OT: HALLELUJAH!

Wow. Wow oh wow. How wonderful. Yes, indeed. Hallelujah. Congratulations. So excited and proud. Happy, happy dancing. Polly

CONGRATULATIONS! What great news!

Happy quilting,

Lenore

Who just made the last payment on student loan from grad. school.

Congratulations!

Stupid question -- did you really NOT do any quilting for the duration? If you didn't, you have a whole lot more strength and determination that I did! Even during law school I always took Friday evening and all day Saturday off just for me -- to knit, watch TV, go out with friends, play with my sister's baby, etc. I didn't make Law Review, of course, but the afghan I made during a Chicago blizzard is more important to me, and taking time away from books kept me sane. I also had the cleanest refrigerator and freezer you could imagine, because every finals period I scrubbed the refrigerator and defrosted the freezer . . .

Anyhow, I hope you're keeping your diploma out somewhere for a while so you see it every time you walk by -- you earned it, and should enjoy it!

Been there and done that too. Doesn't it feel great! So much work and a wonderful sense of accomplishment. Congrats and onward and upward. I agree, post your diploma somewhere that you can see it often.

And happy quilting again!

Steven Alaska

Now back to quilting! I've got a list a mile long of quilts I want to make!

Anastasia

Congratulations indeed, Anastasia. That's a great achievement. Welcome to the rest of your life >g< . In message , Anastasia Luettecke writes

Congratulations, Anastasia!!! Your hard work has paid off!

I'm just starting on my Masters this summer :)

-Irene

CONGRATULATIONS!! Dancing in the moonlight for ya, Anastasia!

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Conga rats! and enjoy your quilting :)

Lizzy

Congratulations! Pat's Original Virginia Fife and Drums Corps is playing "Pomp and Circumstance" in your honor.

Woo hoo! You deserve a happy dance too, Lenore!

Many congratulations!

- dlm. in central MA

Yea!!! Congrats!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! You GO GIRL!

ME-Judy

Awesome! Big Congrats!!!! enjoy your new spare time!!

amy in CNY

Congratulations, Anastasia! That's simply wonderful! :D

So I say:

Yep. Not a stitch. Didn't cut a single fabric. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch.

I took 14 hours per semester for three semesters and 12 hours this last one. During the summers, I worked full time, sometimes with overtime. There simply wasn't any time.

I tell ya, though, come Sunday, I'm going to be working on nothing but quilts for a solid MONTH!

-Anastasia

(who has been happy dancing herself for the last twenty hours!)

I can relate, when I was in Library School for my masters, I never got a chance to read for pleasure. I sure read a lot, but all for class assignments. I used to live for semester break and summer so I could read for fun. Hard for a life long reader. Of course, that was before I got serious about my quilting, but I am sure I would have had to let that go too.

Heidi

Got distracted by the tv and forget to add my congrats. Heidi

Woo-hoo! Way to go, Anastasia! What is your Masters Degree in?