It's Saturday morning here and the annual Christmas Parade will be starting in about an hour, bringing Father Christmas to town for a brief visit before he returns home to finish making out his Good and Naughty Lists. The day has dawned grey, dull and misty - at least there won't be any sunburnt children.

Which leads me to my real chat topic. I have come to love my morning buildup-to-Christmas days when the beautiful designs give inspiration, ideas, plans and challenges. In fact, I spend so much time here with Cyclops, my one-eyed monster of a computer, soaking in the glorious colours and designs, which just give me such a lift, that it leaves very little time to actually do anything. It's so difficult trying to resist buying new designs; I have dozens of wonderful designs waiting to be used from plans from other years. Then there's the problem of knowing I have one particular design which I am ready to use, Right Now, and which I cannot find!!!! My Christmas Wreath, just perfect for the centre of the table runner (the top of which I really have already had made for about five months) and which I bought specifically for this purpose has gone into hiding so I must spend precious time searching for it........ and you know what that means. It means that I'll find all those other perfect designs and then I'll be side-tracked yet again!!!!!!!!!!
AlmaG.