Sooooo...I'm not getting the house after all. The day before I was to sign the lease and they wer taking the house off the market, sombody else put a contract on it--that looks good . the owner really did wnat to sell it; though she was being very nice to work with me--she really did NEED to sell it if she could.

I was pretty torn up at first but now I'm okay with it. Seems like it just wasn't meant to be.

So, I changed my job search area--since I wouldn't be living part time an hour away from the Dome--and found my Dream Job 3 minutes from my house. I'm working as a framer at Hobby Lobby. Two days in--I LOVE IT. I had always thought this job would be a good fit, aaannnd...I was right! I love it. I get to be artsy helping people pick out matts and frames, and then craftsy assembling it all and getting to use POWER TOOLS! It's a very busy shop so there is some stress but I kinda like that too. And I love talking to absolute atrangers so... like I said--it's pretty much my dream job!

On other fronts--My White Santa Artdoll won third place in a national contest. (there is a link to my doll site over on the left if you haven't seen them) I was a little disappointed in only getting thrid but the dolls this year were incredible. You can see all the winners here: PROSCULPT ART DOLL CONTEST WINNERS

and now--"Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to work I go"