In like a lion with ... December?

How is it that we find the calendar page turned to December now?   I swear it was just Labor Day and the donning of September!

Many people tend to debate the appropriate term that this time of year heralds. 
"Holiday"  "Xmas"  "Christmas"
Mine is "The To Do List"
Said list has merged and migrated over the years from an ever present spiral steno pad to the appropriate electronic gizmo - likely from the previous year's gift giving event.   Unfortunately with the addition of virtual pages to this document, the corresponding time allowance has not increased.   Instead, I need to maintain the regularly scheduled chaos in addition to the baking, shopping, shipping, ho ho ho'ing and any extras that may pop up {cleaning? did someone use the word 'vacuum'?} in the allotted 24 hours per day.  Perhaps it's time to explore investing in that whole cloning thing. 

Last night, we ushered in December with many gusts of wind and a continual loop on the tv of Tornado Watch 2010.  The dogs could have cared less about the impending cyclone, surely to hit us for the benefit of the local news team to have something to report on, but the wind?  The magical whistling outside?   The act of nature that caused random things to go bump in the Rottweiler's very proximity without permission.  ATTACK!   It was a very very long night.

Newest entry on To Do List:  Perfect anti-storm dance.  Subcategory:  Shop for offering to Nature.   Do deities have a sense of humor?   I hear Amazon has a sale on CD's - perhaps a medley of Earth, Wind and Fire would be appropriate?