What a month it's been for Mac - first, his favorite team wins the Super Bowl, and now his very own breed wins Best in Show at Westminster!

First of all, Mac isn't a thoroughbred beagle, but he doesn't know that. Anyway, he watched with anticipation and was filled with glee when one of his own won. We were thrilled too! As you can see by the last pic, he was so excited that he jumped up on top of the screen and shared an

ah-roo! with Uno!

Mac gets all decked out for the Super Bowl and is totally THRILLED when the Giants win in the final seconds of the game!

Mac has been completely bored with this whole Palm Springs thing, so he looked forward to watching the game in his old NY Giants uniform. Sadly, as you can see, it no longer fits. He had to sort of "tack" it on. Happens to all of us, I'm afraid. Anyway, when his team pulled through at the last minute, he was so proud that he attempted his very own goal kick. He did rather well considering his legs aren't jointed and he can't kick.

P.S. Some people may say that we are drinking too much wine out here in California, but my answer to that is NO WAY! However, try the Mumm Napa Cuvee Champagne if you can get it. It's GREAT!

P.P.S. Does anyone know the history of jersey #53? We're not sports fans and Mac's not telling.

Let's put it this way, Mac is keeping "Mumm."

Finally, after nearly 3 weeks, some pix of our newest residence (in Palm Springs, of course)

The first pic is of the front of this place, which really isn't very impressive. It's the back of it, with the ponds and waterfalls and ducks that's really nice. The last pic is of a bird of unknown type, I just like the way it came out.

We will probably be here in Palm Springs until the end of February, then we are ABSOLUTELY moving on, either to the San Diego area or to Arizona. Weather has been constantly improving, should be up to the mid 70's by midweek. We're having fun but getting kind of lazy and, dare I say it, in a rut. Will be back with some Super Bowl weirdness from Mac.