TGITDAT

Thank God it's the day after Thursday.

• Big weekend of pro-football. Year in and year out, the divisional playoff weekend (this one) is the best of the year. If you're reading this on your laptop from a casino in Vegas, here are your straight up winners: Eagles over the Saints, Bears over the Seahawks, Ravens over the Colts, and Chargers over the Patriots.
• We're no longer a Tivo family. We're now a Directv HD plus DVR family. I have decided to keep referring to it as Tivo, for the same reasons that later today I will wipe my nose with a Kleenex while I Xerox some copies.
• Just in time for the weekend, the Undaling has adjusted to the daycare schedule. This is a good thing, but I'm not sure we'll feel the same way when he's up and ready to go at 6am Saturday morning.
• Speaking of the boy, his favorite toy in the whole world is a stuffed dog that wears a Santa hat and barks along to Jingle Bells. Since all of the other Christmas paraphenalia has been removed from plain view, I'm not sure when to take this away from him and replace it with another seasonal toy (anybody know where to find a singing Groundhog?) I guess that I should take the Christmas lights down from outside before I even consider removing the Yuletide pup. I hope he's not confused when he figures out that Christmastime is not a year-round thing. Since our lights were up until April last year, I'm not sure that I've even figured that out yet.