Today was a very good day:

A sure sign of Spring - my Carolina Jessamine is getting ready for the party, along with the early blooming trees budding all over the place:

A near-completed project at work (or at least the light at the end of the tunnel for phase 1, each phase is so time consuming, it’s like it’s own project!)

A long awaited announcement from my father that he will be officially retiring on April 1, although there’s a possibility that he may stay on part time for awhile. I couldn’t be more pleased for this man that has worked so hard for so long, has given so much to me and to our family, and is so deserving of the freedom that it will bring him. He’s a do-er, and I wasn’t sure he would actually be able to stop working (even though he’ll have no shortage of things to keep him busy)! Go Dad!!

A lunch date with a dear friend, and a decent possibility that I have pressured cajoled convinced said friend to embark on a pretty difficult training schedule for an event that’s very near to my and Tad’s hearts (which you’ll certainly be hearing about here in the near future). Just the thought that she MIGHT do it with us is so exciting to me - she’s one of those lifelong friends, very dear to me, and it would just be something to share it with her and to see her experience it and all the positive take-aways.

And finally, another WIP - I had to take a break from the Chuck’s Socks and get a little instant, well, almost instant gratification. While searching for picture material for my banner amongst my stash and FO’s a couple of weeks ago, I found this forgotten little project in the corner of a drawer. When I needed a pick-me-up after my latest sizing debacle, it’s colors called to me. I was surprised to find that I had left it (in December, ‘05, after an ill-fated and half-hearted attempt to make a couple Christmas gifts) a little over halfway complete, and put it on the list to pick up sometime in the near future. Sometime is now! There is an FO in my future, quite possibly in the next couple of days. Any idea what it is? Hint - it’s size-less!  I can’t mess this one up