Manic Monday

Last week, we went to visit a potential graduate school or two with the middle child.  He's not sure what he wants to do next, but he definitely wanted to look at a couple of campuses before he decided whether or not he wants to apply.  Unfortunately for him, he's beginning to hit that point that we all hit somewhere in our schooling where we decided that we were just DONE with school, and needed to get out and get a job in the real world for a while.  Going into grad school with that attitude does not bode well for success.  We'll see what happens.  Only time will tell.

I'm finishing a few blankets for a friend of mine.  Her brother died, leaving behind several unfinished crochet blankets.  I've finished them all off - but this last one was a challenge.  It was such a riot of odds and ends of yarn.  I believe he was finishing off the small bits he had left from other projects.  But what to do?  I met with a friend last week, and we went through her yarn stash and found stuff to finish this out.  It was harder than I thought it would be.  We needed to make it big enough to use as a lap blanket, but not so big that his stitches were lost in mine.  I added a few rows around and took it out.  I think it finished out beautifully.  I'll post pictures of the finished work later on today.

One of the crochet blankets.  What to do?

Taken out a few inches - the blanket is finished!

We had snow over the weekend.  Not a lot mind you, but enough to remind us that this March is having more "Lion" days than "Lamb" days.  The snow was heavy at times, but it was the perfect kind of snow as it never really stuck to anything.

After 2 hours, this was the accumulated snow on the car.

The Easter Egg Hunt was held at church yesterday.  Husband, daughter and I went to help out.  Daughter helped with a craft station, and husband and I staffed the snack table.  It was great to see all the little kids and their families, so very excited about Easter and the eggs!  I got a charge out of them all!

Yesterday was the very cold first day of Spring!  Snow, blowy winds, and clouds.  And on Friday, it was in the seventies.  Ahhh... springtime in the Mid-Atlantic.  I love you!  After the fun of the Easter Egg Hunt, we went out to get our free Italian Ice to celebrate the first day.  Of course, it was so cold that we ended up eating in the car.

Pina Colada ice was awesome!

Lastly, I wanted to ask if you've heard about the nesting pair of Eagles at the National Arboretum?  There's a live link to the webcam here:  http://dceaglecam.eagles.org/.   The Eagles are named "The President" and "The First Lady".  They have two adorable little fluffy chicks that hatched over the weekend.  When you get a chance, hop on over and check them out.  They are so beautiful, elegant, and regal.