This is Chloe Margaret.  She was born around May 1, 1989 and was found in a ditch by a neighbor in the town where I was going to college. I was prohibited from having pets in my apartment, but I "hid" her from the landlady until I moved out. She has lived in Arkansas, Louisiana and Germany.

She used to be MY cat but now she has taken a severe liking to Michael.   She's gone from 9+ years of sleeping on my left foot to sleeping against Michael's chest on his side of the bed. 

Here's Lucy Anna - our Special Needs Kitty. She was also born in 1989 (Sometime in August, I think). She was found when she was about 4 weeks old in the parking lot of a store in Louisiana, hence her name. She's a Maine Coon and has emotional problems. In other words, she's dain bramaged. She had witnessed all her siblings' deaths in this parking lot and was suffering from malnutrition.  [ Lucy is definitely my daughter's cat: when Kidlet was born, Lucy decided her "place" was right outside Kidlet's bedroom door and would come to get me the minute Kidlet started crying. To this day, she will only "cuddle" with Kidlet.]* Otherwise I can go days without seeing her.

*The bit between brackets was true.  At least until Michael and I married.  She now spends the majority of her time sitting on the chair (normally my chair!)  next to his chair at the computer.

And here's our newest 4-legged baby, Merlin Giles.  Isn't he just the most precious thing you've ever seen???  Not really, but he is a very lovey cat.  Michael and I adopted him from the Humane Society just before Christmas 1999.  He got his name after much soul-searching (and baby name internet site searching) so his initials would be M.G.B.   :-)

He's about 20 months old as of this date (Feb 2000).

This is Buzz. He was adopted (purchased?) from the Memphis Animal Shelter as an anniversary present for my parents. My dad still isn't speaking to me and this was 4 years ago.

He weighs 52 pounds (my version) or 17 pounds (my mom's version) and he is spoiled rotten. His voice absolutely does NOT fit him. He squeaks.

This cat is absolutely AWFUL.