Thank you for the kind words for Crabapples. I completed it as a "leader and ender" project while working on something else so it was completely painless. In fact, it was pieced in 2 months, all while I worked on my main project!
And believe or not, I finished this last night: Nine patches and snow balls using 2.5" squares from SheriR's candy swaps.
I think I deserve to start 5 more projects...with no intention of completing them in the near future, but alas...