December 30th, 2025

How was your Christmas?   As you can plainly see, Tim and I had a lovely holiday.  But I think nobody enjoyed it more than the kitty boys.  Wyatt and Brysco both received gifts from our human children and the kittyboys were most appreciative.

Brysco, in particular, got a little aggressive about investigating anything he thought might possibly be his:

 He started playing with his new toys immediately which, naturally, brought his brother over to also play. They played first with one new toy, and then the other. The tested everything out, batted things around, laid claim to favourites and were quite obviously delighted. They frolicked with abandon as do all little ones (both furry and non-furry) with new toys on Christmas Day

All of which, ultimately, led to the annual Christmas fight. (sigh)

The fight broke up when Tim said their names in his low rumbly voice.  They separated immediately, shook themselves and headed off, separately, to sulk and nap alternately.  When they woke up, all was forgiven.

It was an exciting morning!

We put the new ornaments on the tree, stacked new books in a handy spot to be read, drank tea out of the new mug, enjoyed Calzones for lunch with dear friends and all was well with the world.  The best part of the day was that we got to talk to all of the kids!!!  All of them!!! (insert enormous smile here)

All in all, it was a wonderful day and now that we are a few days past, retrospectively I can say that it ranked pretty high on the Christmas Happy Scale. No days were better than when the boys were small and still believed in the magic of Santa. Those days were The Best hands down, but for adult Christmases, yeah, this one was pretty dang good.

Today, New Years' Eve eve, is chilly here, It's 51 degrees inside the house!  Of course I have windows open everywhere so, naturally it's a bit nippy inside. But the relatively (relative to normal Florida winter weather) brisk temps are a treat in that they are unusual here. Not really wintery, no snow or ice, just Floridians in puffy jackets and tourists huddled under beach blankets on the sand, determined to have their beach vacations no matter what!

Tim and I aren't wearing puffy jackets.  I have on a sweatshirt though with long pants and Tim is wearing a long sleeved polo shirt - with shorts but still.  Wyatt loves the colder weather and sits in the open window, nose up, eyes closed, breeze ruffling his fur.  But then Wyatt is more naturally insulated than Brysco who is, at this moment, snuggled in a softie blanket on our bed in a sunny spot, having a little nap.

I'm enjoying these quiet calm days that whisper, "just breathe" and gently nudge their way between the two big holidays, Christmas and New Years.  Today I don't have to bake, or write a card, or select a gift, or wrap a gift, or stress about money, or decorate anything or host anything or attend anything or clean anything (if I don't want to).  Today I can just relax and be.  The quiet days between Christmas and New Years are a gift in themselves.

Hope all of you had a lovely Christmas Too!