Holiday shopping for family (mostly extended, not for the kids).

Shopping for the Christmas Day meal.

Shopping for my daughter's oldest and dearest friend's 16th birthday (she was born on Christmas Day 1992, and her Great Chicago Excursion birthday party is tomorrow).

Watching Journey to the Center of the Earth. In 3D.

And this must be my shortest blog post ever, but it's 12:40 a.m. and I'm dratted exhausted. I've been working on my 2008 recap post, sorry. That means skimping on today's.

'Tis the season to be exhausted. Fa la la la zzzzzzzzz…..