"Chipping Away List"

... been ironed so I can begin cutting strips to make the tapes which will become the channels for the hoop "wires." Thanks to Constanza, I have a little bit of a start on deciding what I want my paletot to look like.  Just because I intend to have one, and a beautiful one at that, my brother and his kids and their families will be amenable to coming to my house for Christmas dinner, instead of me ...