I agree, Clara. My friends think I am cheesy because I am always telling stories about my pets. I think about them through the day just as much as I think about my husband and son. I always send pictures to my mom in law because she lives in Missouri. It'd just dawned on me the other day that I send her far more pictures of our pets then ourselves. I'd say only 1 out of 10 pics are actually of us. She's an animal lover too, so she never mentioned it to me. hehe. If it weren't for my love of animals, I would have lived for the rest of my life in an apartment. They have no yard to care for and take 1/4 the time to clean. I too, bought a house just so I could have animals.