Freeloader

This is Aries, our neighbor's cat.  He's a nice boy, and he tends to hang out in our yard...especially at meal time.  I've posted before on how he begs for food, or tries to steal Patty O'Malley's and Sweetie's chow, and that I've decided to feed him a little bit of kibble in order to allow them to eat in peace.  Aries really is a good kitty, so payment of a few kibble here or there is a small price to pay for another cat to pet and snuggle!

This morning, he was late to the game, and Patty and Sweetie had gobbled up all of their for-cats-only tuna!  Aries sniffed the air, 'cause he knew there was some good smells, but that was all he got, because the 'O' cats had licked their bowls clean!  Snooze...ya lose!

Ouchie

While preparing for my family Christmas Eve gathering, I wrenched my back something awful.  The Hubby helped me to bed to lay down, brought up a bag of frozen corn kernels (for the ouchie spot on my spine), and pain pills. Until this morning, that's all I could do for days; even laughing hurt!  Could barely pull on socks...well, we've all had our aches and pains.  Sweetie and Patty O'Malley ate tuna for Christmas dinner, and Angel and Chuck were offered popcorn.

Am better now, thanks to rest.  And although the temps have been mild here in Michigan, it is now dropping into freezing territory. My sympathies go out to the folks in Texas and parts of the South that are getting hammered by storms and cold.