merry christmas

i wish

we could put up some of the

christmas spirit
in jars and open a jar of it every month.

- harlan miller

i am having a very charming christmas day thus far!
and my first meal of the day were gingerbread cookies from my niece.
photo by silly blahgs

always leaves me feeling very merry 
whenever i look at this flocked vintage tree at street scene.
photo by silly blahgs

here's to many non-injuring snowball fights, low-fat sweets and feasts, and a wonderfully safe snowflakey holiday season.

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in less than six degrees

today was an oddly warm day considering it's mid-december!

as a matter of fact, in the office, the temp was practically sizzling,

which is a wonderful segue way into today's topic. 

i saw this book at tjmaxx when i was out with my pal mango.
{photo by silly blahgs} 

mango met at dinner my buddy-buddy frehn lou,
who brought bacon chocolate chip cookies into the office.
{photo from cookingchanneltv.com}

one day lou was out of the office*, and the donut fairy
shot sprinkles of delightfulness in my belly with this
cream-filled, chocolate frosted, bacon topped donut,
bringing a sparkle to my eye.
{photo by silly blahgs}

but not as much of a sparkle as when
i was in hollywood with cali bff,
and we spotted the glorious star of...mr. kevin bacon.
{photo by silly blahgs}

told you i was good at this game.

*i had saved lou half, but like i said, she was out of the office --and for a few days might i add-- so i couldn't let her half go to waste, now could i? {grin}

here's to you, mrs. robinson

after six short weeks, bentley graduated from obedience school tooz night. did he graduate with honors? heck no! will he now behave around his big bruddah bauer? heck no! is he a better listener? heck when he wants to be! but he did leave with a darling cap. actually, his last two weeks of class showed vast improvement, and he did look quite dashing in his thunder shirt when he pranced around with his classmates. 

photo by silly blahgs

sister mattie attended the ceremonies. i think in part to mock his need for paid training. who are we kidding, that was pretty much her only intention. it was the highlight of her day, actually. it became blatantly clear she wasn't too impressed when, after just fifteen minutes of her propped little head on the chin rest, mattie sighed and tucked her entire body away in her doggie bag. but first, she tossed me a "wake me when this is over" look.

y'know, sistah friend never passes up an opportunity to head out in her black puchi bag and showboating her black and pink polka dot harness... after all, a girl's gotta make an entrance.