Shane will definitely take care of the cats if I step in front of a bus. If we are both hit by the same bus, I'd hope that someone would take them in as a pair. I haven't made provisions for them in my will, but will think about doing that.

Just as an aside, my grandmother died last year and she had a 12-year-old Chihuahua called Gremlin. He was a one person dog, sitting on my grandfather's belly all day and jealously guarding him until he died several years ago. Then he switched his devotion to Nan. Nan's dying wish was to have Gremlin cremated with her. After the shock of her passing, mum revealed Nan's wish to me and I went berko, protesting that it was such a waste of an animal's life. Then we looked around the family and knew that the dog wouldn't respond to anybody and his health was already frail. So it was mum's duty to have him put down before the funeral. I think my mum is a strong person for doing that as she's been an animal lover all her life, but I still don't feel comfortable about it.

I guess Nan up in heaven had the last laugh. At the funeral, Gremlin's body was hidden under nan's clothing for the viewing. No one but immediate family knew about it. Our dark joke for the day was that he'd choose his next victim and rise from the dead and jump at some poor relative