Christmas Day    We've done this before, and a few times on a Sunday too, but they never seem quite real.  With little of my 'normal' day in what we did, it is as if I have stepped outside of myself and lived a day out of the ordinary.  Nothing wrong with that.  In fact, it is a good thing to have an 'extraordinary' day every once in a while.  And even though much was quite normal just being Christmas qualifies it as something quite different.  Jonah was blessed.  The grand kids got presents.  (some of which need to be switched because brothers have the same frequency remote controlled cars)  And I ate sweet peppers for the first time (thanks to Russ and Sherri)  Met Sharon's 'possible' (probable if you ask me) and we drove home quickly in order to get here by 7 to watch a show that was not on.  (Seems the advertisement that we saw on Sherri's big screen t v had to have been for next week.)  We both still have our cough hanging on a bit, and I come to the end of my day ready for bed.  I didn't get to sleep in this morning, but tomorrow the prospect looks good.  I see one week that is kind of a special gift to me.  I count my 2011 virtually over with just a few bookkeeping loose ends to take care of and my mind set is focused on 2012.  Our family Christmas party is this coming Saturday and then Sunday morning we will wake up to 2012 and we will be able to sleep in a bit each Sunday morning.  That begins to mean something when you get old crotchety like me.  I try to focus on what 2012 can be, but it is tiring just to think about it.  I am not quite ready for that yet.  Give me just one more week.  Then I won't have any choice and I will try and meet the challenge.  Even though seeing the New Year come in gets a little old after 65 of 'em.  There is still some spark left about beginning over with a whole new year of clean slates.  Right now though I just don't have a clear focus about all the possibilities that this new year offers us.