Somedays I Just Wish I Could Find the Missing Puzzle Piece

So Aaron has a big table in his kitchen that has never been used for anything more than piling junk on. So I decided it was the perfect table to put together a big fat 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle (of Alice in Wonderland). I have been working on it for a week or so because Christmas festivities have limited my free time to sit around and do nothing, but last night Brody and Aaron were deeply engrossed in Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto or one of those games where you kill people and whatnot, so I took some time, and I finally finished the puzzle.

looks pretty good from this distance right...but look closer at that upper left corner...

 ONE missing piece! ONE!!!

 I'm guessing this seemingly innocent fluffy kitty had something to do with it!

Now, my 1000 piece puzzle has become a 999 piece puzzle. And I'm pretty sure the culprit is someone black, fluffy, and licks her own butt. She often sat on the table while I worked, and one of her favorite pastimes is knocking small items off of tables, the bathroom sink, a chair, anywhere that a small item is sitting, it gets knocked on the floor.

If this was the first time this had happened, I may be more likely to be forgiving of this feline. But, the same thing happened around this same time the last two years. (I only do puzzles in the winter it seems) So I think she is definitely guilty of hiding that last puzzle piece, just to be a pain in the neck!

In other news, I was in the middle of giving Whistles a bath when my parents showed up to pick Brody and I up to head to my grandparents, so he got to ride in the car looking somewhat like this.

Luckily he dried all sweet and fluffy and smelling of his cherry blossom shampoo. Now hopefully he can behave for the next two days!

Merry Eve of Christmas Eve!