Well, I'm woefully behind in the group - yet again, seems like a
regular thing now a days. So, I'm sending out blanket purrs for
everyone in need, and thought I'd fill you in on the goings on here in
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA.

The most important thing - fur/feathered masters are all doing fine.
Tiger (the cockatiel) seems to have adapted to no longer having Sunny
ruling the cage. I've pretty much decided not to get another bird to
keep her company, afterall I got Tiger as company for Sunny and they
never really got along very well.

The furry ones are doing fine. I recently picked up a cheapy cat tree
at WalMart, and it's a big hit with Sammy. I have it set up next to
the chair in the bedroom where I sit down to put on shoes, and Sammy
has taken to bopping my head when I sit down. Little Bit (Miss I
Hate/Distrust Anything New) is slowly warming up to it. At first she
didn't want anything to do with it, but she's started jumping up onto
the lowest platform to get a treat when I put one there. The other
night she made it all the way up to the top platform, but then
couldn't figure out how to get down and meowed until I rescued her.

There's also a development on the neighborhood cat front. As I've
mentioned several times before, I put out food for all the
neighborhood kitties (much to the girl's disgust - they don't
particularly like other cats visiting THEIR patio). For the past
couple months, Spotty, a Rocky lookalike has started coming to visit.
I figure she must be one his decendents from before I managed to catch
and neuter him. Not sure where she lives, but she's become a regular
here. She's a real sweety, very vocal, and greets me when I get home
from a hard night of pizza delivery. Also been known to come to the
bedroom window and call for breakfast if I don't get up and have food
ready for her when she comes to eat. She's also developing quite a
bulge - I expect she'll be having kittens before long.

Well, back to trying to catch up - only a couple thousand new messages
to read ;-)