Well Kim, Maybe Not So Very Good . . .

My brain has been in rather a haze the last month, what with one HUGE school project after another, planning Thanksgiving dinner at my home, trying to keep the family running, kids' school plays (and rehearsals!), and having this stupid cold that has made me feel exhausted all day long, every day, for weeks.

Or maybe it's just that the 50-day shopping tradition is jinxed by my friend insisting that Thanksgiving should come before Christmas . . .

Whatever the reason, I suppose I'm not such a very, very good girl, because I am modifying my Christmas list.
So here (in no particular order) is what I'd like:

a Tonner 16-inch fashion doll  They have several points of articulation so they can be posed like real people instead of dolls; they have removable wigs so you can change their hairstyles, and they have removable feet so they can stand flat-footed or on their toes (and they have an amazing collection of shoes!) I think it would be way fun to design, sew, and display some of my outfits on one of these pretty dolls. Much cheaper than making them for big people, and I'd have samples to show off. Sort of, I think. Anyway, they are pretty and I like dolls.

a giant set of Prismacolor pencils is still on the list, and some drawing paper to go with them.

a Bernina sewing machine

and a serger

a drill-press

a CDN DTTC-S Combo Probe Thermometer Timer & Clock This one is still on the list, too.

Brave, too.

and the Rosemary plant —dried works, but I love the smell of fresh rosemary.

Hm. It seems like I'd thought of more than that. But I suppose it's a fluid list; one day I'll think of something cool that I want and it is so pressing and important that the very next day I've almost entirely forgotten about it! ;-)

Mostly, really, I want to get some nice things for my family—or at least do some nice things for and with my family.  This school semester is finished in two weeks. If I can survive all the final projects and exams, I will be thrilled to have the longest winter break yet and just be home being a mom again. Maybe that's what I really want for Christmas after all.