dog days of winter

just setting dinner down at the table & the purina dog show is on in the background. josie turns around to look at the tv ...

announcer: and this is 'blah blah blah' a miniature poodle

josie: wow, i like it's shoes

tinsel, crutches, snow & my other randomness

this should be a xmas post ... but we all know that i am not that on top of things, so maybe that will come a little later ... although hope everyone had laughs & fun on xmas!

some things ...

it's been a couple weeks now, but on the front page of the union leader was an article about this father who is raising a newborn, because the mom left. an unforunate situation of course ... and went on to talk how he had to quit his job because of all the attention that raising a child requires & now he was struggling to support his child & buy her xmas gifts ... again an unfortunate situation. BUT ... in my mind, did this make front page of the paper because it is a FATHER ... how many mothers are in this same situation, don't quit there jobs & are stuck working just to pay daycare ... and you never ever hear about it ... seriously COME ON ...

also a couple weeks ago josie experienced her first snow storm of the season... got out her hat, mittens, boots & snow suit ... when i showed her her snowsuit ... she said ... 'no i want to be a bat' ... (what she was for halloween) ... we went out & played in the snow for 2 1/2 hrs at night ... snow angels, snow cookies, snow pancakes & a lot of snowballs

she also met santa for the first time ... the candy cane his little elf gave her saved the day ... santa was funny cuz he was the guy from the local hardware store that spent a little extra time in the bar the night before ... he was funny.

brought josie to the xmas parade ... where she thought she saw randy in the parade & has been talking about it ever since ... happy & sad at the same time ... but the best part of the parade for me was when we were walking back to the car & saw this lady wearing tinsel hair trying to light a ciggi ... seriously, you should never try to light a ciggarette when you have tinsel hair in your face ... she didn't catch on fire thank god ... but probably only because was too tipsy to actually get her ciggarette lit.

saw a guy walking on crutches in a snowstorm ...

and finally ... the only good thing about me working so much ... it's helped us get a great family vaca ... st croix can't come soon enough ...

and here is josie seeing her first snow fall of the season