Choo Choo Ho Ho

My neice and nephew sat on a little bench
in front of the mall Santa for pictures.
They sat as f-a-r apart as possible, arms tucked
in so there was no chance that they could possibly touch.



The Santa FREAKED me out.
Totally gave me the CREEPS.
I can only describe him as a hatchet faced man.
Auggie fell asleep in line so I was spared getting him
anywhere near the scary Santa.
Besides, Moldy Head isn't back from Tahiti and how
would I explain that?

Miracle on 34th St.

I was tired and cranky yesterday morning.
The cell rang and it was my friend Jill.
"Let's meet tonight and go have a beer,
I need to get out"

PERFECT

It was just what I needed.
We walked up 34th Street
Past the Christmas lights
Past the hub cap tree
Past the Santa on a Harley
and went into Rocket to Venus

A Hoegaarden White Ale with a slice of orange.
Refreshing and light tasting...
AND..
Now I have a new favorite thing- FRIED PICKLES.
Words fail me!
They were fantastic!
They also have some amazingly tasty brussels sprouts.

It felt odd being out at night.
It has been a long time.

Meet Moldy Head the Pirate

Meet Moldy Head the Pirate.
I think Dave got him at some white elephant thing.
He has perched atop our teeny tiny Christmas Tree
for the last several years. The rest of the year he
hangs from a string in the corner of the living room.
I can't quite remember how we started calling him
Moldy Head.

Somehow we got into a discussion about what to tell
Auggie about Santa... One of those things neither of us
has strong feelings about, but I do have some issues with
trying to convince him that Santa exists. It just feels like
it would totally suck to believe in Santa and then find out
it is all a sham!

SOO
Instead of Santa we decided to tell Auggie about
Moldy Head the Pirate! We just have to come up
with a good story. The fun thing about coming up with
our own story is that Auggie can have a starring role.
None of this Rudolf crap. Auggie can own the imposing
pirate ship where Moldy gathers loot from the oceans
of the world. He can be king of the pirates! Big Gay
Lion can look after the worker pirates while Auggie is
home with his parents! Crunchy Dog will guard the holds!
His pirate underlings will deliver his share of the booty
from across the South Seas every Christmas morning.

Story still taking shape.
Open to suggestions...