When the time comes for serious Christmas gift wrapping, I like to set up a wrapping "station," where everything is close at hand. The other day I caught part of a television special on HGTV about Aaron Spelling's manor. That house has entire rooms dedicated to wrapping gifts! But alas, not being among the rich and famous, my wrapping area is a table. So, I get the table covered, bring in the bin of wrapping paper, set out the tissue paper and ribbon, retrieve the gifts that need to be wrapped, locate the tape and scissors, return to the table and...
If I shriek "Lucy! What are you doing?!" and shoo her away, she looks positively indignant. She stalks away looking at me as if I am some irrational being whose sole purpose in life is to interfere with her comfort and happiness. But the next time I turn around, she's back. Usually when the curly ribbon comes out.
I wonder if the friends and family who receive these gifts
ever wonder about the little dents in the ribbon...
I couldn't even take the photo without kitty interference - LOL!
Finally, Lucy gets tired of playing "kill the curly ribbon," and gets comfy on a scrap piece of crumpled up wrapping paper. I acquiesce and let her remain there, moving everything to the other side and working around her. It's all about the cat, after all.
WE love you Lucy!
ReplyDeleteThey do get in the way ;-)
ReplyDeleteYes, it *is* all about the cat, and they will make sure you remember. :-)
ReplyDeleteLucy, you are so lovely! My two kitties LOVE to tear apart the wrapping paper too. Maybe we should have a Wrapping Paper Party for the cats… ;-)
ReplyDeleteLucy looks so happy around all these papers and ribbons. What a feast! How adorable she is!
ReplyDeleteHilarious! I was at a party this past week at a super deluxe custom house where even the laundry room had a TV, sitting area and its own bathroom containing a toilet with so many remote controls on it I could not figure it out. It was pretty incredible. In the den off the kitchen the man of the house was watching THREE TVs which were decoratively mounted over the fireplace!!!! .... each TV had on a different channel!! My husband would be in heaven!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLucy seems to be a good assistant though at your wrapping table!! LOL!!
Lovely Lucy., you look so happy.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
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Great post! I always wonder what my recipients think (or even notice) when their gifts have the required dog hair clinging to the tape holding the wrapping paper together...lol
ReplyDeleteA Wrapping Paper Party for cats, I love it! Lucy would like that more than any toy in the pet store! And Ina, a toilet with remote controls?? That's hilarious! I wonder what they were for...?
ReplyDeleteAnother delightful photo essay! I particularly enjoyed the comment about the dented curly ribbon, and that totally fabulous photo of the single paw on the curly ribbon... ;-)
ReplyDeleteVery familiar -- I have had to cope with Miss Suzy Hutchins' help . . .she too loves the nice crinkly tissue paper.
ReplyDeleteCute! Cats are very helpful. They are always the first ones to "volunteer" their services in our house too.
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