So last year I wrote this post about goals for the Snowflake Challenge and ... um ... got nothing of it done. Prognosis is poor, therefore, for setting goals this year.

Yes, I would like to finish the stories I mentioned last January. Sadly, fearbuddies. only ran in 2020; and I clearly do need a deadline to write. At any rate, in 2021 I got some stories finished; but it was always in the context of a gift exchange, i.e. someone to write for, and a date I had to post by.

In December, my goal was to get the Christmas tree up and baking done by the time my sister visited. As heavy fruit cakes need to be done in advance, the ingredients for the currant Dundee I planned to make were set out on the kitchen counter so that they would remind me reproachfully every time I went in. Let's just say that they were put away so my sister could get Christmas dinner made, and the tree was finally finished last weekend, just in time for her to see it fully dressed before she went home.

So my first goal is to get that cake baked. There's a bowl of currants wanting batter to be stirred into.