21st.... Flight?

I can't really call it a lesson this time. I took the plane out solo today. Getting it out of the hangar alone isn't too bad, but I have to use the winch to get it back in. The winds were fairly strong around the area - out of the south east at 10-15kt gusting to 20-25kt. This is fine in Forest Lake, with only a minor crosswind component, but this gives a fairly strong crosswind at Osceola. First, I flew three laps through the pattern at Forest Lake, then I departed to the east and climbed to 4,500ft. I spent a half hour or so practicing power-off stalls and steep turns. Then, I tuned the Osceola AWOS and got the latest weather info. 11kt gusting to 21kt out of 140 - which means crosswinds on runway 10 would be about 7-14kt. I decided to go ahead and land there though. There was one other plane in the area I was talking to, and that wasn't a problem. I did two landings at Osceola, and neither landing was very good, but I got it on the ground safely both times. Then, I headed back towards forest lake. On the way back, I practiced some more stalls and steep turns, and then I did three more landings in Forest Lake. Aside from the bouncy crosswind landings in Osceola, I'm real happy with how the flight went. After the flight, Jim came flying into the area, and I stuck around to watch him drop his banner onto the runway. Monday Jim and I are going to fly our route through various towered airports in the city, and after that I'll need to fly a solo to Anoka.