She is.......

in need of some uninterrupted craft-time therapy.  (She *might* be counting down the days until she gets her wish.....the 19th isn't too far off!)

The MOTHER of all my finds....

...would be this baby right here:

"This" would be the bedspread you see on my bed up there ^^^^^^^.  I've lusted after hand-crocheted spreads like this for years and years now, but I never could afford the hundreds of dollars that came on their price tags.  I came close one time to purchasing one that I got the woman down to $75 on, but I didn't get it.  Imagine my delight when I found this hanging amongst all the other un-loved and ratty blankets and bed things......and at $3.99 (that is BEFORE my 20% discount), I thought I was going to faint...surely I wasn't reading that tag correctly????  But oh, yes....I was.  So I yell for my good friend, Nyc, to come and see my find....but of course she couldn't fully appreciate my happiness and delight being's how she didn't know how long I'd dreamed of owning one of these babies.

I hadn't used it yet....until last night....isn't she beautiful?  Rosalie likes her.....

....see?  (Take note of her Christmas collar that Anna found for her.....)

And just because I can, I'm going to show you the detail of this beaut up close and personal......

....it amazes me that something this "holy" could actually be so heavy and warm.  I wish I could tell the person who constructed her just how much I love and appreciate the hours and hours of hard work that was put into her beautiness.....but since I can't, I'll just share her with you and you can listen to me instead!  :)

Happy Monday!
 

She paints.....

.....just for fun.

She's.....................

a wildflower.

She....

wonders at which fork in the road she took the "other way". 

She........

is the master of her universe.

She....

is thankful for people who love her.  (God bless them...it's a job.)

She......

is *not* a quitter.

Still...

...she's at a loss for words.  Or at least the right ones. 

She.....

...wishes everyone could just get along, smile, mind their own biz, and...well...get along.  That's all.

Ponderation....

She is pondering on many parts of life right now, and she can't come to a clear decision.  She is torn.

Shhhhhhh.....

Do you hear the silence? 

She quotes her friend...

"Abby, NOTHING can NOT happen to you." 

She...

...is going to bed! Night, y'all!

She....

...has a very heavy, sad, and concerned heart for her friend.  She just wants that person to find happiness.  Badly.

She's Lookin' Forward...

She's fairly certain that if you gave her an endless supply of paint and an empty room, she could be happy forever and ever. (She can't find the whole picture of this wall.."tied" to the heart is the word "LOVE" in big, happy, huge letters.) 

Looking Forward...

She is having a better day today, and she is looking *forward* to a bright and wonderful future.  She's thankful for all of the people and things that her God has blessed her with.  She is a lucky girl.

The sun'll come out...tomorrow....

....so she'll put on her happy face today.

She is strong...

...or so "they" tell her.  She thought this quote fit:  I am too positive to be doubtful, too optimistic to be fearful, and too determined to be defeated.  Seems to fit her life right now, huh?

She needs a vacation........

and she wishes it could be another one like this. 

Confident and Comforable...

...that's how she feels about her new job.  She's relieved to know that she made the right decision, and happy that her friend helped her come to the right conclusion.  :)

New "Office"

She decorated her new "office" today, and she feels more at home now, with her things on her desk.  She can see herself working here for many years to come.  She is happy to be back in an office setting with people and "busy" work...and she stays busy, so the day passes by fairly fast.  She is happy.

Work

She thinks she is going to love her new job...she's happy to be back in an office setting with people who are NICE.  NICE goes a loooong way!

Wasting Time

She was wasting time, looking at things like this on facebook...

...when she should have been unpacking boxes.

She loves her family.

She was happy to see her family today, and extra happy to actually have some nice visiting time.  Her family uplifts her and she loves them very much.

Ashamed.

Sometimes, she says things that she *knows* she shouldn't say, and she gets hoppin' mad, and she *knows* she should wait, but darned if she doesn't go ahead and do it anyways.  And then she is ashamed, and ashamed is not one of the feelings she would pick should she be able to choose.  She knew it would hurt; part of her wanted it to hurt.  She knows she should apologize, but she firmly believes it's hard to apologize for the truth...maybe she could just apologize for pointing out the truth?  Yeah, that's it. 

Shhhh.....

She is happy to have "quiet" and to be rid of Westerns.

Knowledge

She is learning something new today.
(Knowledge is power, you know.)

She wishes she were there, too.

She's gonna miss her girl....

...her "LucyLoo", who is spending the week with her parents.

She feels like *maybe* she can do it.

Just maybe.

Chaos

The chaos is here.  She's waiting for the great change. 
(All great changes are preceded by chaos.)

Friends

She is ever so thankful for those few that she calls friends. 

She....

was having her patience tested wayyyy too early in the morning.

She doesn't like self-rightious do-gooders.

She loved with her whole heart...

for her whole lfe.

She thinks that she should continue with this blog...

she finds the simplicity of it inspiring.