Now you really don’t think that I could get through the holiday season without some help from AlleyCat, the queen of getting into everything, the one that insists on parking herself on everything that I am doing? no matter what it is, now did you?

Throughout the packing and shipping, everything was properly inspected, cat scanned and a fair amount of cat hair was deposited upon said items. But you know, I wouldn’t have it any other way!

Even though I have never had children, I have to liken having AlleyCat in my life to having a child around. She is the ultimate busybody and if I am working around the house, she is constantly into everything… nonstop. She runs the nightly midnight frenzies as if she was racing the Indy 500, jumps at the shadows and just well, she is a character!

I enjoyed watching A few Christmas movies yesterday and all the holidays specials on the Food Network, Cooking Channel and Bravo. I absolutely love Iron Chef and Top Chef and to this day it amazes how fast they can think and create these amazing dishes. I think of myself in their shoes when I was in the heyday of my chef career, and honestly I don’t think that I could do that.

I did do some stitching and I keep thinking of what to bring with me to my sisters?! Something easy and nothing that I will change my mind at least 1000 and one times and need to dig in the thread boxes. I better start getting it ready since I leave in a few days. What book do I want to bring with me? Rules of Civility? Night Circus? or the new book that I got the other day, The Leopard?

I need to do laundry, clean the house for the cats of course…well really it is for the cat’s nanny as I don’t want to be embarrassed! A little grocery shopping for a bit more cat food, water the plants and ooh what else am I forgetting?

This is my burning question, will it snow for Christmas? just enough to make it really feel like the holidays is all I ask for. and until next time…keep on stitching.