Cats

As everyone knows, Anne LOVED cats so we had several over the years. Anne loved to run through all the names of all the cats she ever had. I thought I would write down some of the cat names while I could remember them (in no particular order):

1. Bucky

2. Tabby

3. Snowball

4. George Strait

5. George Strait 2.0

6. Mittens

7. Symba

8. Nolla

9. Spicy

10. Spicy

11. Spicy

12. Spicy

13. Spicy Five

14. Dog

15. Tibet

16. Tigger

17. Maggie

Anne always took great care of her cats. She fed and watered them every day, played with them in her room, slept with them, let them in and out, etc. She also always wanted to take them to the vet to get shots or “doctored for ticks.” It didn’t matter when they last went, the cats were always due for a trip to the vet.

One time she told me that she had a cat that weighed 60 lbs. She knew this to be the truth because she had weighed the cat herself on the bathroom scale. I tried to explain to her that wasn’t possible, even comparing to a 50 lb sack of animal food, but it was futile. You couldn’t reason with her. She insisted that her cat weighed 60 lbs. So finally I asked her to prove it to me. She took me into the bathroom where the scale was and showed me the cat weighing procedure. Anne grabbed the cat and put it on the scale. The cat was squirming and struggling to get away, but Anne persisted. She pushed down on that cat with all her strength, and sure enough, when the number popped up, the scale said 60 lbs! Anne was right, sort of.