It is the eve of Christmas Eve and I have never before approached Christmas from this angle. We have decided to have our official “Christmas” once we’re in Texas, so tomorrow we’re just having lasagna and salad for lunch as a nod to Christmas Eve and attend church at 5 pm. No gift exchange, no nothing except the meal and our time together.

On Thursday of next week, we’ll have our own Christmas celebration with a small gift exchange, very small since work has been sparse for Ray this past year. This is an opportunity to practice thrift and to be grateful for what we have rather than focus on what we don’t.

I am falling asleep writing this post. So, I’ll close. I have an early morning 5:45 wake up, so I expect this will have to do for the official post.

Good night to all, and Merry Eve of Christmas Eve!