Caliban is a very 'in-yer-face' kind of cat. He greets everyone -
friends and strangers - just as enthusiastically. But he's not
aggressive, he'll be likely to throw himself down and invite a tummy
rub. And it's not a trap, he really likes tummy rubs. In fact, this is
how he always greets me when I come home; he meets me at the door
(usually looking a bit sleepy) and throws himself down, and I can never
resist giving him agood tummy rub before I even get my coat off. It's
very sweet.

Miranda is the exact opposite. She runs and hides every time someone
comes in the door, even sometimes when I come home. It's strange, you'd
think they'd be just the opposite, given their starts in life: Miranda
was born into a good, loving home environment and stayed with her mother
for four months, while Caliban's mother was a rescue. He was born in a
foster home in Tallinn, Estonia, but he must have been separated from
his mother much too early (I believe he was was around eight weeks when
I first met him at the end of June, and he'd been here in Helsinki for a
while then).

We're getting gouged on home heating gas costs in NY so we're running the
thermostat pretty low at night and use extra blankets and an electric
blanket to make up the difference in an attempt to save money.  We don't
know what kind of life Five had before we adopted her because she was scared
of bags, boxes and blankets when we got her from the shelter. Now after she
gets her CET dental chew treat for the night she'll stick her head under the
covers and burrow under close to the pillows so she can warm up.  Mostly
she'll sleep on Kathi's side of the bed, sometimes she snuggles between us.
She might stay under the covers for only a few minutes, other times for
hours.