December 2010 The Good

Overall, we had a good holiday break. The weather was cold, Bubba was home and we added a few amenities to make hearth and home more comfortable. Bubba's cat flap is of the insulated variety, so no more cold drafts from leaving the door off the latch so he can push his way in. This was a bad idea in hot or cold weather, trying to get the door closed in a timely manner was a goal not often achieved. He loves the flap and he can go in or out at will anytime I am home. Since it was the holiday break, those opportunities increased to dozens of times a day.

The boldest of the new amenities was replacing the old English style gas fire with fire logs. The first few weeks they were set up to be operated manually, but then we added the remote. Point and click and the fire roars to life! Life has never been this easy. Bubba loves it and often tries to tell me to light his fire.

Here's the old and the New: