Sunday, April 14, 2013

I`m a Cat Person

Recently, I watched some youtube videos about cat friends vs. dog friends. They were funny while exaggerating the traits of cats and dogs, but if you never had a dog or a cat and had seen some of these videos, you probably would think twice about having one. My wife grew up with cats all of her life, and shortly after we were married she indicated that she was homesick. So one day I dropped by a pet store, and picked out two cats to bring to our nest. The female was a calico long hair that she called muffin, and the orange short haired male she named Clarence after the cross eyed lion that we watched on TV as kids. They became a joy to our home for many years; in fact, Muffin lived to be 18 or so. During our nearly 32 years of marriage since, we had 16 cats and never regretted any of them. Here is a list of their names:
Muffin
Clarence
Miss Moppit
Marshmallow
Chocolate
Taffy
Mario
Ira
Sunny
Star
Shadow
Garfunkel
Simon
Nigel
Teddy
Nya
If your thinking of getting a cat, don`t be discouraged by funny cat videos such as Simon the Cat or FB Funny Cat Videos or antics you see on Youtube. Although they`re hilarious, its usually not what you`re getting yourself into, its the blessing of having a feline friend.