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No tree this year
We drove by the lot selling x-mas tree yesterday. We usually get our
tree after thankgiving or the first week of december. Even though we are not christians, we love putting up a tree and decorating it with the many ornaments we've accumulated over the years. Given the pagan origins of the tree tradition, I think it's ok for us non-christians to have one. I mentioned casually, "Fez is going to be at the top of that tree ten seconds after we bring it into the house". That got us thinking. Perhaps not this year. We've talked about it and we think Fez is too frisky to be trusted with a tree. The boy is crazy! And he gives Feline Stuborness a whole new dimension. Here's a typical Fez moment: I'm carving a roasted chicken on the kitchen counter. Fez jumps up and tries to get close to the action. I reprimand him and put him on the floor. Half a second later, he's back on the counter, smelling the chicken. I reprimand him again and put him on the floor. By the time I turn to face the chicken, he's about to take a bite of it. I call to Tom to come help me with the little beast, so he comes and grabs him and takes him away. Five seconds later he's back at it. Did I mention he's stubborn? Sigh. So, we're going to skip the tree this year, hoping that by next year he'll have stopped being such a stubborn kitten. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Victor Martinez wrote:
We drove by the lot selling x-mas tree yesterday. We usually get our tree after thankgiving or the first week of december. Even though we are not christians, we love putting up a tree and decorating it with the many ornaments we've accumulated over the years. (snip) Victor, Fez is just being a kitten! Persia isn't a kitten but she reached up and snagged a burger I'd grilled last Spring. I'm sure roasted chicken would be far too tempting for her to resist! I haven't put up a tree in at least 10 years. I thought seriously about it this year, because, like you, I love the decorations. But Persia would either try to climb the tree (she has no front claws, so she'd be bad at this) or knock it over battling with the dangling ornaments. Or she would drink all the water in the pan at the base. So I've decided, no tree. At least, that's my decision for now. I may change my mind and say "de'il tak the hindmost!" Jill |
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"Victor Martinez" wrote in message .. . We drove by the lot selling x-mas tree yesterday. We usually get our tree after thankgiving or the first week of december. Even though we are not christians, we love putting up a tree and decorating it with the many ornaments we've accumulated over the years. Given the pagan origins of the tree tradition, I think it's ok for us non-christians to have one. I mentioned casually, "Fez is going to be at the top of that tree ten seconds after we bring it into the house". That got us thinking. Perhaps not this year. We've talked about it and we think Fez is too frisky to be trusted with a tree. The boy is crazy! And he gives Feline Stuborness a whole new dimension. Here's a typical Fez moment: I'm carving a roasted chicken on the kitchen counter. Fez jumps up and tries to get close to the action. I reprimand him and put him on the floor. Half a second later, he's back on the counter, smelling the chicken. I reprimand him again and put him on the floor. By the time I turn to face the chicken, he's about to take a bite of it. I call to Tom to come help me with the little beast, so he comes and grabs him and takes him away. Five seconds later he's back at it. Did I mention he's stubborn? Sigh. So, we're going to skip the tree this year, hoping that by next year he'll have stopped being such a stubborn kitten. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he Ah, Victor, here's thought, maybe decorate with non-breakables like candy canes -- our tree-decorating has changed over time to accomodate kitties, although come to think of it, I have no idea what Robin and Tucker are going to do to our tree this year...but since we went to an artificial tree a few years ago (which I truly dislike) I'm sorta secretly cheering the kitties on... And for those of you who want to see what Oreo thinks of the Christmas tree, see 12-14 of http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/cfbureltoo Christine |
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LOL, I have a Mickey like that, he's 7 now, and not much has
changed........... -- Nanny Don't take life too seriously . . . no one gets out alive. "Victor Martinez" schreef in bericht .. . We drove by the lot selling x-mas tree yesterday. We usually get our tree after thankgiving or the first week of december. Even though we are not christians, we love putting up a tree and decorating it with the many ornaments we've accumulated over the years. Given the pagan origins of the tree tradition, I think it's ok for us non-christians to have one. I mentioned casually, "Fez is going to be at the top of that tree ten seconds after we bring it into the house". That got us thinking. Perhaps not this year. We've talked about it and we think Fez is too frisky to be trusted with a tree. The boy is crazy! And he gives Feline Stuborness a whole new dimension. Here's a typical Fez moment: I'm carving a roasted chicken on the kitchen counter. Fez jumps up and tries to get close to the action. I reprimand him and put him on the floor. Half a second later, he's back on the counter, smelling the chicken. I reprimand him again and put him on the floor. By the time I turn to face the chicken, he's about to take a bite of it. I call to Tom to come help me with the little beast, so he comes and grabs him and takes him away. Five seconds later he's back at it. Did I mention he's stubborn? Sigh. So, we're going to skip the tree this year, hoping that by next year he'll have stopped being such a stubborn kitten. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 14:40:40 GMT, Victor Martinez
wrote: We drove by the lot selling x-mas tree yesterday. We usually get our tree after thankgiving or the first week of december. Even though we are not christians, we love putting up a tree and decorating it with the many ornaments we've accumulated over the years. Given the pagan origins of the tree tradition, I think it's ok for us non-christians to have one. I mentioned casually, "Fez is going to be at the top of that tree ten seconds after we bring it into the house". That got us thinking. Perhaps not this year. We've talked about it and we think Fez is too frisky to be trusted with a tree. The boy is crazy! And he gives Feline Stuborness a whole new dimension. Here's a typical Fez moment: I'm carving a roasted chicken on the kitchen counter. Fez jumps up and tries to get close to the action. I reprimand him and put him on the floor. Half a second later, he's back on the counter, smelling the chicken. I reprimand him again and put him on the floor. By the time I turn to face the chicken, he's about to take a bite of it. I call to Tom to come help me with the little beast, so he comes and grabs him and takes him away. Five seconds later he's back at it. Did I mention he's stubborn? Sigh. So, we're going to skip the tree this year, hoping that by next year he'll have stopped being such a stubborn kitten. For some years I put a small tree (potted) in a window and put a wood framed wire fence around it - covered the inside with cloth similar to the curtains so it didn't look so bad from the inside. Of course I only got to enjoy it when I was outside, mostly when coming home from work. Now I use an outdoor tree (http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/misc.pictures/xmas.tree.html). OT - I hate it when a cat goes outside in the rain for a few minutes - just long enough to get really wet - then comes in and rubs against my legs. Mudpie just did that - now it looks ... he did - he jumped on the table and is rubbing his wet head against my hands as I type. Good thing my lap is occupied by Ozy. Oh, no, that didn't stop him. Tail across face - I'm getting up and leaving. T.E.D. - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body) |
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"Victor Martinez" wrote in message .. . We drove by the lot selling x-mas tree yesterday. We usually get our tree after thankgiving or the first week of december. Even though we are not christians, we love putting up a tree and decorating it with the many ornaments we've accumulated over the years. Given the pagan origins of the tree tradition, I think it's ok for us non-christians to have one. I mentioned casually, "Fez is going to be at the top of that tree ten seconds after we bring it into the house". That got us thinking. Perhaps not this year. We've talked about it and we think Fez is too frisky to be trusted with a tree. The boy is crazy! And he gives Feline Stuborness a whole new dimension. Here's a typical Fez moment: I'm carving a roasted chicken on the kitchen counter. Fez jumps up and tries to get close to the action. I reprimand him and put him on the floor. Half a second later, he's back on the counter, smelling the chicken. I reprimand him again and put him on the floor. By the time I turn to face the chicken, he's about to take a bite of it. I call to Tom to come help me with the little beast, so he comes and grabs him and takes him away. Five seconds later he's back at it. Did I mention he's stubborn? Sigh. So, we're going to skip the tree this year, hoping that by next year he'll have stopped being such a stubborn kitten. He really might surprise you - and the sooner he gets used to the idea of WinterFest trees the better. I was worried about Dakota and the tree first year we got him, but despite being such an nosey little sod, he was fine - hid among the lower branches but that was it. George RB used to play with the ornaments and try to chew the tinsel, so we got into the habit of only tinselling the upper branches and putting unbreakable ornaments on the lower ones. -- Jette "Work for Peace and remain Fiercely Loving" - Jim Byrnes http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ |
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"Christine Burel" wrote Ah, Victor, here's thought, maybe decorate with non-breakables like candy canes -- our tree-decorating has changed over time to accomodate kitties, although come to think of it, I have no idea what Robin and Tucker are going to do to our tree this year...but since we went to an artificial tree a few years ago (which I truly dislike) I'm sorta secretly cheering the kitties on... And for those of you who want to see what Oreo thinks of the Christmas tree, see 12-14 of http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/cfbureltoo LOL, Christine! I've never had a christmas tree, but now I've been thinking I might get one and put it on the balcony. The cats will probably be baffled by it, but I'm trusting that they are old and staid enough to leave it alone. Victor, maybe if you anchored the tree to the ceiling or a wall, and don't hang breakable ornaments in it, Fez won't manage to do any harm even if he does climb it? LOL about the chicken. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi |
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On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 14:40:40 GMT, Victor Martinez
wrote: We drove by the lot selling x-mas tree yesterday. We usually get our tree after thankgiving or the first week of december. Even though we are not christians, we love putting up a tree and decorating it with the many ornaments we've accumulated over the years. Given the pagan origins of the tree tradition, I think it's ok for us non-christians to have one. I mentioned casually, "Fez is going to be at the top of that tree ten seconds after we bring it into the house". That got us thinking. Perhaps not this year. We've talked about it and we think Fez is too frisky to be trusted with a tree. The boy is crazy! And he gives Feline Stuborness a whole new dimension. Here's a typical Fez moment: I'm carving a roasted chicken on the kitchen counter. Fez jumps up and tries to get close to the action. I reprimand him and put him on the floor. Half a second later, he's back on the counter, smelling the chicken. I reprimand him again and put him on the floor. By the time I turn to face the chicken, he's about to take a bite of it. I call to Tom to come help me with the little beast, so he comes and grabs him and takes him away. Five seconds later he's back at it. Did I mention he's stubborn? Sigh. So, we're going to skip the tree this year, hoping that by next year he'll have stopped being such a stubborn kitten. Keep spray bottle handy..This is pretty good training method. Of course you could have served hm first just to keep him busy. |
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One of my fondest memories that I will take to my grave - and recall every
holiday season - is of our beloved brown-striper, Toopy, glaring out from atop an upper branch on *each* and *every one* of the huge decorated trees we had when my oldest boy was pre-teen, all the way to when his younger brother was under 10 (Toopy lived almost 14 years), for all the world looking just like the "Cheshire" cat in Alice In Wonderland, but without the grin! She would get up there without breaking one ornament or disturbing any tinsel by using her claws to barrel right up the trunk and exit at the branch of her choice, close to the trunk, where she'd park for hours. Years after she was called to the RB, we still had cats, but no one ever duplicated Toop's amazing feats of tree-climbing. We, too, put the fragile, family-heirloom-type handblown glass ornaments near the top, and "unbreakables" of wood or plastic near the bottom for the cats to bat at and knock off. All our cats, including Toopy, would drink the tree water from the always-required large stand but it never seemed to hurt them in any way. Never had a tree skirt as I always liked to sweep dead needles out now and then, replacing the presents after doing so. Toopy weighed about 14# (!) sitting on those branches; a kitten wouldn't even have bowed a branch on our huge trees. Victor, won't you and Tom reconsider? "m. L. Briggs" wrote in message ... : On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 14:40:40 GMT, Victor Martinez : wrote: : : We drove by the lot selling x-mas tree yesterday. We usually get our : tree after thankgiving or the first week of december. Even though we are : not christians, we love putting up a tree and decorating it with the : many ornaments we've accumulated over the years. Given the pagan origins : of the tree tradition, I think it's ok for us non-christians to have : one. I mentioned casually, "Fez is going to be at the top of that : tree ten seconds after we bring it into the house". That got us thinking. : Perhaps not this year. We've talked about it and we think Fez is too : frisky to be trusted with a tree. The boy is crazy! And he gives Feline : Stuborness a whole new dimension. Here's a typical Fez moment: I'm : carving a roasted chicken on the kitchen counter. Fez jumps up and tries : to get close to the action. I reprimand him and put him on the floor. : Half a second later, he's back on the counter, smelling the chicken. I : reprimand him again and put him on the floor. By the time I turn to face : the chicken, he's about to take a bite of it. I call to Tom to come help : me with the little beast, so he comes and grabs him and takes him away. : Five seconds later he's back at it. Did I mention he's stubborn? Sigh. : So, we're going to skip the tree this year, hoping that by next year : he'll have stopped being such a stubborn kitten. : : Keep spray bottle handy..This is pretty good training method. Of : course you could have served hm first just to keep him busy. |
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