Wellness Check, Misty River, Father Christmas, Oldest Piece, Lily Bit and Resolutions and Goals

 Although Lily has gone from

this to 

meowing loudly but either

way, she knows how to 

do a wellness check.

Then we have this girl.

Such an innocent face and 

behavior....

But I am thinking it is not

so innocent.

I have found that there are

times I think she is doing things

just to tick Lily off.

Like coming into the room

when I am loving on 

Lily, cause she knows Lily 

will get pissed and run. 

The life of CATS!

But if you look behind the pic

of Misty you will see that

the shelves are bare and right

above her backend, Santa hats

are stacked and ready to pack.

Working on things slowly.

 In working slowly to get the 

Christmas stuff away I thought

I would share this,

Father Christmas.

In 1995 I started selling Christmas Around the

World. The kit to sell cost

150 bucks at that time.

You would get your kit and the first

150 bucks of sales paid

for it and it became

mine. I had to be able

to answer questions

without looking through

the catalog

each time for prices and

info on the item. To make

that easier I wrote everything out on sticker and applied

them to the backs of the item. With Father Christmas

I applied the sticker under the

robe. As you can see, Father Christmas

still wears his sticker.

My oldest piece was given

to me in 78, by my boss at

The Hermitage, Gift Shop.

All ornaments are packed,

and sitting in the hall

to be put away. The

trees have been boxed

back up and they are

already in their hiding

place till next year!

Before putting the

stuff in the closet I

am going to vacuum

out in there and

restack some things.

Then clean the room,

top to bottom.

Oh yay, more

cleaning!

I got to missing Lily Bit

on Sunday, and

since I did not make my

bed, she took advantage of

that fact.

She burrowed herself in for

a long nap.

Had I not been deep in

putting Christmas away, I

would probably have crawled

in for a nap also.

Today, Tuesday,

the wind is whipping

and I am not going

out to take

Christmas stuff down.

Wind tends to give

me a headache when

I go out in it. It will

get done, just

whenever.

I have been thinking

about resolutions,

goals and words.

I don't do resolutions,

cause I always seem

to not come about.

Goals seemed like

and easy thing to

meet, but then I realized

a goal is the same

as a resolution just

with a different

name. Then there is

picking a word for

the year, but a word

does you no good

unless you strive to

meet it and that seems

too much like a

resolution or goal!

I have decided to

meet each day,

one day at a time,

one step at a time,

and just be thrilled when

I do something

new, good, meaningful.

With all that said,

I hope to work on

eating better for my

health and kidneys.

Yes, food plays a part

in kidneys. Amazing!

This is not a goal

or anything else these

are just thoughts and

they came about

long before the thoughts

of the new year.

But to you,

I wish you the

Merriest and Happiest

New Year full of

friends, family,

love and meaning,

Pam