Todayness.

[kyrielle]

Holiday party at work. It fit neatly between two phone conferences I had. (The holiday party was scheduled to run into one of them, but I was an 'optional' attendee. The party ended early - as I expected - so I made the entire call. Which I'm glad of, because it was a very good and informative call and I spoke up several times, which is easier if you're actually on the thing. ;) We did a "white elephant" style gift exchange, I ended up with a fabric bowl, candy-coated sunflower seeds (which I thought would be icky, based on the concept, but which I must concede are actually quite good), and a pretty little angel ornament. Need to get a hanger and put that on the tree. (The gift I took in was liked by its recipient. This is a goodthing.)

Came home, wrapped another gift for Scott and put it under the tree. Yay!

Kitties are being sweet. Babe is not happy with the dry food again and had eaten very little today, so I gave her a quarter of a small can of canned food and she'll get her evening dry when I go to bed. I think I need to get new dry, she gets fussy when it is stale. (Disheartening: with only two cats, it pretty much is guaranteed to have time to do that, even in the small bags. Sigh.) But this has happened before and a fresh bag was the cure. We'll see if it is again.

Time for me to finish clearing off the kitchen table, and go take a hot bath before bed. Warmth is good, so is clean, so is sleep in due time.

Comments

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pretty Xmas card! :D

What is your cats' attitude towards the tree? (I am curious--one of my family's dogs despised it, and would bark at it for invading his territory. The other was mainly bewildered by the sudden obstacle to his favorite windowside nap space.)

[kyrielle]

Welcome!

Babe is indifferent to the tree, but liked the tree skirt as a place to sprawl. It's not really fluffier than the carpet, it was just novel. Until she found the heat vent. Then it was novel and WARM. Alas, it's been present-ed up until the heat vent area isn't really big enough for the cat to sprawl, but she doesn't seem to mind too much.

Apple scurries past it nervously if she thinks I'm watching. If she thinks I'm not watching, she attacks the lower branches. Bratlet.

[mika-vumner.livejournal.com]

My cats are the same way with dry food, but I got a bucket from PetSmart to put it in. Has a nice tightly sealed screw on top that keeps it decently fresh. They don't get near as fussy now... only if it sits out in their bowl too long. :P Silly cats, never happy!

[kyrielle]

Due to Babe's weight issues and Apple's tendency to play vacuum cleaner, they get fed a set amount twice a day, so...hmm. I'll try that! (With the next bag.)

Apple, of course, plays vacuum cleaner. She doesn't care if it's stale. :P