IT'S HERE! IT'S HERE!

Another Christmas is here, and I'm up early waiting to do chores so we can load up and head to a place where family with gather.  Around here, it's sure not a typical Christmas.  No tree, no lights, and no food preparations in store.  But there are presents to be gathered up and loaded, and then it will seem more like Christmas.  I don't like to travel on Christmas, have had bad experiences with it.  I had to make an emergency trip one Christmas in bad weather, barely made it home late in the day, just in time to save a little of the day.  My trip today will be short, just a few hours of easy driving.
Here at home, we have the animal family that must be taken care of first - the cats and dogs.  They're our kids these days, those little critters that keep life interesting . . . and busy.  We even have a Tiny Tim with us this Christmas, a starving kitten that showed up about a month ago.  He's a birth defect kitten, partly lame and very small . . . but he's a delight.

I always loved that little kid in the famous book and traditional Christmas movie shown each year.  Everyone did, and he even got through to the bad guy in the end.  My point here is simple:  Don't overlook the little things this Christmas.  They're important. 

TINY TIM UPDATE

Little Timmy is hanging on, eating well, pooping a lot and in all the wrong places, being stinky . . . and being more fun every day.  We knew to start with that this was going to be an uphill fight, that he might never get over his inability to control himself.  But he's learning about the potty box now, and he's only had five days of taking the antibiotics.  He's quiet, doesn't complain about being messed with, and several of the other cats are teaching him how to play. 

If you didn't see the first blog about Tiny Tim, he's a tailless cat that came up at my guitar shop . . . and he was a mess.  He's got birth defects, a bad back leg, and he is tiny, just over 3 lbs.  And he's not a kitten.  The vet said he was at least 6 months old, probably older.  The vet was hopeful about being able to control his problems with BMs, and that's going to take some patience with him.  I'm amazed that he survived outside, and he wasn't doing well when I found him.  He's a project for sure, but I've got other salvaged cats around here.  And despite it all, he's adorable.