It's really beginning to look a
lot like Christmas! Right now I'm in New Brunswick, Canada, where there's
already a few inches of snow on the ground and another couple predicted for
tomorrow. Of course there'll be a lot more falling
before Christmas, and even more after Christmas, so I'm glad to basically be an
indoor dog. It's -10 degrees Celsius outside right now, which Dad says is about 14 degrees Fahrenheit. Either way, that's cold enough to make my trips outside
for "business" quite short! On the positive side of the season as an
indoor dog, I appreciate the warmth and ready availability of food, family, and
toys ... generally in that order ... and of course internet access so I can get
this blog out to all of you who are following it. There's also the frequent
smell of cookies and other tasty treats wafting from the kitchen and the radio
is playing almost all Christmas songs.
The only downside of that is most of the
stations have a single loop of pretty much the same 5 Christmas songs that just
play over and over. You know the ones I'm talking about. There's Brenda Lee
singing Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, often followed by Gene Autry (the original singing cowboy) doing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, then Burl Ives with the classic Holly Jolly Christmas, Bing Crosby's White Christmas, and finally, of course, the one and only Elvis Presley
singing Blue Christmas. So, it
gets a bit monotonous ... but it's still good for keeping everyone in the
Christmas spirit.
As I may have mentioned in the introductory issue, Christmas
Day is also my birthday! Woof! I'll be 7 this year, though it's hard to
believe that many years have rolled by since joining my family. People are
always saying a year in a dog's life equals 7 in theirs. Given they're
humans who haven't lived a single day as a dog, makes it a little questionable for me. Although, if it's true, I'll only be 3 years younger than Dad in a couple
weeks, which I think would make him quite happy. He really acts a lot younger
than his age though. I mean the fact he likes to swim and negotiates stairs
quite easily makes him a great athlete from my perspective. This whole
LetTheBigDogRun.com project also tells me he's still at least young at heart.
Just to have the stamina to run a business in today's crazy economy is pretty
good evidence.
Well, I had some time on my paws this morning so I thought I'd
send out a little pre-Christmas cheer. Also to let you know ... there's still
time to order your dog, and of course your favorite dog-blog author ... a little
something special at LetTheBigDogRun.com.
Just sayin ...
Love,
Buddy
Buddy
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