Cat troubled

You might notice on the picture of Carper's Christmas tree there aren't any ornaments on the bottom of the tree or anything really shiny or dangly. Our cat is very disgruntled with the weather this year and he keeps playing with the tree. A couple times, he has gotten behind it and then sat and yowled because he couldn't figure his way back out. We could post a picture of it, but all you would see is the tree rocking back and forth and a fuzzy black tail sticking out. Poor guy. He ends up spending a lot of time in the garage where he has sand to play in and creatures to chase. but sometimes we forget he is down there. We have started doing a census at certain times during the day - at noon and every night at 6:00 and at 9:00 - to check where the cat is, and every couple days, someone will jump up and say, "OOPS, I forgot. He's been in the garage for 3 hours." But he must not mind because he still goes out there if someone opens the door.

Today, the jet stream is a straight line from Prudoe Bay to us. It is a NASTY north wind with a snowy blizzard filling in our driveway. BRRRRR. There are trees blowing over out there that we've never seen bend before. Makes me want to huddle under the tree, myself. charlotte