Thank you, Terri for caring enough to keep us all believing in Santa. I got my SS and she's been generous with info....lucky me! Now the fun begins....for me! I do one shop hop each year with my quilting buddy and we love returning to the shops each year seeing the changes and the new things available. Now I get email from many of the shops all year and see what's going on. Vicarious thrill for me. One of my favorite things that's not sewing related, is pretty boxes. I use them with sewing stuff anyway: larger ones as pattern holders, smaller ones to help organize "stuff." I drink earl grey tea with honey...soothes my spirit and rejuvenates my energy. I gravitate towards pre cuts when in the shops, so now try to cut my leftovers into strips or blocks to create my own. I have embroidery machines but way-under use them. I piece mainly on a Pfaff or my bud's Elna..Most at home "at the wheel" of the machine. I love to visit quilt shops and feel the colors and patterns of fabric. I have a sloppy stash...not very organized, but pretty much together...Love to pet it. I collect Laurel Burch fabric and delight in taking it out and just enjoying it. Maybe occasionally actually...gasp...using some. Boy, in rereading this, I sound like a nut job...oh, well.