decoration day

today was decoration day at the mcdoers. we dug all of our holiday boxes out of the basement, put up our tree and listened to lots of christmas music.

since chompers is the newest mcdoer, we tried to get her in the spirit as well. she played along at first ...

but became increasingly annoyed with us ...

and this will be the first of many, many posts where i dress up the dog when the creative well runs dry.

it's a girl!

meet chompers, the newest addition to our family ...

we adopted her on november 18th, 2006 from a shelter (after some evildoer abandoned her). she's a collie mix, weighs 46.5 pounds and is approximately 2 years old.

and she's the sweetest, bestest thing that's happened to us in a long, long time.

top ten

i'm back from nyc & boston! did you miss me? did you at least miss iwannabeyourblog?

in honor of the mcdoers' trip to the late show with david letterman (yes, we had front row seats, and yes, rachel weisz is HOT, HOT, HOT), here are the top ten things that happened to me this month (i haven't written much of any substance lately, it's time to summarize):

10 - working on the deck with my dad during a thunderstorm. nothing says father-son bonding like using power saws in the pouring rain!

9 - touring the u.n. mrs. mcdoer asked questions about secretary general kofi annan. i asked questions about nicole kidman and kazakhstan's representative.

8 - speaking of kazakhstan, seeing borat, THE BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!! is sexy time, yes?

7 - opening my door at 7:40 a.m. to find a chimney sweep wearing a top hat. no explanation necessary.

6 - hearing gob iron. get it. got it? good. i've heard a lot of cds lately, a lot a lot, but nothing tops jay farrar's and anders parker's take on traditional folk songs.

5 - buying a rolex, albeit a fake, in chinatown. that's how i roll!

4 - not having our new house pumpkin-smashed, egged and/or vandalized in any other way while we were out of town. thanks, mom, for setting out that candy on halloween.

3 - seeing gunther von hagen's body worlds 2: an anatomical exhibit of real human bodies at the boston museum of science. donate your body for plastination after death at http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/bodydonation/body_donation_program.html!

2 - love and marriage. seeing our lost lost friends, ellen and the hawk, and, in this world of divorce and decay, watching love birds katie and dave tie the knot.

1 (tie) - going on vacation to nyc & boston.

1 (tie) - getting paid while we were on vacation. easily the best part of being an adult.

1 (tie) - seeing rachel weisz, up close and personal. damn, she's HOT. is sexy time, yes?