The Twelve Days of Christmas

The first day of the Christmas Season was a pleasant and quiet day.  Had a phone call from a BFF in Texas.  Opened the Christmas gifts she'd sent while we talked.  My son called, his family's gathering at his daughter's for her first Christmas in her new home this year.  Another BFF from across the country called and we used up a good chunk of time wandering down memory lane.

A friend of mine from church was also going to be alone yesterday so I picked him up and brought him to the house for Christmas lunch and a visit.  It made for a very nice day.  Company for both of us and a purpose for me.  And, I got to prepare a real meal.  I don't do that much anymore.

Weather permitting, my sister is due to come visit this week.  She can go with me to drive me home after my cataract surgery.  Yippee!  We're looking forward to a couple of days to visit and catch up.  She's a southern California beach girl so winter mountains are a real challenge.

It rained like crazy last night but is dry this morning and should stay dry through the day.  The sun is even trying to break through, so the trip down to the valley to pick up my sister shouldn't be bad.  We have to go back down Tuesday morning (for the procedure) and then back down when she goes home Thursday.  The forecast is for rain off and on all week.  Prayers, please, to keep the rain and fog in check through the week, at least as we travel up and down the mountain.  A little sunshine would be a gift.

Enjoy these 12 days of  Christmas as we celebrate the birth of baby Jesus to the visit from the Magi.  They'll take us out of 2010 and into 2011.  A new church year is already under way and when the 12 days are finished, we'll be into a new calendar year.  'Out with the old and in with the new'.  Have a prosperous new year, either/or, or both.