Moments in Time

Well, it's almost 11 PM and my two "mice" are definitely still stirring (I can hear loud giggling from upstairs), but at least the stockings are hung by the chimney with care. :-) I often wonder if we're the only ones crazy enough to have stockings for our pets, too -- all of them, even the snakes.

Tiger always considers the Christmas tree his own personal little kitty cave. He likes to lay under it:


The girls and I volunteered at the Humane Society today. I figured they'd be short on help, plus it got the girls thinking about something other than themselves and presents. The shelter's had a lot of people bring in puppies this week, so the girls were in heaven! There was one (adult) dog that ... ooh, if I didn't know that DH would have a fit, she would've come home with us. She's a beagle/basset mix (mixed with lab, I think), and her name is Sidney. She was so dejected in that cage, but when you went in with her, she climbed on you, kissed you and whimpered. She definitely a people dog and needs a home - fast. I've already volunteered to foster her if she doesn't do well at the shelter. Hmmmm, if it wasn't Christmas, I'd be willing to deal with a grumpy husband just to give her a home.

By dinner time, the girls were both very hyped up and dying to open their one Christmas Eve gift. Ali chose to open her present from Jessica (Jess made it herself):

Jess opened her present from my friend, Pam (more clothes - she was thrilled!):


After dinner we went out driving to look at Christmas lights. One guy decorates his whole (huge) yard every year and asks for donations for Habitat for Humanity. This is just one part of his display:

Pretty cool!

May you have the gladness of Christmas
which is hope;
The spirit of Christmas
which is peace;
The heart of Christmas
which is love.
- Ada V. Hendricks