Well…….it’s up…

…..but you can’t move forward decorating without the @#$%%$@ lights working…….

…..so that means it’ll be a Walmart run today…….augh…….just what I love to do during the frenzy of December’s holiday shopping…….

…..it brings out the best in me…….

…..plus I’m armed with a mobile-welded-metal-projectile…….a shopping cart…….

Heh…..heh…..heh…..

…..Christmas spirit takes many forms…….

So, the tree sits in darkness…….because the lights have to come first…….

…..only one strand is working…….out of ALL of the boxes that I dug out of the far-reaches of Attic #2…….

…..I have odd crunchy things wandering around in my scalp…….and my arms & face itch…….

…..there’s a rodent/roach anthropological exhibit up there…….(multiple/bad-choices of things to play tiddlywinks with)

…..but at least the decorations (and myself) have all made it down the attic ladder…..alive…..(some of those boxes have strange, scuttling noises coming from inside them…)

My younger daughter and I had to set up an impromptu defense-line last night after the “loosing of the hounds”.               ***Releasing The Hounds***

So many puppies…….it seemed like triple the amount…….slipping and slurping in all of the splashed water from under the Christmas tree (that’s exactly why we don’t put anything extra in the water for the tree)…

I swear those pups were boogie-boarding in the den last night…….

***Of course:  An Explanation of Boogie Boarding***

So let’s re-cap what’s on my agenda for today:  #1.  Do ALL necessary things & chores before leaving property.  #2.  Drive to vets/pick up more antibiotics for Addy and another botulism vaccination for Anja (the last one I inadvertently squirted all over myself…….yes, I did…….nicht gut…….killed-virus/hopefully).  #3.  Drive to where Anja is and give her the booster shot.  #4.  Go by bank/check balance.  #5.  Go to Walmart/try very hard not to be inappropriate.  #6.  Bring home the PRECIOUS STRINGS OF LIGHTS!  #7.  Do ALL the necessary things backwards that we did this morning.  #8.  Pull off another succulent & nutritious dinner…….with a smile.  #9.  Housecleaning?…….nope…….bush-hogging and piling-up downed tree limbs has to happen first……..and it all ain’t happening today…

#10.  And then trim the tree…….

WHERE’S THE  @#$%#@@  EGGNOG!?!       I’VE GOT THE MEDIOCRE BOURBON COVERED!