Thanks for the Steely Dan tunes, love them.

And all the holiday/winter wishes. It got to 20 degrees last night.... Our outside dog came inside and he is Still Here. Being very well behaved and licking any crumbs of food off the floor (as the vacuuming person in the house I appreciate this). He doesn't seem to want to leave and if you can imagine the husband (a beat up looking, grizzled dude who knows how to punch) with this dog, it's adorable!
I think they actually communicate mentally, but the dog is about as small as you can get and the husband's been sitting cross legged on the floor "talking" to him and it's so cute (stray mix my son convinced me to adopt, Chihuahua and Jack Russell mix but of COURSE did not go with the kid... who has since adopted his own.... So we kept him, obviously).
I have got to get a Christmas puppy! Well, I shall wait until we see if our HUMAN stray wants to come live here first, that's a bit too much chaos all at once for myself....

But HOW I want one. I desperately want to go to the pound and find the puppy that "speaks" to me
Anna