HAIR TODAY, PROBABLY NOT GONE TOMORROW

For the past two days I have spent about an hour each day standing in a pile of hair. No, this isn't some kinky new turn-on I've discovered. It's simply that time of year when my dog leaves hairballs all over the house. Hair falls off him by the handful.

I hate seeing this hair all over, so the elimination process must begin. The excess hair doesn't bother my dog, but the removal of it does. I have to sneak the FURminator DeShedding Tool out of the closet and then try to coax the dog over to me. He always gets this look in his eyes and stands staring at me. "Why is she using the high pitched baby choocie coo voice? She must be going to do something I hate." He'll then tuck his tail between his legs and try to slink away. At which point I will grab him by his collar and drag him to the grooming area, as he sits and tries to make this process as difficult as possible.

I am always in awe of how much hair I remove from him. I think I could probably comb him every day and still get grocery bags full of hair. I'm a recycle type gal and hate to throw stuff away, so I'm considering storing the bags of hair in our garage over the summer. Then this fall I'll begin working on creating Christmas gifts for friends and family. Oh, oh, I can see people crossing my name off their Christmas gift exchange list already. HA, SWEET!

CHRISTMAS GIVING

I'm feeling a lot of tension today. Not necessarily bad tension though. It's that tingle you get in your gut when you just know something big's about to happen. I think it's going to be something good! Guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Today I will channel my creative talents away from the written word and on to creating Christmas gifts. Our family is making all it's Christmas gifts this year. No packages piling out into the middle of the livingroom floor and so many things to open that we almost get sick of tearing off wrapping paper. This year we are going back to what Christmas was originally meant to be...a time to show appreciation and love for all the special people in our lives. Nothing says this more than giving of your "time". Time is what it takes to decide on a gift to make and time is what it takes to actually produce that gift.

We'll still do the traditional coffee, tea and Dunkin Donuts on Christmas morning, but this year it's going to be more a celebration of "family" togetherness than a gift gorging extravaganza.

Well, I'm off to shop for supplies. Hope everyone has a great weekend and I'll talk to you again on Monday!