Friendly Fill-Ins and Photo Fails

Happy Friday, friends! Are you ready for the Friendly Fill-Ins? We sure hope so, because here they are. Ellen of 15andmeowing came up with the first two, and I came up with the second two.

1. On New Year's Eve, I _________.

2. A goal that I have for 2019 is _________.

3. If I had to choose a guide word for 2019, it would be _________.

4. New beginnings _________.


Are you ready for my fill-ins and their, as per usual, long-winded explanations? If so, here you go.

1. On New Year's Eve, I resort to daytime napping in order to be awake at midnight.
(I am one of those who does enjoy being up when the clock strikes midnight for the New Year. When I was in my late teens and early 20s, I could easily stay awake all day and through midnight. Not anymore, though. So, I typically nap a couple hours before midnight, and set an alarm to make sure I'm back in the waking world to ring in the New Year.)

2. A goal that I have for 2019 is to (finally!) try my hand at publishing some of my stories.
(This was actually a goal that I had for 2018, as I think I mentioned at least once here on our blog. But, I obviously failed at that. I do indeed have a number of stories and their illustrations all in the works, I just need to finish them, polish them up, truly finalize them, and then try my hand at publishing. I still have a good deal of effort and time to put in before anything can reach the end game, but I'm okay with aiming for the end of 2019 to achieve this goal.)

3. If I had to choose a guide word for 2019, it would be discipline.
(I once heard a woman give a speech on motivation versus discipline. She did not believe that motivation was something you should wait for or bank on, at least not in most cases. Sometimes, as she said, you're just not going to feel motivated, and you're simply going to have to fall on discipline to get you through. That actually seems to make perfect sense, and in 2019 I'm going to practice some serious self-discipline in order to achieve my goals, such as #2 above.)

4. New beginnings can be a daunting yet rewarding thing.
(I don't really have a long-winded explanation for this one. I guess it sort of speaks for itself.)

Now it's your turn!

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Today is one of Eddy's favorite days of every month, and that is day of the Pet Photo Fails! Blog Hop, hosted by Melissa and Mudpie of Melissa's Mochas, Mysteries, & Meows. 

Eddy is the queen of bloopers around these parts, and so scrounging up a blooper or two is never difficult when it comes to this girl. Of course, we're going for festive bloopers this time around. After all, it's only the Fourth Day of Christmas. Anyway, this series of bloopers was the result of an attempt to catch Eddy posing on the window sill beside the Christmas tree. I found Eddy sitting so prettily on the window sill, just gazing at the tree. When I started snapping pictures, though, she of course went on the move and started trying to find a good entrance point into the tree. After all, this girl will unashamedly tear her way through any Christmas tree she meets.

Within seconds of that last photo being snapped, Eddy sailed onto the bottom branches of the tree. I somehow failed to snap a blooper of that, though. Shame on me.

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Our Festive Doodle of the Day:

I've always been fond of angel toppers on Christmas trees. However, due to how the trees at my house are treated, I always figure an angel tree topper would meet an early demise. So, I instead decided to draw myself an angel tree topper. Of course, it's in the form of my Angel Rosie.

Merry Fourth Day of Christmas!

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Our Tip of the Day:

We're starting a series of tips on how you can assist strays and ferals during the cold winter months. Today's tip regards feeding strays and ferals, and it is to make sure you understand the pros and cons of feeding dry versus moist food during the winter months. Dry food often takes more energy than moist food to digest, and animals need to conserve as much energy as possible to stay warm in the winter. However, that being said, moist food that is not immediately eaten can freeze during the winter months due to its high moisture content. For this reason, it is typically best to ensure that dry food is offered to strays and ferals in the winter months, as it will not freeze and therefore will be readily available even after sitting out for some time. All in all, though, it is possible and often beneficial to feed both dry and moist food to outdoor strays and ferals. Tomorrow we will further discuss how to successfully feed moist food to strays and ferals in the winter.