I’m glad to see I’m not the only one slowing down on the blogs these days. Christmas can be pretty distracting – from fiber and from blogging.

Saturday, we got all the packages that have to be mailed in the mail. This officially ends my Christmas fiber projects because they are blocked, wrapped, tagged and gone.

Christmas cards – see Pam’s blog – have been this week’s project and with one exception, they’re in the mail.

Shopping, Christmas cookies, and the cello have been my other distractions from fiber this week.

Pam found a wonderful soft gingerbread recipe and I’ve made two batches so far. I made sugar cookies, too, because, well, it’s not Christmas without sugar cookies. Between those we’ve eaten, (oink!) and those we’ve mailed, the Christmas cookies are gone. Must make more cookies!

Christmas isn’t Christmas without music – and that means as bad as I sound, I get out the cello. Twenty-five years ago, I went to college on a cello scholarship – and promptly changed my major to science. When I was in high school, I could pick a carol out of the air and hit the notes in any key – and make it sound good. Today, having not practiced except at Christmas for twenty years, I squeak, scratch, and fumble my way through even the simplest carol. I find myself learning how to practice all over again.

No spinning. No knitting. But, I’m having fun with Christmas so I don’t care.