cold & cozy

It's soooooo cold today. But our house is cozy with 2 gas fireplaces keeping us warm.
Bridget, our Cairn Terrier is like the bears - she lays around all day and sleeps. It's hard to get her to go out. I'm sure she has owl in her blood because she likes to go out at night. She hears animals out there and she has to tend to the estate with her threatening bark. The only way I can get her to come back in (when I'm ready to go to bed), is to get the cheese out. She comes running when she hears the wrapper.
My husband has a ritual with her every night. He whispers "brush" to her and she looks up at him in anticipation, then leaps off the couch, runs to the brush cupboard, and waits. After a nice fur treatment, she gets a treat. She is a smart little dog.
Maybe Santa will leave a toy in her stocking.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanakah everyone!
Eleanor Russell Brown