Weekly update - December 8, 2023

We're at the end of the first week of December and I'm not panicking. Yet. I make no promises about next week. I think I'm in the denial phase of Christmas preparations. Today I spent the afternoon organizing and cleaning my studio. I could maje the very tenuous argument that it will help me complete the rest of the gifts I have to make, but this would be patently false. I've worked in the rather dirty and disorganized space for months now, three more weeks wasn't going to kill me. It is nice to have it clean and organized, though. I also spent some time today washing and ironing the linen napkins we used at Christmas. This doesn't really count as preparations as I probably won't use them at Christmas. It is the first time ever that the linens used at Thanksgiving are put back away before Christmas. The sunsets continue to be lovely. My children have lost count how many times I have shouted at the car in front of me at a round about that it is not a four-