The Day after Christmas

For most of my life, the day after Christmas has been the laziest day of the year. We stay up late on Christmas Eve, preparing everything for Christmas Day. Christmas day is full of activities with family, gifts, eating, talking, and playing games. Also, on Christmas, I eat more than on any other two days of the year put together. So, the day after Christmas is all about recovering. I slept in this morning until 10:00 am and have taken several naps. I didn’t eat much today; I just nibbled here and there. I was going to go to my office and work on my sermon for this Sunday, but I decided I could do it tomorrow. I was going to write a dozen letters and emails to people but decided I could do that tomorrow as well. Our hot tub is leaking, and I planned on fixing it today but changed my mind; it got rolled over until tomorrow. I ate so much yesterday that I was determined to lift weights a bunch today and work off those extra calories, but, you guessed it, that, too, is on the to-do list for tomorrow. My main accomplishment today was loading a couple hundred pictures into the gift we got from our kids. It is a 10×14 inch electronic, framed picture. You hang it on the wall, and the pictures rotate every 60 seconds. So I loaded it full of grandkid pictures and quite a few hunting and fishing pictures, of course. It is sitting on top of the dresser next to my chair, so I just have to turn my head to see another picture of a grandkid, kid, their spouses, Patty, elk, deer, salmon, and crappie. The cool thing is that I can send the code for the contraption to our kids and grandkids, and they can send pictures to it as well. I don’t know how many pictures it will hold, but I am guessing we will have a couple thousand pictures soon. One thing I do more and more as I get older is reminisce about my life, our family, and all the fish I have caught. This picture thing stirs that up all day long. The good thing is that as I sit and reminisce, I continually say, “Thank You, Lord, for blessing me.” It is pretty amazing how many events, grandkids, fish, kids, and deer there are in my life. Thank You, Lord, for the full, exciting, varied, and wonderful life You have given me.

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  1. Tom Zilverberg's avatarTom Zilverberg

    I relate to the lazy factor. It’s good to do once in awhile but I seem to stretch it out more and more now that I’m a senior. Have a happy New Year, Dee.

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