Hi Pat! (My mom was a Pat, too.)

I am Crystal. I am almost 38 (June) and have been married to Preston since December 1999. He is my 2nd husband - my first hubbies wife, Kat, posts here sometimes under the username Katjaye. She's my best friend.

I live in Phoenix, Arizona but am from Houston, Texas. I moved here 11 years ago this month.

I am mom to:
Charlie - a male b/w kitty who is the talkiest kitty I've ever met. He's around 7 1/2, and when we adopted him 5 years ago (Dec. 10), he had lived in the shelter a good long time. They rescued him from the desert where he had lived for awhile previously.

Jingle Belle - a very girly calico who came to live with us Dec 22, 2007. She will be 3 in March. (The vet said she was around 9 months when we found her so we're guessing March for her bday.) She is super affectionate and very bossy!

Jadie - an 8 year old female Shih Tzu. I adopted her from a man I used to work with who didn't really have time for her anymore... I've had her since Dec 29, 2003. She is also very bossy! lol... must be a girl thing. But she's also so loving and fun - she has never met anyone she didn't like.

Oreo - a 6 year old male Shih tzu. My husbands co-worker was giving Oreo away in May 2007 and we took him in. He had been mistreated and was living outside for a long time in the Arizona heat... he's been abused (kicked, thrown, not fed!) and is very shy but loves my husband immensely.

And last but not least, I am going to include my Scooter Bug. He went to the rainbow bridge yesterday... he was my 14 1/2 year old tabby kitty that you see in my signature. He was my best friend and my favorite kitty ever... and I will miss him until the day I join him. We had him cremated and my husband and all my family knows that when I die, Scooter Bug and I are being buried together. He is my kitty. My sweetest boy.

thanks for the thread idea.
Crystal