If you can start the day without caffeine,

If you can get going without pep pills,

If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,

If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,

If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,

If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,

If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,

If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend,

If you can conquer tension without medical help,

If you can relax without liquor,

If you can sleep without the aid of drugs…

Then You Are Probably The Family Dog!

Awwww, sorry to hear that HeidiAnn. /sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' />

Thanks. it was very hard at the time.

my oldest had to be dragged out of the burning

house because he was trying to save Fenway.

after the fire, when we were able to back in

he was the one that found him dead in his bedroom /sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':unsure:' />

Lily was missing for 3 days and we thought we lost

her too, but then we miraculously found her. the

fireman had said nothing would survive the smoke,

but somehow she did.

I had a tortoise shell cat named Mathilda who hated everyone but me. Everyone thought she was this evil cat – but she was wonderful as a pet for me.

maybe it's a torti trait haha

I think tortise shells and calicos share the same personality. My calico was evil until she got sick, then she was sweet. My cat now is so loving and good natured but spoiled

my calico was the best cat EVER. she loved everyone.

she even let the boys lug her all over the place and

never complained.

Dear Striker suffered an untimely demise today.

RIP Striker

I'm so sorry *hug*

I fed a starving cat about a year and a half ago. She was wild and skiddish. This has mulitplied to 11 cats(between her litters and her daughters) in that time frame. No one wants a kitten because there are so many available. The area in which I live really doesn't have a spay/neuter clinic with reasonable rates.

I had seen a dead black kitten on the side of the road lately. Last Friday, I thought I saw another one in the middle of the lane on our busy highway. As I was passing it while saying to my daughter, ahh another kitten got hit, I saw its head move. A normal person would have kept driving. I ended up turning the car around and stopping traffic, I thought for sure by the time I would get there , the lil thing would have been squished. My daughter ran out of the car and picked her up. She is the sweetiest little black and white kitten. She was limping really badly when we picked her up. But today it is a lot better. She has also become really playful and vocal. I might have found a home for her. YEAH!!!! But I have 7 other kittens that need homes. Oui Vey!!! My husband said we should be an animal rescue since I am always helping animals in need. I am not in favor of that. The way people treat their animals, they would be dropping them off by the thousands. /unsure.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':o' /> Besides I want to thin my herd. /dry.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />