2010 Daily Ornament Report - Cats are still being good. All ornaments, presents, and decorations are unmolested.You know the best thing about the shortest day of the year? After today, the days will get longer and the sun will return ( Read more... )

2010 Daily Ornament Report - 1 down; located behind the comfy chair.I've finished decorating. The trees are trimmed, the banister is bedecked with garland, and the stockings are hung with care. Now I just need to wrap gifts and stash them beneath the boughs (and hope like the dickens that Oreo will leave the presents alone ( Read more... )

2010 Daily Ornament Report - 0 harmed; judicious use of the water bottle is paying off.Pretty good choir practice last night, although I do wish that others would put more energy and life into their singing. I was very, very tired, but I still tried to make the lively songs bright and cheerful and the introspective songs ethereal. It's a downer to ( Read more... )

2010 Daily Ornament Report - 1 wounding, but it was quickly recoveredAs many have heard and/or read me lament, Oreo chewed through the wires in the bottom third of our pre-lit tree. Luckily, the tree-to-outlet portion of cabling was in the middle third of the tree and that section plus the top third were safe and sound. I purchased a set of lights ( Read more... )