‘Twas the week before Christmas
And all through the house
Enough chores to be done
To make nice women grouse.
A few unfinished quilts!
The mantle to dust
With its inch of cat hair
For the people with allergies
Soon will be there.
The mice are not nestled
All snug in their beds
They’ve invaded my car
Where they soon will be dead.
[This may seem a little harsh. But we live in the woods, and mice can destroy a car if allowed to run free there.]
We go to the attic
To get out a trunk
Where we’ve stored generations
Of bright Christmas junk.
The stockings don’t seem
To be anywhere here!
I’ll have to make new ones
If they don’t appear!
My studio is nice and warm!
We’ve sent Christmas cards
To our friends far and near
Even though we won’t write them
Again for a year.
And what of the quilts
That I meant to have done?
I’ve done a potholder!
(But only this one.)
One lonely potholder
There’s one Christmas quilt
In the living room here
Where we may take a nap
After having a beer.
Christmas quilt
At last off to bed
With a smile on my face:
Merry Christmas to all—
And next year at YOUR place!
May you all have a wonderful holdiay! The grousing is just in jest–I’m having a great time baking lots of treats 🙂
Zippy Quilts 
I thoroughly enjoyed your post! You are a woman of many talents. Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and a fabulous New Year! !
Thanks for your help this past year. Happy holidays to you and your family, too. I hope to see you at Quilt Week.
Very Merry Christmas to you and (all those dead mice.)
Thanks! Same to you!
Love the poem! I can so relate! Especially about the cat hair vs visitors who have allergies! Love your wonderful projects!
Thank you! I had fun doing the poem, and I look forward to seeing more of your projects, too 😊