I've been pre paring 8 mos for thanksgiving week--I always looked forward to spending time with many family members, playing Pinochle, and staying an extra week with my dad. He was my buddy- we even had the same face. Well, I am having a hard time since we lost him 2 years ago, expecially holidays. My sister said lets take a trip and see a show. Well, 12-14 hr a day, until I caught sometimething was tough but I did it, until, lets just say thurs- Friday and Saturday were a complete crash. Today I scrambled to pack (had everything from when I went to that beautiful wedding), but again more things kept breaking til I stod in the kitchen and screamed. For the past 10 nights, the furnace was broken, I was trying to keep the parrots unfrozen with quilts and things. The furnace (and oven ) are fixed, but my house is still in the 60's! I can describe what else popped up in the cold, but one night I was shivering under the blankets (Thank God I knit, and kept a big blanket, the rest I gave away). It's gotten to the point that every Monday I get asked what else broke during the weekend. I don't watch the news-- I use the computer because I don't want to hear the ringing bels, beeps, alarms for breaking news, cuz recently that's what my house has been sounding like! I don;t know, we have to work a weekend each year, next year I just might tell them Thanksgiving---its just one more day to me-- a wonderful part of my life that is not there anymore, sorry but just having a dog of a time accepting the transition. So a little Inuyasha sits on my work monitor , and Ed dances underneath until I get back. So far aanime and knitting and good friends have been something that has helped a lot. I guess tonight it will be Ghost in the Shell-- the temp is starting to fall (and will rise again in a few days, but this has been a long spell without heat! Feel like a caveman! Now there's an idea to sketch.

Hope that the warmth of friends , family, or doing a good deed, give you the glow of a thankful day. PPanda, Kitsune, Caesar, you have all been a gift! Candle's in the window for you all!