Santa Sales Gliding Right Along

Sales for Fifty Shades of Santa are gliding right along. Of course, we'd like more, really be nice if we could land in the top 100 of Amazon sales. Not likely, given the late start we got, but the word is spreading. (What would be our chances of postponing Christmas until sometime in late January?)

We like to call Fifty Shades of Santa "romance for the rest of us," the rest of us being readers whose idea of love doesn't include implements of pain, according to our publisher.

See for yourself at http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-of-Santa-ebook/dp/B00AMR3RII/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355368118&sr=1-2&keywords=Fifty+Shades+of+Santa

UP ON AMAZON

The book is on Amazon -- as of noon today.

Try this link: Fifty Shades of Santa.

What's Got Santa's Eyes Wide-Open?

Do you wonder what's being whispered in Santa's ear? Another couple of days when Fifty Shades of Santa becomes available on Amazon's Kindle Select, and you'll know what Santa knows.

Making a Pair for Santa

Must get awfully cold up there in that open-cockpit sleigh, I've got to get busy making a pair of anklewarmers for the jolly old gent.

I'll have to check my basket to see if I have the right color -- yep, I must have been thinking ahead, there's some bright crimson red yarn, hidden away down there in the bottom, just in time for the Christmas season.

Hummmmm, Santa's a pretty big guy, I wonder if one skein will be enough?

Christmas Give-Away Time Again

Come on, admit it.

You hate cold ankles. I have a remedy for that -- cozy anklewarmers. If you choose a dark colored pair, and wear them under the legs of your slacks, no one will know that you are a sissy.

Or, you can go where only the brave dare go. Last winter I had a request for a pair of anklewarmers in the red and gold colors of Pittsburg State University. This college girl wore her ankle warmers on the outside, and everyone knew exactly what her colors were. And you can bet she stood out even more prominently when there was snow on the ground.

If we're at the same Christmas party this year, I'll be there with my "plastic storage-bag", big as a suitcase. No pair of anklewarmers are alike -- all pairs in the same color will be a different size. You could even try them on, if you like.

Knitting in the Dark

Family lore tells of a great ?? grandmother who became blind, but still was able to knit. She did all right until she dropped a stitch, and then someone else had to help her get started again.

Didn't work for me. Tried knitting in the dark the other night, when I was waiting in the car. Wasn't totally in the dark, but neither the street lights, nor the dash light in the car provided enough illumination.

Next day I spent a good half-hour undoing the two rows of knitting I had attempted. Drat!

My Knitting Finger

Drat!

The good news is I have finally conquered my fear of cooking chestnuts. Bought some freshly-harvested chestnuts from Chestnut Charlie, not at the orchard in Lawrence, but at Whole Foods, where he and Deborah were demonstrating chestnut preparation. Came home and tried the boiling method. All cooking methods require the scoring, or cutting of the outside skin with a sharp knife, which will also cut fingers if the knife is not managed properly.

SO, the small cut on my knitting finger has slowed down my knitting, but my consolation are the chestnut nuts which are delicious eaten with chocolate, such as Nutella.