When Mark and I got married 11 years ago we both agreed that once we were back from our honeymoon we would get a kitten. Well I came back from the bank one day and told Mark that one of the tellers had 2 kittens, both were tiger striped and were ready to be placed in a home......hence Tigger and Tony became a part of the family.

After about a 1 1/2 years later I began a new job and one of the girls was telling me about this heartbreaking story of a kitten some boys found in a garbage can. The kitten she thought was only about 6 weeks old and she just could not keep him....I called home and bribed Mark into taking this little kitten home...Smokey. If I remember correctly Mark's bribe was a Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie CArd...which set me back a bit of money, but it was worth it!!!!

Mark said that was it "NO MORE" .....then came Tucker, who hung around our yard all through the winter. I placed a cardboard box with plastic around it and a down comforter for her to stay warm in for the winter. She had been abused and it took her quite some time for her to settle in to our family but almost 7 years later the "grumpy old lady" is still with us. Once again Mark said "NO MORE"

Then came Mystic who I really thought was pregnant and I was NOT turing my back on her. Turns out that she was not pregnant, she was in fact spayed....just her tummy was a little plumb, hence her nickname Flubby!!!!

I heard those two words again......"NO MORE"

Abner was next and I think Mark has finally learned that "NO MORE" really does NOT work !!!!

There were many a stray in between the 5 that are a permenant part of the family, I always heard those infamous words , but the funny thing has always been that Mark will help feed all of them no matter how many times he may say NO MORE!!!