It's The ? Day Of Christmas

I have no idea what day of Christmas it is today. All I know is that Christmas is on an express train getting here. Slow down already! What happened to the old Chu-chu locomotives?

Tonight is the last bowling night of the 2009 and we are having a Christmas party. We each bring a present and get to take a present on our first strike. I wonder if there will be anything left to pick from when it is my turn. Actually, our team is doing pretty well. As of last week we’re actually in 1st place! How about that?…thanks to handicaps. I guess that’s what happens when you start at the very bottom with LOTS of room to improve.

John and I packed for Mexico last night. Da Boys could tell something was up and were not happy. I was committed to taking a very small suitcase until it became evident that John had packed his smallest suitcase and neglected to put any of OUR Christmas present in it. So I had to get a larger suitcase down to make accommodation. Sigh! When I grabbed the presents we had so carefully wrapped, I noticed that something had partially UNwrapped them. Thank you Teddy! And thank you Scotch for making clear tape so that I could fix the rips in the paper and the missing parts of the gift bags.

Last night we also had a local artist come to our home to give us an oil painting of our pond she painted during the Garden Tour last August. How very sweet of her. We had a nice visit and I was sure glad they liked animals. Both of Da Boys climbed all over her and her husband, and a little latter Chelsey’s cats joined them too. And… when we were all deep in our conversation, Teddy slipped off their laps and found a Kleenex in the lady’s purse after rummaging through it and then ate it. I guess what they say is true: unwanted behavior becomes worse as dogs age. I hope that is not also true of people. :)