

happy thanksgiving to you all! be safe.