Did everyone have a great Thanksgiving? I sure hope so. Now it’s on to the rest of the winter holidays. And no, I don’t have any shopping done, and no, I won’t be doing it next week. Next week I have jury duty. Oh, the joy of it.

Abby, better known as Wicked Kitty, is doing well. She survived ten days in boarding while I went to New Jersey. Or maybe I should say that they survived her. I’ve been trying to break her of chewing cords. I was surprised to find that the boarding facility still had phone service. Abby favors phone cords. They’re thin and she can chomp right through them. I’m now wrapping all cords in two different kinds of electrical tape and then coating them with Tabasco sauce. Yummy. If that doesn’t work, I bought some flexible tubing to protect my phone cords. Overkill, you say? Ha, you haven’t seen my cords. Only the fact that she’s a real sweetheart has saved her. Someone said that she was bored and that I should either get another cat to keep her company or buy lots of kitty toys. I went shopping and cleaned Petsmart out of kitty toys. We’ll see.

Yes, I know, I know, I have to update my site. I’ll try to get to that next week. Oh by the way, my server ate some of the e-mail messages I was keeping current until I could answer them. If you don’t hear from me in another two weeks, please write again. I apologize. I should have a better system for answering e-mail.

Hmm, I just realized that I’ve done nothing but whine. Okay, so here is something positive. I had a wonderful time in New Jersey. If you remember, I was going to my class reunion. Well, it was quite an eye-opener. I’ll tell you about it next time. I stayed with my friend Barbara. We met in freshman year of high school and have been friends ever since then. I haven’t seen her in twenty years. We had a great time talking about old times. Sigh. More about my New Jersey trip later.

I hope everyone has been keeping busy. What’s been going on in your life?