There was great rejoicing in the land!!

And Why, you ask, is there great rejoicing in the land?  Hold on to your hats!  I have completed all 15 of my crazy projects!!  I finished up my Cirque des Carreaux on Saturday and was determined to finish my Romantique Sampler before my birthday...so worked on it all day Sunday, finishing it in the wee hours of the morning today.  Whew!  Now I can work on other projects, guilt free, for the rest of the year!  I can't begin to tell you what a relief that is!!  I signed up for the challenge again next year, but I've since wondered if that was such a wise thing to do.  I place too much pressure on myself when I commit to things like that.  I'm still thinking about it.

Anyway, I guess I should show you progress pictures.  Here are the final pictures of Cirque des Carreaux...
 

and Romantique Sampler.

 

I'm throwing in a few pictures that DH took on his trip out west.  I don't remember if I mentioned it on my blog that DH was sent to Omaha, Nebraska for two weeks to teach a course he normally teaches here in Maryland.  Since he was the "new guy" to his section (he recently changed jobs within the same agency, and has become an instructor in his field) he got the "choice" assignment of being sent to Omaha.  He doesn't mind going to different places, but would have preferred to go during a school break so he could have taken us with him.  He says it's a quiet city, easily navigated, the people are friendly, and it's very pretty there BUT, he missed the hustle and bustle of the area here.  He called every day (often more than once a day), but managed to take my camera and visit some fascinating places.  One was the zoo, so I'll share a couple of my favorite pictures that he took in the next few blog posts.  I thought this was an amazing and beautiful shot...

Tomorrow is the drawing, so today is your last opportunity to sign up for my give-away.  Make sure you put a comment on either of the two previous posts showing pictures of the give-away.  Good luck!  I'll post the winners on Wednesday!