New Year's Eve Plans

As I see it, these are the plans for Dennis, Mom and me for New Year's Eve day and night:

1. See The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug on Movie Tuesday. Go early.
2. Make pizza for dinner.
3. Watch marathon of Downton Abbey in preparation for Season 5 starting January 5.
4. End evening around 9 as usual. Wake up to Rose Parade on New Year's Day.
5. Continue to try to capture Little Bug, the elusive kitty.

Happy Birthday, Johnny

Sunday night we surprised Uncle Johnny with a birthday dinner at Mister A's. Dennis collaborated with Johnny's niece, Barbara, who drove Johnny to the restaurant where we waited at a prime corner table overlooking the city. He was very surprised! After dinner, we surprised him again with a cake from Extraordinary Desserts. No candles...Johnny is 97 this year.

Well, that didn't work

Little Bug is a very savvy cat. In the night after all the other cats were in their Cat House, Dennis set the dog crate trap and we waited for Little Bug to show up. He did go over to the crate to investigate, but then he started to play with the string and sprung the trap. We didn't see him for the rest of the night even though we set the trap and watched on the Cat Cam until about 1 a.m. How did that kitten get so smart?

New Plan

Dennis has a new plan to catch Little Bug. He rigged the dog crate outside using a bungee cord and a stick with a string on it. The plan is to pull the string when we see (via the Cat Cam) the little kitten go into the crate (where there is a nice dish of cat food). We'll see.

No such luck

We didn't catch Little Bug last night. He's too savvy now. Although he wanted the food in the trap, he didn't want to go in there. I guess we'll try again tonight.

Back to the Craft Room

After the holiday, we are back to working on the craft room. The file cabinet I ordered came yesterday and today Dennis and Homero hauled it upstairs. It had a dent in the 3rd drawer, so I had to call and report it. Haven't heard back yet.

Meanwhile, I set up the gift wrapping center I bought and which was delivered yesterday. Everything was fine except for the wheels, which kept falling out. Then one of the keepers broke so now I have to call that company, too.

After running up and down the stairs a million times today, I left with Dennis to order shades for the windows in the craft room. Afterward we ran a couple of other errands and then had lunch at Filippi's in Little Italy.

A final stop for gas and gizzards for Mom's dog and we were on our way home. We arrived just in time to feed the dog, cats and horses.

Tonight, I think we will spend a little time in the jacuzzi.

Cat Wrangling 101

First rule: It Can't Be Done

Oh, brother. This morning I was holding Little Bug and walked outside. He seized the moment and pushed off and out of my arms and beat a path out of the yard and up the hill. So much for that.

Then Bob-B, wearing his cone, somehow got out the cat door and was gone.

Tonight, we got all of them back except for Little Bug. We are going to try and trap him again with the Have-a-Heart trap. Sigh.