The Winter newsletter is officially done. Now it needs to head off to my tech editor. Thanks to all of you for your patience.

So, it's mid-morning and I have the rest of the day open and I am trying to decide what to tackle next. I had it narrowed down to 1) working on the website and 2) updating the Hideaway House rental information, but then the accountant called and wanted to know how I was coming with the tax prep stuff. We play this little game to see if I can get everything together before the end of January. As he says, I am "one of the organized ones." I don't know if it's organization so much as a compelling need to know where all the money is—which I guess is closely related to being organized, now that I think about it. Anyway, I could continue working on tax prep stuff, too, if I were so inclined.

I do need to get some piano practicing in, too, now that Christmas is over and I need music for a different church season.

I talked to Melanie this morning and we're (finally!) starting to get people signed up for the Winter Retreat. We were worried that we might have to cancel, or at least move the classes down to the store instead of having them up at Big Mountain. Since it looks like it's going to happen, I'll have to spend next week getting some class handouts ready. I'm doing four classes: Finishing Before You Start, Conquering Colorwork, All My Secrets, and the Mysterious Meandering Scarf. I think it is a good lineup of classes and I'll be teaching some new techniques. I also need to get my cross-country skis out of storage and clean them up. I'd like to do some skiing while we're up at Big Mountain, or maybe some snowshoeing.

Well, lots to do and there is no sense in burning daylight. Maybe I'll throw a dart at my to-do list and just see where it lands.