Rodriguez Family Events

I know that my niece doesn't like to be mentioned here, but, I cannot NOT share this with the world. A couple days ago, we saw Chris clawing the back of the sofa and were thinking that she was acting up. It wasn't until yesterday that we realized that Chris was actually hunting a mouse that had gotten under the slip cover on the sofa. The first indication that something was amiss came yesterday when we saw Daisy sitting in Chris' kitty condo looking up at the ceiling. I was thinking that it was an insect of some sort that was flying around the top of the front window. I moved the screen and the curtain a little bit and I couldn't see anything. But, Daisy was sure it was there. She tried to reach up the wall to grab it, but, it was too high up. I got up on the end table and prepared to pull the curtain down entirely, when Mom screamed and said that she saw something that looked like a mouse jump down from the top of the window. The kitties saw something and immediately w...

Over the holidays, we had the tree up and, as expected, the two kitties were at odds with one another over who owned the tree. In the end, Chris ended up owning the tree. Christmas day was fairly understated. We had some family and friends over for lunch. This year's feast included a spiral ham, macaroni and cheese, shrimp salad, potato salad, and a variety of deserts. Among the deserts, this year's hit, was an orange infused cake with orange creme icing. Gifts were exchanged early in the afternoon. Gift cards were all the rage this year. Mom scored a coffee maker. All things considered, it was a good day. Here you can see Daisy in the foreground staring at Chris, who is safely encamped under the tree among the gifts.