I'm making four separate Christmas presents and so I haven't been on the computer much. They are all quilt projects and I've been toying with the idea of making a quilt blog - like here's the project and here's how I did it blah blah blah. Maybe even a group blog. I did a quick search and didn't see anything like that around - if anyone knows differently or would want to do it with me, let me know.

We had a terrific snow and ice storm last night and I did a superhero snow shovelling job today. Steve is on Long Island and his truck doesn't have 4 wheel drive, so I shovelled a path for him to pull in when he comes home. I am going to take advantage of our glorious bathtub tonight - I'm achey already. It was about 7 inches of wet snow. Aidan loves the snow and I'm so happy about that. Last year it was still too hard for him to get around in it and he hated it. We've been toying with the idea of taking him skiing - everybody tells us he's the perfect age.

Roxy (that is what we finally named our cat) has found a spot on the counter next to the compost bowl where she can easily and consistantly catch mice. I would be overjoyed, but THREE times since last night, she has brought a live mouse upstairs and dropped it near my feet so she could play with it up there and I guess to honor me as well. The first time she did it I was having some precious boy sleeping quilting time and so my desire to keep the boy asleep overrided my desire to shriek. Every time she did it the mouse got away and she eventually goes downstairs to get another one. There seems to be an unending supply for her amusement. Wes on the other hand, has a knack for finding mouse nests in the field next to the house. Today he was there shoving his head into seven inches of snow and he actually found a baby mouse. I'm not really sure how to feel about this behavior.