Paper Whiskers

Photo on a Friday

I have a couple of posts in the works, but in the meantime, here's something cute to look at.

:)

Christmas Round-up: Whiskers

Pets have always been part of our families, the only difference being that I had cats and Eric had dogs. So, it didn't take too long until we had our own. Cats for now, hopefully a dog someday. We don't go so far with Kahlan and Edie to celebrate birthdays, but at Christmas they get their own gifts. And last year, I managed to even find pet paper at PetSmart. It's not very pretty, but it is nice to have something just for their gifts. And they seem to like the crackly noise of the paper and they definitely like the special treats they get.

For the most part, they don't bother the decorations or the tree, thankfully. They do like the fuzzy Santa hat tree skirt, though. Edie especially likes it, and will curl up under there quite often. She is also the one who rings the bell hanging from one of the bottom branches of the tree. It's a tradition from my own family's tree, that a cat bell is hung where the cat can brush up against it as she investigates presents.

Edie is also the one who chews on the tree branch that came off when I put it up this year. She pulled it out of the box one night and now I keep finding it all over the apartment.

The big gift this year was a cat hat, with reindeer antlers. It's silly, and not very well designed, but I couldn't resist it. Maybe if it had ear holes, they might have tolerated it longer.

Or not.

Christmas Round-up: Lazy Days

So, to make up for the radio silence last month, I've put together a few posts about Christmas around here. I know, crazy right?

The days leading up to Christmas this past year were incredibly lazy and long. In other words: perfect. I did have a few last minute shopping trips to make, made much more annoying by the suddenly icky weather, but for the most part I had everything I needed for the plans that I'd made.

What was even better, was that Eric's work schedule let him be home by lunch every day, and he was off the two days before Christmas. So, we had lots of time together. This actually became a problem when it came time to wrap his gifts. I ended up wrapping them at the same time as my family's and just made him cover his eyes for awhile. He could still listen to the TV, at least. LOL

And the icing on the cake? I managed to get him interested in my newest obsession: The Who-niverse. We watched both seasons of Torchwood, and the three-episode Doctor Who season three ending that take place between them, over the course of the week before Christmas. And he even enjoyed them! Woo! So now I'm looking forward even more to Torchwood's third season, so we can watch them together.

I also spent the time finishing decorations around the apartment (including a wreath), making good stuff to eat and taking pictures of the tree (finally got some good ornament shots!).

I'll leave you with a common sight during the season: