It is just one of those things...you go into a little second hand shop and just walk around...keeping your mind open to all the little treasures that you might find. After Molly and Cyler were dropped off that DTW in January [after their holiday visit in Ohio for Christmas] I did just that...stop at the little shop that is outside Monroe, right off an exit. They have lots of vendors in the 'mall' and on the very last look around, in the very last booth...I found my plaster Virgin Mary.

I knew as soon as I saw her...she might be able to be mine. And when I checked out the price...$8 was right up my alley! :) So I added her to my newest stash [I found a lidded dish that matched my china set as well] and walked to the check out.

Now, on these LONG winter nights...with snow surrounding me...and my knitting needles [or quilt] in front of me...I can sit on my little love seat and look at my Madonna and watch her soft face 'glow' in the candle light. She was meant to be mine...meant to give me a little peace in the middle of this long winter!

I was not able to blog for a few days....Chloe's computer died..and so I gave her my laptop to use in BG. The old clunker one Keith uses has a total messed up keyboard so there was no way I could even type!

So I got the old K12 computer up and running...and here I go...blogging away again! I really did miss it...blogging seems to be a new way journal for me! :)

I have been staying busy with my quilt I am making for Huxley. It is going to be a great size for her to lay on on the floor. It is going to be bigger than most baby quilts would have to be. But that is going to be good in the long run....since she is starting to try to crawl around and this will give her more 'space' to do that and still be on the blanket!

I did get the topper done and layered with two layers of the cotton batting. And got it in the quilting hoop. I then started to knot it and was using pearl cotton. I don't mind it on the big panel..but I am thinking that maybe I need to use yarn instead. THIS IS WHAT ALWAYS TAKES ME SO LONG TO FINISH ANYTHING...THINKING THINKING AND THINKING SOME MORE!!!! But I always think, if I don't like it in the end...why do it at all. I know it isn't always about the end product, it is also about the process..but when you ALWAYS stand back and look at the end product and say YUCK! then I just think I MUST pay attention to the end product.

I think with the knotting of this quilt, it is the idea that since it is all in flannels..the pearl cotton just isn't 'fuzzy enough or soft enough to 'fit in'! I wish I was able to get to Monroe to Crafts 2000. I think they have 'crewel' wool and that is what I think I need. HUMMMM But I will probably just use the sock yarn I have or the left over from the Dr. Who scarf! At least I am going to try that and see if I like how it looks with yarn!