Time with family and friends was the best, the material stuff was nice but not lavish. It's been a crunch year financially, no insurmountable crisis but not a lot of wiggle room either, with a bunch of college bills for family members coming due and other things, but with a huge get-well package hanging in the balance and coming due in the first quarter of '12. One of those 'Got to go through the ordeal to win the prize' things, and the train is about to pull into Winnerville.