It’s four weeks til the Holidays, are you feeling stressed yet??  Once again, I’m trying to make most, if not all of my Christmas gifts.  One would think I would catch on sooner or later and start this a little earlier, say around January, but noooooo, I prefer to wait until after Black Friday to make a decision about whether I have the proper fabrics or supplies to even get started.  Oh you’ll hear me joke about working better under pressure, but that’s all it is, a joke.  Four weeks should be plenty of time to get some smallish projects under my belt but my family seems to have other plans for my time.  Today for example I had intended to spend my entire day in my room chipping away at my list of quilty gifts.  I spent yesterday doing all my mundane household chores so I wouldn’t feel guilty sewing. Instead, this morning I went to the “man’s mall” with my hubby (my second favorite place to shop) and when I came home my teen greeted us with all the tubs of Christmas decorations in the center of the house and the semi-naked tree standing in the living room.  Then he left to spend time with his girlfriend – how nice. I do appreciate his helpfulness, don’t get me wrong, but my family has a certain “quilting radar” that kicks in when they sense I would like some alone time, and it tells them, “quick, do something, she’s gonna go in there and not want to come out!”.  When I did finally steal a couple of minutes in my haven I was disappointed to find I would need to work around hunting stuff, outdoor decorating supplies, winter outer clothing and assorted other things that were too much trouble to put away (ok, a lot of it was mine, too). Anyway, it kind of dampened my enthusiasm.  Maybe I could stash it all in those tubs in the living room.  While I’m at it, I could quilt a slip-cover for them ‘cause I’m not moving ‘em anytime soon.