Lavon, the other dog isn't a Papillon. He's a large dog, like a brown and white border collie or something similar. Thanks Ont gal! I didn't even think the first dog was a chihuaha, it looks bigger. But the second dog is gorgeous.

Eh, not that important. I have one show I love to watch during the week and I watch football on the weekends. I like the mystery shows, but don't know when they're on, but will watch one if I happen across it (Dateline Mystery, etc). I have one older tv in the living room and that's it. I would never pay for cable, and I get really mad at myself if I watch too much. I've had times in my life where I've watched WAY too much of it and I really feel like I could living instead of wasting my life away staring at the tv. Whenever I know I'm watching too much, I get annoyed to think of all the productive things I could have been doing or accomplishing instead. I've thought about getting rid of it altogether. Maybe I'll have to give it a shot soon.

Wow, some interesting stories here! I guess I was lucky that my mom never paid much attention to Christmas tree decorating. When she was busy in the kitchen, she definitely appreciated if someone else took care of the tree! First it was my Dad with me helping a bit, then it was Dad setting up the tree and stringing the lights and me putting all the decorations on, and, finally, just me as Dad was re-assigned to help Mom in the kitchen. Mom's criteria: - The tree must be straight and not fall over; - You shall never use the nice new bedsheets to camouflage the old 5-gallon bucket the tree is in, a leftover piece of white fabric would do; - The tree must be done by the time she gets to setting the table for the holiday dinner; My decorating criteria as they evolved with time: 1) The biggest and brightest balls and pieces all in the front, and the small stuff is crammed in the back. A few pieces got dropped and broken as I crawled under the tree to reach into the back (the tree was in a corner); 2) All the pieces must be on the tree, no matter how crowded. That included a dozen mismatched garlands and two tree toppers. I stuck the smaller topper on a side branch near the top as my Dad held me up. My mom only shrugged when a guest asked her why the second topper; 3) Each piece next to a light of matching color, e.g. green next to green, red next to red and blue next to blue. Purple, orange or multicolored pieces became a problem, so they either didn't go on the tree at all, or got buried deep inside; 4) Placing the balls in symmetrical rows: red balls at the bottom, golden balls in the next row up, blue balls in another row, green balls in a row too, then red balls again, golden balls and so on until I reached the top. The rows of the balls were separated by rows of tinsel garlands. My high school friends loved it; 4) When I was in college, I had a bright idea of decorating the tree with red bows. I still decorate my Xmas tree with bows! :-)

We love love love the Barkley dog family commercials for Subaru. The latest new ones are awesome. The one of the daddy dog driving the baby puppy in the baby seat to get it toto sleep, asas soon as he opens the car door the baby wakes up. Just precious. And the mom dog coming out of the hair salon with the scarf over her head and she snarls at him when she takestakes the scarf off I seriously lol. I would buy a Subaru just because they have the best ads on TV.