This is Biella's skunk. He likes to smell things. His favorite scent is lavender and vanilla. He's looking for a best friend preferably a little girl not afraid of skunks. He also wouldn't mind exploring the country. He's looking to start a new life where people don't think he stinks. He has very high self-esteem. he thinks he's the cat's meow and likes being around people that agree with him.

the quilt top is finisished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a record for me for sure. I'm so excited. it came out great.Quilting is definately my passion. I started it by myself with no one watching which worked for me.There is no one telling you did it wrong or it's not good enough. It's just me and my machine and we don't care what anyone else says. it's great! I love it! When it's all done I have proof of my adequacy.

I spontaneously started to make a quilt for Asher. I started yesterday. This is a Chinese Coin Quilt. I saw one on the internet once. I don't have a pattern. I made up the dimensions on my own so I hope it works out.

There is a fox that must live near us. I see him some mornings. I think he helps the birds eat our dog's food. I saw him this morning. I really want to take a picture of him. How do you out fox a fox? He always runs away. I finished this quilt Sunday night during the boring Academy Awards (no joie de vivre). Oh well... it kept me company. I started reading Love in the Time of Cholera yesterday by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Some of the imagery is beautiful others are heartbreaking, but I'm enjoying it. I debated selling Pampered Chef. I got close a little too close. I'm not pampered and barely a chef. It would be a mistake for me.

These are the flowers that my Zach brought me. Flowers are fun to get and these are beautiful. People are beautiful. There are beautiful people in my life that I miss very much and it's hard to be apart from them . I want to thank everyone who have visited my blog and made comments.
I never believed the people that accepted awards and said, "to my fans, I could never have done it without you." I believe it now. When people give me a positive response. It gives the boost I need to keep going. So thank you and keep it coming.

To address previous mentions of things. How to Breathe Underwater was extremely well written. It's nine short stories and was great because it allowed me to imagine much of the story and characters myself. I didn't like
No Reservtions. It was Ratatouille for adults without any humor. I did like "Jane Austen Club." I haven't seen "Becoming Jane" yet or "Dedication." However I was pleasantly surprised by "I Could never be your Woman." Michelle Pfeiffer is an older woman dating the always funny Paul Rudd. Written by Amy Hecklerling the creater of Clueless. If you didn't like Clueless you won't like this.

I've been finishing the quilting on the quilt below. i've decided to go with the orange-red binding. I've also begun the whole spring cleaning thing out with the old and no new just out with the old. I've done something out of the ordinary. I've been watching American Idol aaghh! I can't wait for Grey's Anatomy. Scripted Tv those were the days.

pictures left: Marigold Zoe's fish and the horses behind my house.

Charity's quilt in progress.Should I bind it in dark purple, white or maybe an orange red.

Cute boy sleeping

I made myself a little Valentine's day gift. She's my love deer. She's made out of a man and women riding in a wagon pulled by a pale aqua blue horse, surrounded by full bloom cherry blossoms trees. I love this fabric because it reminds me of one (is not number one) of my favorite movies Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. So I named her Seven. She's fragile and delicate like the number seven. Can you imagine trying to sew a seven. She's mostly just for looking at, but she's all about love. Romantic love is her speciality. Her favorites books are by the Bronte sisters and Jane Austen. She cries at weddings and adores embroidered handkerchiefs. She's the best friend a girl can have. I find myself fragile and delicate most times these days but still very strong. It's a complicated irony.

So wouldn't you believe it. Just as I was finishing the binding on the quilt my machine broke. There was a loud noise and a crunch. My needle was not moving anywhere. All my excitement over future projects and my newfound freedom in expressing and creating went up in flames.

Thanks to my very understanding mother I finished the quilt. She is letting me borrow her machine. This is extremely important to me and I'm grateful. Once you get the creative juices flowing you can't stop. It's highly detrimental to one's health. I made the quilt for Lillian and I can't wait until she gets it.


So in my last entry I shared I wanted to follow my heart more. I think it's really a healthy decision. Forcing myself to do things always felt like I was splitting myself in half. It's nice to not feel guilty over not having time to do laundry. My heart used to scream at about 3:30. "Zach is at home with Zoe and Archer. You should be there." Yes my heart is adamant and attached to my children and husband. If they are not around I'm not complete.

I finished the book The God of Animals. It's a fiction novel about horses and a struggling family. I would give it four out of five stars. Some of it was a little close to home. I love horses more than any other animal and I don't like it when they get hurt.

I started reading How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. It's hard to choose between reading and sewing.

Sunday I got caught up on a show that I just started watching called Jon and Kate plus 8. They were having problems getting pregnant so they were using fertility therapy. They had twins. They wanted another child and ended up have sextuplets. It's highly entertaining to watch. Right now the twins are six and the sextuplets are three.

I hope everyone has a great day!

eyelids for Night which I think was renamed "little whiskers"

added eyelids to night

mellow and night

Journey of the newly unemployed again

The first week of unemployment was awful. I didn't know what to do with myself or how do adjust. I had no direction. I knew all the things I wanted to do, but couldn't get my body to do it. There was a lot of pacing and wasted time.
I slowly realized how I was coming out of a cloud and being happy again. In the beginning people would say are you enjoying being free. I didn't feel free at first.
There was a commercial during the Super Bowl that I could relate to. This gross looking heart enters the boss' office and quits. It said follow your heart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpVP70U9LDg

I started life that way. Ideally, I think everyone wants to it's just not always possible to live that way. From now on I'm going to be more aware of my heart again. That's how I met my husband etc. My heart has only brought wonderful things for me. I think God is a big part of my heart and after all God is love.

This week I finished reading two novels March and The History of Love. I made a cat, a bunny, quilted half a quilt went to the grocery store and went inside, ( would usually wait in the car) went to a basketball game with my dad, (Cowgirls lost Cowboys won) did a bible study, and went to a Super Bowl Party. Life is filling my lungs again.It's great.

Next weeks novels How to Breathe Underwater, The God of Animals, and Love in the Time of Cholera. Next half of quilt and quilt Charity's. Not to mention a half dozen of much anticipated movies come out on DVD Feb 12th, Becoming Jane, Jane Austen's Club, No Reservations, Dedication. All out in time for a splendid Valentine's Day.

Moment of Truth is on tonight a great new show and an old favorite project Runway. life is good.