Cynthia B

Heated Cat Beds

You know it's cold when...

 the cats have to resort to freshly delivered pizza boxes for warmth!

A Foot O Snow

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Digging out from under a foot of snow here in the midwest. Aye Carumba! My back:(

Few can resist the romantic holiday promise of a dangling bunch of leaves and berries.

First Snow

Lex & Kal dug into their first snow ever. I thought they would be scared or they'd think it was cold. Not! They raced out into it and soon had the entire deck covered in their footprints. Lex kept sticking his nose in the snow and then sneezing. Kal did try finding a clear spot to stand, but wanted to stay outside. Now they're wondering what I did with the snow. Fortunately for me, it's melted away.

From One Turkey To Another...

Here's a traditon that has somehow escaped me. Apparently it goes back to the days of Harry Truman. Each year the president pardons a turkey. This year, the winners will be flown to Walt Disney World to serve as Honorary Grand Marshalls in the Thanksgiving Day Parade and then live out their days in peace in Mickey's backyard at the Magic Kingdom.

This year's winners, weighing about 45 pounds each, are "May" and "Flower", which President Bush noted was certainly better than "Lunch" and "Dinner" as suggested by Vice President Cheney.

Starting in 2003 thousands of people have been able to vote on the White House website to name the national turkey, and the alternate turkey (known to be a neck-to-neck race).

Under the official rules the alternate turkey has an important role, not to be taken lightly. The rule book states that an alternate turkey is chosen in case the national Thanksgiving turkey cannot fulfill his role in this ceremony. It's kind of like being the Vice Turkey. =)