24/12/09

madrobins: It's a meatloaf.  Dressed up like a bunny.  (Default)
I'm making oatmeal, because it's warm and yummy.

Today I must make pumpkin pie and bell-pepper salad to take to the in-law's for Christmas dinner, and make up the bed in the guest room (formerly Avocado's bedroom) for Sarcasm Girl and the Beau. I have presents to wrap, and stockings to fill, and sticky buns to prep for being popped in the oven in the morning.

The Spouse has off until next Wednesday. I'm going to have to force Avocado to work on high school applications and essays, but not today or tomorrow. Today--despite the 50-degree temps and the palm trees scattered around the landscape, it is Christmas eve, and I intend to be jolly. The sun is shining and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is on the stereo.

I wish you all the joy of the season, whatever holiday you celebrate and whatever way you celebrate it. May you be warm and surrounded by the people you love, filled with contentment and generosity, with just enough good stuff to eat and drink (but not so much that you feel sick, because that's no fun).

Love you all (in the best, most seasonal way).

ETA: And because I love you all, here's the link to NORAD Tracks Santa, which has already given me my first Holiday Weep. (I am a total soggy sentimentalist, as if you didn't know.)

ETA the Second: And the Senate passed the Health Care bill. It's sucky, but it's a start. Cause if it died this time I'm not sure it ever would have happened.

Snout!

24/12/09 10:09
madrobins: It's a meatloaf.  Dressed up like a bunny.  (Default)

Snout!
Originally uploaded by madrobins
This is Emily Apocalypta Robins, guard dog. What does she guard? Her nose. Why does she guard her nose, even in her sleep? Well, someone might steal it. Or put straws up it. Or spread jam on it and attempt to eat it for breakfastses.

There's a certain "oh, it's all too much" attitude about this pose which I find both melodramatic and adorable. And who would think that so large a dog could curl herself up so small!