Friendly Fill-Ins and an Eddy Close-up

Hello, friends! We're ready for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, and we'd love for you to join us. My amazing co-host Ellen of 15andmeowing came up with the first two fill-in statements, and I came up with the second two.


1. I always turn up the volume when _________ comes on.

2. I change the radio station when _________ comes on.

3. Once I finish _________ I can _________.

4. _________ is a tradition I always follow.

My answers are below in bold. These all ended up being about Christmas, because that's the mood I'm in.

1. I always turn up the volume when "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" comes on.

(I'm a grown woman, and yet this will always be one of my favorite Christmas songs.)

2. I change the radio station when "The Christmas Shoes" comes on.

(Have you ever heard the song "The Christmas Shoes"? It's depressing. I'm not here for a depressing Christmas, so I refuse to listen to this song.)

3. Once I finish Thanksgiving dinner I can go all out Christmas.

(I never feel like I can get in the full Christmas spirit with Thanksgiving still around the corner. That's just something I've always struggled with. No offense to Thanksgiving, but I kind of can't wait until it's over.)

4. Putting up the Christmas tree on Black Friday is a tradition I always follow.

(When I was a kid, we always put the Christmas tree up the day after Thanksgiving. Instead of going out Black Friday shopping, we decorated for Christmas, and then we'd watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. I still do that to this day. Sometimes I put up other Christmas decor before Thanksgiving, but I've kept the tradition of waiting until the day after Thanksgiving to put up the tree.)

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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It's time for your Eddy fix, and today we're getting up close and personal.

Of course, Eddy still couldn't look at the camera for her close-up, but hopefully you enjoy her little eyelashes, and her cheek stripe, and her whiskers.

Happy Friday, friends!

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Flashback Doodle of the Day:

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Tip of the Day

Many Thanksgiving dinners include bread, rolls, biscuits, or other doughy goods. That being said, be cautious and aware when cooking bread around dogs and cats. If a pup or kitty consumes unbaked bread dough, especially that which contains yeast, serious side effects could result. For example, unbaked break dough can expand inside the warm intestinal tract, which can in turn result in life-threatening bloat, twisted stomach, and other potential issues. Yeast in unbaked bread dough not only can result in bloat, though, but also fermentation. Such fermentation produces alcohols, which can then be absorbed into the bloodstream and result in alcohol poisoning. Needless to say, unbaked bread dough can be very dangerous, or deadly, if consumed by a cat or dog. So, never leave unbaked bread dough unattended. Keep your kitty or pup out of the kitchen, or do whatever else you must to keep your kitty or pup from giving that dough and other dangerous Thanksgiving feast foods a taste test.