Day: December 22, 2013

A Davis Christmas 2009: Compromise

Posted on by M.K. Waller in Cats, family, Humor, The Animal Fair, Uncategorized
David & Kathy’s preference

As you know if you saw our last post, our Christmas tree has been the subject of intense, but not unexpected, conflict.

As soon as the tree lit up, so did William and Ernest. William had to be physically restrained from chewing on the lights.

The next morning found the tree lying on its side and the cats out of sight. The tree spent the day en deshabille, as it were.

William & Ernest’s preference

After lengthy trilateral negotiations, a compromise was reached.

Ornaments and tree skirt are, of course, out of the question.

Gifts will appear Christmas morning immediately before they’re to be opened.

Compromise

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Featured image by SDRandCo via morguefile.com

A Davis Christmas 2009: Why Decorations 2013 Are Downsized

Posted on by M.K. Waller in Uncategorized
Yesterday: December 9, 2009

Last night David strung lights on Christmas tree.

William began gnawing on lights.

Kathy went bananas, envisioning surgery to pick shards out of William’s GI tract.

William said he didn’t care.

Ernest said he didn’t care either.

David distracted William and Ernest.

This morning Kathy picked up tree, sopped up water, dragged lights to higher elevation, considered going back to bed.

Kathy regrets she didn’t get a shot of tree lying on its side, blocking entrance to kitchen.

William and Ernest said if Kathy had gotten up and fed them the first time they pounced on her, she wouldn’t be sitting here now, thinking about dragging tree to dumpster.

Today: December 10, 2009

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This post first appeared on Whiskertips, December 10, 2010