Kitties Have No Christmas Tree This Year

Due to upcoming global jaunts the kitties will have no Christmas tree to harass/destroy/play with this year. Seems silly to put up a tree only to take it down the day after the holiday. Leaving it up would only be asking for trouble.

They do not seem too broken up about it. In fact, not a little bit of depression to be seen in the usual antics of zooming around, knocking things over and otherwise terrorizing each other. In fact, I don't think they have noticed what time of year it is. All they know is that suddenly it got too cold for mama to let them out on the porch for longer than a few minutes at a time.  

If there was ever any doubt that cold December air is invigorating to some, all you have to do is let your normally inside cat out onto the enclosed porch or into the garage for oh about 10 minutes (older cats will want back inside at about 5 minutes). When they come back in they will zoom through the house at near super sonic speed. No furniture surfaces will be spared from their flight as for some reason it is suddenly more fun to run through the living room without ever setting paw on the wood floor. 

Speaking of travels, human sort not feline flight, I have discovered that there is a TSA approved lock one can purchase for luggage. That way those annoyingly invasive TSA types can open the lock (if they need to) with a master key without having to break your lock or (as has happened to me) cut open the latch you pass the lock through. This lock comes in a variety of colors including my preferred purple. So of course I bought one. And of course it has yet to arrive. They are not expensive and hopefully it'll be worth it. 

The next dilemma is how to pack without going over the 50 pound weight limit. Even went so far as to weigh my suitcases last night to find the one that weighed the least but still provided room for all my stuff. Planning to bring a tote of some sort to pack in the case on the flight outta Ohio so I have something to carry goodies back in. Not bringing a carry-on for the trip out (tee hee). This scheme has worked before for significant travel so no reason to assume it will not work again. 

Now if I could just figure out how to get my cell phone to work outside the U.S. and Internet withdrawal for 10 days.

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