after about a month of loudly saying "Shaina, NO, go away", pointing
at her and the floor, and carrying her out of the room, Shaina decided
to acknowledge our distress when she pounces towards our food in a
dinner tray.  now, we just have to point at her and say sternly
"Shaina! NO" and she looks up while pressing herself to the bed, jumps
off and sits.  she waits about 5-7min, climbs onto a chair, or a night
table, and jumps on to the bed with a dinner tray from there.  we
point again and look at her trying to make "scary" eyes.  she leaves.
she may do it again, but the she finally leaves us alone.  
i sighed in relief today saying that she finally learned.  my
boyfriend said that she just doers't like being pointed at.
oh, so she doesn't' want to eat with rude people who point at her.
i'm fine with that.
she still eats out of my ice cream bowl with me, but it's ok because
the bowl is large enough for the both of us. :)

-L