Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 finally managed to be run, it was only delayed a day and a half because of rain in Florida.  But it turned out to be quite the exciting race.  Juan Pablo Montoya had a car problem that resulted in him crashing into a jet dryer during a caution.  He was fine but there was quite the fire when the umpteen gallons of jet fuel in the truck exploded and it looked like the track was going up in smoke.  There was almost a two hour delay as the track workers had to first put the fire out, then clean the jet fuel, etc up and repair the track.  Who knew Tide was great for cleaning race tracks as well as clothes! 

Matt Kenseth won and Dale Junior was second.  Would have preferred the results to be the other way around but Junior did have a good race for a change.  Maybe this will be the season when he finally finds his way back to Victory Lane.  Hey, its the start of the season, I'm allowed to be optimistic!

I also finished Garden of Love by Citrouille's Designs.  Its the February kit for the 2012 Year of Smalls blog.  I ordered it from the recommended shop, Inspired Needle and was very happy with the service.  When I'm ordering from US shops, its always a good sign if I can get my order within two weeks of actually placing the order.  Will definitely be ordering from Inspired Needle again. :)