it's the most wonderful time of the year

yesterday i was trying to convey to someone that i was excited for christmas.  this was via text to my neighbor (long story).  i was hesitant to just say i was excited for christmas, because i didn't want her to think that i was excited for presents.....

i think most people recognize that there is more to christmas than gifts, but i've heard plenty of things that indicate that some people think that some people like christmas because they like getting presents.  i know this isn't everybody.

can't i like christmas because i like the music, food, stories, family time, memories, decorations, etc?  most of all, i like to read, hear, learn, and think about and celebrate the birth of Christ, the Lord.  i remember my favorite scripture story video when i was a kid was "the one where baby Jesus was born."

so i told her i was excited for the christmas season.

and i am : )  we're putting out our decorations this weekend!!

good thing tomorrow starts december!!  at preschool they say the next month is "christmas."  it will be easier to talk about that one next week...

maybe you'll be picked next

so, first of all, you have to know that i'm not really a pet person.  if you are, that's totally ok.  i didn't grow up with dogs or cats, and have never really had an interest in them.  (i do, however, to a certain extent, enjoy puppy and kitty calendar pictures... haha : )  i like animals - i'm just more of a zoo, aquarium, nature animals type person.  will grew up with a cat, but he's not really interested in having one now.

so... when we started seeing these commercials, 2 or 3 months ago, with cats in them, sponsored by the shelter pet project i had mixed feelings.    in some ways we didn't care for the commercials because they weren't about something of general interest (cats), but at the same time there was just something about them... one in particular.

have you seen these commercials?!

over time we found ourselves more and more drawn to this one.  will started quoting parts of it to me.  we were enjoying it!  eventually we even looked it up online to watch because we hadn't seen it for a while.... : )

allow me to share it with you now.





maybe it's their voices.  maybe we like saying to each other "we've been caged together too long."  maybe it's other quotes.  maybe it's because it touches on adoption and there's a very real possibility that our family will be blessed by adoption.

whatever it is, we smile every time : )