I am *loving* these posts from you, Allison!!

We have four young cats, and don't dare do an Xmas tree or much in the way of indoor decorations right now, so I've been feeling very deprived in the Christmas-izing the house area.

But Christmas soap, I never thought of that! And the cats will definitely not come into the shower with me to mess with it. :)

I *love* looking at /feeling yarn, too, but I never learned to knit. Maybe I can take that on over the Xmas break this year. I've been wanting to have something to do with my hands while I sit on long conference calls, and I think knitting something lovely and soft would also be soothing, which might be a very good thing!)

Thanks for all these ideas!!
Pam