the naughties & you.

NY's coming. Nope, not New York, although a winter trip there isn't the worst of ideas, either :P

This time we're talking about the New Year - so get your resolutions ready :)

Our wishes to you are pretty common, really. We'd like you to be happy and have the best of everything.

Oh, and The Naughties above have a special message, as well. In a pretty choir, of course :)

They want you to get a thrill in every little thing. And to do stuff you never thought you'd do. And to mix water and fire, just to see what happens :) And maybe wake up every morning feeling like you're going to have fun, even if it's yet another day at work. And don't forget to challenge things that don't seem right. And even though it's plain obvious a new year is on its way, hope you

neverneverneverneverneverneverneverneverneverneverneverGROWup :)

Big kiss.

so predictable.

You probably don't know this, but once X-mas is over, the Angel Girl gets rid of her wingy-good-girl costume and goes out looking for a New Year's Eve dress. And it needs to be smokin' hot!!

Do you do the same? :)

jingle bells.

Here's BURP's Christmas present from Ioana: pics with her baby sister - Miki - wearing the Angel Girl earrings.

She also wrote us a very beautiful email that made us realize we're so lucky to have met so many friends through BURP.

And if others don't see BURP's big achievements in market share or stuff like that, we agree :)

But we want to tell them that we feel we've achieved a lot more than that :) And our friends, our feelings and our adventures with BURP will always count more in our book.

sparkles.

Although he has a mission (packing the gifts :P) and he hasn't finished the work yet, this lil' Veteran Christmas Dog took a short break just to wish you all the best.

Santa let all his reindeers go this season (because of the economy, you know...) and all he could afford was this Veteran Dog. He's cheaper than a bunch of Rudolphs & Prancers & Blitzers, so there you go :)

So he's Santa's helper this year.

That's why he wanted to personally say "Merry Christmas and the Happiest New Year Ever!", so we agreed to let him write it down (under strict supervision, of course:)).

Hoping you'll have a happy holiday - and come back here from time to time, 'cause the kiddiez never stop :)

Enjoy the snow, presents, friends, family, good food and great adventures.

worldwide cat party.

BURP kiddiez told us to say "Happy B-day" to Kitten - so we did :)

We hope she's having a big party and feeling great.

Sending a big snowy kiss - it will probably reach her on the beach somewhere :)

crittures of comfort.

Whenever the holidays are approaching, one gets to see a lot of people running around and creating panic & chaos. "I HAVE to get X a present", "Where the hell can I find that book for Y?", "One more to go and I can go home and relax for a while" - this is what we get to hear when people tick friends & family off the list.

When did Christmas become a must-do-have to-need-to thing? Is it because we're all grown-up now? Remember when you were a kid? It was REALLY COOL. When the first snow came, the only thing you HAD TO do was bundle up and go play. For a really long time. Even longer. Yes, longer than that, too. Pretty much until Santa came down the chimney and made you one happy kiddo.

So what has changed? Why do we get grumpy and frowny and stressed nowadays? We don't HAVE TO do anything - except the things we love to do. So yes, making presents is a wonderful thing. But it should be seen as such, not as an obligation of some sort.

That being said, don't worry because you've only got a few days 'till Christmas and you haven't bought any presents. Don't empty the shelves and your pockets just because "X only gets expensive gifts". And don't push people on the street in order to be the first one that gets into that store.

Be calm, be happy and the perfect gift will show itself to you. Enjoy the process, as they say. The result will obviously be extraordinary.

brunch.

Little Dino seems to be on the run, doesn't he?
Well, he's rushing home to eat, that's why.

The Veteran Dog got stolen and will probably become Dino's dinner or something.

Yummy :)