This is the last in a series of posts suggested by Rick McCollister after he read my post 10 Things I Love About Mondays . Having come full circle, its now Sunday Morning coming down... though I'm not down. Far from it.  Sundays are special, for many reasons, including:

1. No alarm clock, yet still awking before dawn, watching the world sleep, at peace with myself and the world, just a tad slower and more peaceful perhaps that a week day.
2. Coffee slowly, easing into the day
3. Today's the day to sneak up on the week if I need to, by seeking  into the office when I'm the only one there, getting things done in the silence.
4. HOUSEWORK DAY, though I internally think of it as IRONING DAY. More proof of my essential weirdness, nothing like putting on an old movie or Sunday Today and ironing up a batch of shirts while pausing in between to savour more coffee. I am not a great ironer, but get satisfaction from seeing the pile transform into a nice crisp collection. Putting a small piece of the world into order. 
5. Contemplation. Very occasionally, less often than I'd like, this includes formal church going. But every Sunday has room for mediation.
6. Breakfast/brunch, if the urchins are hungry ( I know, when aren't they hungry?). Again, the satisfaction of doing for others.
7. The Saturday Globe and Mail arrives late from Toronto Saturday, so I seldom read much if any before Sunday, when I try to have at least an hour to absorb everything from political commentary to restaurant reviews and silly fashion columns. A good week it takes, and I allow, two hours.
8. The bittersweet pain/pleasure of the Toronto Raptors being a rare NBA team that plays, and televises, a lot of Sunday matinee games (because hockey is king of saturday night).  Basketball is perfect to nap through, if I need it.
9. Cooking, creating, an adventuresome meal. No fast food, no short cuts, everybody at the table. This week, I'm roasting bullwinkle  the moose.
10. In between seasons of Mad Men, getting to bed early, to prepare to start all  over again, bounding out of bed excited because Monday is coming...