Spring Break! Yay!

Whew! It's so wonderful to have a whole week off from school! I haven't done much school work for the past four days and it has been fabulous! But, that can only last so long as there is a mad rush of papers and projects due in the next couple of weeks, so I will start working on some of them here and there this week. Other than all of the papers and projects, my exams so far have gone well...all A- or better grades. Having been a paramedic before really helps...though I'm having to learn to evaluate patients a little differently (emergency stabilization vs. hospitalization thru to discharge planning and beyond.)

I had high hopes of starting to get some yard work done this week. I have rose bushes that need pruning, weeds that need pulling, and a garden that needs to be ready for planting. But mother nature in her infinite wisdom has declared my needs to be a lesser priority than hers. So my neighbors will have to bear with us a little longer. I did, however, enjoy all the crocuses we planted last fall and I have one lone blooming daffodil and the promise of bunches more. Yay for Spring and the color she brings. Hyacinths, tulips, daffodils, irises...and whatever else I planted.

Stitching has been here and there. I have not touched any of my larger WIPs in a while. I'm on a Just Nan kick right now...trying to get all of these limited edition tins and other charts stitched up and maybe, just maybe finished. Here are a bunch of in progress pictures of those things. You'll see

--the top of the Jingle tin

--Making Friends (just need silver braid)

--Peter Cottontail (just need green braid)

Some other in progress pictures:

--Sweetheart Tree Cat Biscornu (just couldn't get it done in time for last month's biscornu)

--March Quaker by The Workbasket (for my March biscornu)

I also have a pic of the squares I sent to Heidi for the Winter F&S. I stitched Father Winter, a freebie by Teresa Wentzler. I changed it slightly to add in a little purple as Heidi likes purples and greens. I didn't notice till I saw it posted on her blog that I was a year behind and signed my square with 2008 instead of 2009. Ah well.

After posting this, I'm going to get down to some blog reading. I have a lot of catching up to do, but it will make for an enjoyable afternoon and it postpones that schoolwork.