Fascination Friday - MUSIC...

...Or "lyricus," as the Greeks called it. The Iroquois called it "shan-de-la", which means "the cobra's gyrations." -Ron Burgundy (Anchorman)

...Or "lyricus," as the Greeks called it. The Iroquois called it "shan-de-la", which means "the cobra's gyrations."

-Ron Burgundy (Anchorman)

I don't think it's a secret that I've been going thru a rough patch lately.

Music, or "Shan-de-la" has really been getting me thru it.

Here's a peek at some artists I've been loving lately.

Gregory Alan Isakov

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M.I.A. 

(Yes-I know she pulled a very inappropriate stunt at the Superbowl, but it wasn't a deal-breaker for me.) 

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Washed Out

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Lykke Li

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Neon Indian

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These guys...maybe you've heard of them.

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Widowspeak

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Torture

I enjoy seeing the sights during the holidays, but there's no sight quite like seeing my dogs in a Santa hat and a Santa suit.

They torture me every day with their licking and their obnoxious behavior.

It's about time I torture them for a change.  

Don't you think?

Aren't they just ADORABLE????

(Even with that look of misery in their eyes.:)

Things to do over winter break...

I must say, I'm really excited to see more of these faces over the next two weeks...

And the monkeys are soooooooooooo excited to be out of school!

We made a "TO-DO" list for the next two weeks.  Here are just a few things off the list:

Make a snowman.

Baking day.

Look at Christmas lights.

Make a gingerbread house.

Museum.

Make a fort.

Play dates and Sleepovers.

Movie marathon day.

Ice skating.

Roller skating.

Read. Read. Read.

Those are just a few - and we've already done a couple of them.  We are checking them off as we go.

We looked at Christmas lights on Friday AND Saturday nights.

Friday was our dear friend, Jef's birthday.  We started the evening with drinks and apps at LINGER,

and headed to the Denver Botanic Gardens to take in their beautiful lights.

(Hilarious picture.)

Good friends and great fun.  What a fantastic evening we had.

Happy birthday, JEF!!

On Saturday, we got hot chocolate and headed out for a look at some of our favorite holiday light displays from years past...

We started at the Kloewer's...

(Sadly, after 29 years of their holiday display, this is the Kloewer's last year.)

The monkeys will miss it.

These lights are only a block and a half from our house.

So pretty.

For some of you, this might be Christmas overload...

so I will wait until tomorrow to share pictures of our baking day with you.

Hope you are having a maaaaaaaaaaaaaarvelous week!

Keeping that under-bite warm and cozy

The cold weather has finally caught up to us.  Tomorrow, it will be snowing.

I have to make sure Bigsby stays all warm and cozy so...

...I couldn't resist taking about a hundred photos of him in his new fall sweater 

by Martha Stewart...

...and I could have taken a hundred more.

Doesn't he just look adorably ferocious?

He's a vicious beast...who shivers. :)

Stay warm, my friends!