Christmas in September

Okay, so normally I get annoyed when stores/radio stations/people start celebrating Christmas before Thanksgiving.  I think that the day after Thanksgiving is a perfectly acceptable time to think about Christmas.  Dad says Costco already has Christmas things out.  Awfully early, don't you think?

Well, I suppose carrying Christmas items is acceptable.  Some people like to shop early, get it all out of the way.  Stores should accommodate those people.  It's when they start playing Christmas music immediately after Halloween that it really irks me.  Thanks.  Now I'm going to have to listen to the same music for two months straight.

Now, notice the third word of this post is 'normally.'  I've decided this year not to let all this bother me because last night, I ordered the brand new Celtic Thunder Christmas CD.  If you are unfamiliar with Celtic Thunder, and I'm not surprised if you are, you can check them out in my little video box in the upper-right hand corner of this page.  Maybe they are singing to you right now.  However, if you know me at all, I've probably tried to force them on you at some point, and you know how excited I get about them.  So I can tell you, when that new CD arrives at my house, I will be religiously listening to Christmas music in September.

That's why I won't get mad at those who start celebrating early.  I will be celebrating too, and I try not to be hypocritical.

The only thing to be careful of is to listen to this CD ONLY until I've enjoyed it JUST BARELY enough.  Can't get too burned out on Christmas music too early in the year, because soon it will be forced upon me, and I really don't want to be in the mood to kill so close to the holidays.

I think of wierd things when I'm at work.

Came up with two little brain nibblies today.
(In case you were wondering, 'brain nibblies' is a term for little bits of food for thought.)

First, I think that if a dog doesn't want to have puppies, it would be called an abarktion.

Secondly, what does wistfully mean?  Full of wist?  What the heck is wist?  Wait a minute, spell check isn't catching wist... is it an actual word?  To dictionary.com!

It says it's the past tense of wit, a verb meaning to know.  Well that doesn't make any sense!  The word wistfully implies full of wist, which would make wist a noun.  Not to mention wistfully has to do with longing, not knowing.  How strange!

My dog is psychic!

So I was just getting a drink of water downstairs.  Tagalong was relaxing on the couch, but when he saw me open up the freezer to get some ice, he jumped off and ran over to the edge of the kitchen.  Tag likes ice.  A lot.  So I didn't pay much attention and filled up my glass.  Meanwhile I see out of the corner of my eye Tags looking at the freezer.  All of a sudden I realize why he jumped up so quickly; he just wanted some ice.  So after I'm done, I turn around to get him a piece, but the freezer, that I just shut, was open.

That's right.  My dog looked at the freezer door AND IT OPENED.

Amazing.