Yesterday I spent the day wrapping Christmas presents. Our tree looks quite ugly at the bottom. It's just the ugly tripod that the tree stands on and the wires for the lights. We can't put down a tree skirt. Stubbs has an inappropriate urination issue, whereas any fabric on the floor can be seen as a target for pee pee. Although he hasn't had any incidents since October, he isn't on any meds right now (I will post later about his medication debacles), so we don't want to trigger him. Now that I finally have the presents wrapped, I thought I would finally be able to make the bottom of the tree look nice.
I'm not stupid, though. I do know that Christmas presents can be targets of a different kind. Stubbs, in the past, has put a few claw marks in presents under the tree, but I have no experience with Annabelle and Christmas trees. Last year I had my tree in a room that she only had access to when I was home. This year it is out in the open. So, on a hopeful note, I put a few presents under the tree. They were all things in boxes, that would not be destroyed if the cats got into them.
By the time we went to bed last night, the presents were untouched. I was hopeful. When I woke up this morning, one of the boxes was torn to shreds. When did this happen? We always think the cats are in the bed with us all night. Everytime I wake up, there is a cat laying on one of my various extremities, limiting my movement. Do they have such an inate ability to read our sleep patterns that they can detect when we are in our deepest stage of sleep? Do they wait until we both hit REM, sneak away to do their dirty work, and then return to the bed, falling back asleep as if nothing happened? I know that they both can detect when I am awake, even if I keep my eyes closed. Very interesting.
Anyway, one of the presents was torn to shreds (well, the wrapping paper; the present was fine), so I moved them into the guest room this morning (where the kitties are not allowed). Now the question is, what do I do about my ugly Christmas tree? I am actually contemplating wrapping empty boxes, just for the decor. Am I absolutely nuts?
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Thankfully my dog has never shown interest in the Christmas Tree or any presents. I don't have cats, super allergic...but friends do and have the same present issues. Too funny about fake presents...I'd probably do the same thing. Then I would spray them with the icky green apple dog stuff so he wouldn't go near. Good luck with that and good luck with your blog endeavor.
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