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MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS

This photo was taken last year as I was in the process of taking down my big Christmas tree, which I hadn't been able to decorate for several years. So this was my cat's first introduction to glitter and fluffy stuff, and while I thought she might pull tinsel off the tree, she never bothered anything. But she delighted in curling up UNDER the tree (see below). During the undecorating process, I was placing ornaments on the table and Charlee was watching the whole process very intently. Knowing she can't resist anything new and soft to lie on, I folded some of the white cotton padding on the floor while I was working, and she immediately curled up on it.

Later, nearly done, I put that folded cotton on the dining room table and was out of the room for awhile. When I came back in, there she was, curled up on it, and refusing to look at me.

Now you need to understand that when I brought Charlee home from the Humane Society, I had trained her to stay off the dining room table and other places I didn't want her to jump on, and she was very good about minding me. Until this day, when I put "her" piece of cotton on the table. Any cat owner will understand the silent message she sent me with the look I captured in the above photo. It very clearly said:

"When this white stuff was on the floor, you said it was okay to curl up on it. So now it’s on the table, and I figure I can STILL lie on it, even though I KNOW I’m not supposed to be on the table.  But then, I'm not ON the table. I'm on this white stuff. Right?”

I had a good laugh that day, and figured I couldn't argue with this kind of cat logic. So I posed a few of the remaining ornaments on the table and snapped this picture for my collection of Charlee pics, and I hope it makes you smile.

May your Christmas be filled with blessings
that go far beyond the usual gifts.