A Good Day however Cleo was thrown in the Clink for about 30 minutes!!!

I was feeling a lot better today...! 

Still congested but not so drippy or deeply weary... :)

I was enjoying this lunch of meat and potatoes with a glass of milk when

my doorbell rang. FOOLISHLY it seems now, I trustingly told Cleo

NOT to be naughty and ran down the steps so that I could

get the package that I was waiting for from our trusty UPS man. 

Well, I came back, put the box of books on the chair and then

spied Cleo under the table eating (licking) with gusto. 

This all happened very quickly and I soon discovered that Cleo the Catastrophic 

had purloined a small piece of gravy and meat from my plate,

managed to spill gravy on my white chair seat while doing so,

and was underneath the table gleefully licking the gravy off, 

somehow hoping to eat the meat that was much too big for her cat sized mouth,

though it was not a big piece in and of itself. 

Well, I should have grabbed and sprayed her with water before throwing her

in the Clink (i.e. the hall bathroom) chewing her out for being so naughty and 

ruining a choice small pre-cut up piece of roast beef with mushroom and onion gravy. 

There she remained in bathroom jail with only her litter box and a light on to comfort her.

She only meowed once.

The minute, no second, she got out, she was licking her lips and went right back to where

her meat had been. Of course, it was gone and she went right to her half finished bowl of milk

and pretended that was all she wanted after all.

And that is how Cleo was thrown in the Clink and how she got out again. 

Next time (I get an package again tomorrow, cleaning products this time) I will be sure to 

swiftly put my plate on the counter before running down those steps! 

I, for one, had more treats that day

but Cleo had none.

She did however listen when I regaled my Mother with her

stealing my lunch! And my Mother laughed, 

knowing how cute Cleo is, even when naughty.

Cleo knows she is cute and not in danger even when doing such 

naughtiness... even Mr Husband was still petting her tonight! 

I will be more careful tomorrow and will be ready,

DV, to give her treats again, tomorrow...

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Too cute (the above picture) not to share.  :)

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Well, I have read more of Miss Read today, put away my Christmas dishes

(I love them but never seem to be able to keep them in use after the 12 days +

special meals)... and I did more laundry and dishes.

Felt good to get things in order.

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I am having a friend over for tea tomorrow afternoon!

I told her she needed to come and eat some of the Christmas chocolate with me! 

I am hoping to get back to writing again soon.

Life keeps happening but we will see what will be done.

I also need to organize the books I just ordered... 

Will DV write on these later on!

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Meanwhile God bless each one of you, 

may you be given the hope for facing the difficult things in life,

the peace to get through it and the love for God and others that can be so hard to maintain 

to ease the pain of it.