Pineapple Express

Soooo, it is pouring ass raining outside today, what weather reporters call a Pineapple Express because of the origin of the subtropical moisture that is rushing up here from the south pacific. I went out to get the paper this morning (am I part of a dying breed that reads the newspaper?) and was hit by the lack of need to pull the collar of my fleece robe around my neck...hmmm, warm and weird. Now there is dumpage going on and poor little mister Santa Bear is drowning.

It's not a good look for him... It won't be a good look for me either, when I have to run errands in this slop. At least my wipers are not sticking to my windshield like a certain Bug Driver in Minneapolis. I am just glad that I will be running said errands in the Big Ass Van...for once, gas bills be damned...I want to see above the backwash. :o)

8 more ounces to spin and I am ready to ply the last pound of the Emerald City Biffle, which is my last handspinning order/obligation of the year. It will be just in time, because The Husband has a buzz-on for getting the tree this weekend (barring the arrival of you-know-who) and it will go in the spot where the Spin-tech and I hang out. I will just have to take my Ott-light and electrified marvel and go make a nest on the other side of the room, where Rose usually sits.
This will be the Tankmeister's first Christmas...oh brother...the thought of it is chilling. :o) I think that we will have ornaments that come only down to "just above Tank level" this year...an 11 month old Lab and his first Christmas tree...this should be interesting. I will, of course, take pictures.

Comments

[Helle From Denmark]

Is that.......ehhh.......a chrismas bear..?? Oh boy...you really do it big when you decorate, eh???*GRIN*

[Jen]

Just make sure the Tankster knows that a tree *inside* the house is not to be used for the same purpose as a tree *outside* the house! Ahhh, the pleasures of male dogs.

[Lisa S]

Yes, Helle, we like to blow up things in the front yard and hang lights all over the place, just like lots of other goofy Americans. Do it up, I say.

Hey Jen... Tank is not a leg lifter...can you believe it? He is one of those weird guys that just stands there with his back hunched...we always hope that he will not get his own feet wet!

[vanessa]

so you are only going to put a tree topper on the tree this year ;-)
hey, my friend's black lab, sammie, also does not lift his leg. but my FEMALE german shorthair, shotsie, does. i think she has gender issues...
where is that baby?????

[Lisa S]

Awww, and here I thought that my dippy dog was the only one. :o) Maybe Shotsie thinks like Nurse Diesel...does she have a pointy bra and a whip?

That baby is just chillin'...standing around on his head. His mama tells me that she is "over it", having all sorts of odd dreams about her kid coming out talking...nope, that's his daddy. :o)

[elizabeth]

I can't wait to hear how he reacts to the Christmas tree!!!
Maybe the baby is waiting for Grandma and Grandpa to put up the Christmas tree;-)