Friendly Fill-Ins and a Festive Giveaway

Are you ready to fill in some fill-ins? We sure hope so, because it's time for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge. In case you missed the fill-ins yesterday, we'll share them again here. Ellen of 15andmeowing came up with the first two, and I came up with the second two.

1. I really need to _________.

2. My favorite Christmas (or Hanukkah) decoration is _________.

3. It's beginning to look a lot like _________.

4. This time of year, I eat my fair share of _________.


And, here's how I fared:

1. I really need to tend to my Christmas responsibilities.
(This slacker of a human has not yet sent out our Christmas cards. Last year, I think I had our cards all printed up and sent out by the end of the first week of December. That didn't happen this year. We didn't forget, though, this here human is just all shades of subpar this year. So, if you're part of the blogosphere holiday card exchange, you will be getting an emailed and mailed version of our card, and hopefully very soon! We also have our Santa Paws gifts all ready to send out, we just need to actually do so. Needless to say, that will also be going out very soon.)

2. My favorite Christmas (or Hanukkah) decoration is the good ol' Christmas tree.
(The first decoration that goes up at my house every single year is the Christmas tree. Nowadays, Christmas tree turf wars run rampant among the kitties at my house, so I put up three Christmas trees. I have a very specific order in which I put them up and decorate them, and I always look forward to the final products. There's just something so warm, cozy, comforting, and festive about a Christmas tree lighting up a room.)

3. It's beginning to look a lot like crunch time.
(See #1 above. In addition to the fact that I still need to send out cards and our Santa Paws package, I also still need to wrap gifts. That's even despite the fact that I was nearly finished with Christmas shopping in October. I really need to whip myself into shape and get on top of things this weekend.)

4. This time of year, I eat my fair share of sugar.
(Has anyone seen the movie Elf? One of Buddy the Elf's most famous quotes in this movie is, "We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup." I could totally be an elf based solely on my Christmas diet. I also happily eat sugar in the form of countless Christmas cookies, because, well, cookies.)

Now it's your turn!

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You are also welcome to complete the fill-ins in the comments below,

or in the comments on Ellen's blog, 15andmeowing.

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I would say that Eddy has some stunning photos to share with you all today. But, that would be a lie. What we have for you instead are some pure and unadulterated bloopers. True Eddy style.

There's a reason Eddy's so blurry and bloopery and all shades of excited, though. First of all, it's because she loves her Christmas tree. Second of all, it's because we're having a little bit of a festive giveaway here on our blog!

This here human's mom, Gammy to my furbabies, created some warm and cozy goodies for us to offer our friends in this giveaway. My mom has created a number of blankets for both myself and my furbabies, and we all love them and use them constantly to stay warm. Now, she created some blankets for us to give to our giveaway winner!

The photo might be a bit grainy, as it was taken on my mom's phone in a hurry so as to avoid assistance from furbabies. But, do you see the design on those? Well, do you? If you've visited us much this winter or last winter, you'll know that I am a huge fan of the festive red truck fad that's going on. My mom surprised me by making our giveaway items with this wonderfully festive material. After I seriously considered keeping these for myself, I remembered that 'tis the season for giving.

So, now that I've sufficiently rambled, what goodies are you looking at up there? There is a festive little blanket for a kitty (or even a small pup, if you know one), and a matching lap blanket for said kitty's (or small pup's) human. The winner will receive both of these blankets, as well as a couple of extra mystery goodies thrown in.

To enter this giveaway that includes the above matching furbaby and human blankets created by my very own mom, the furbabies' Gammy, simply leave a comment on today's blog post. A winner will be randomly selected on Sunday, December 16th, at 6 pm CST. We will announce the winner on Monday. I do apologize, but the these giveaway goodies can only be shipped here in the United States. If you win and live outside of the United States, you can select one of your US blogging buddies to receive the giveaway items in your place.

Wishing you all a festive Friday!

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Our Festive Doodle of the Day:

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Our Tip of the Day:

Though we're guessing you all don't need reminded of this, don't forget to include your furbabies in the Christmas festivities. Getting them gifts such as new toys is of course one way of doing this, as well as getting some new treats for your furbaby to try while you have your Christmas dinner. For those kitties out there, a fresh baggie of catnip, silver vine, or valerian root can make for lots of festive fun. You can even get little stockings in which to put treats and toys or paraphernalia, so that your kitty or pup can rummage through their very own stocking on Christmas morning. For those furbabies who are perhaps older or simply less active, a new bed, blanket, or even a new box to call their own can help make the holiday more fun and festive. Thinking outside of the box, though, you can also give gifts to shelter or rescue furbabies in your furbaby's name. If your furbaby already has plenty of new toys and treats in their happy forever home, then in their name you can opt to spread the love to an animal still awaiting their forever home.