Cat Rules

1. The cat is not allowed in the house.
2. Okay, the cat is allowed in the house, but only in certain rooms.
3. The cat is allowed in all rooms, but must stay off the furniture.
4. The cat can get on the old furniture only.
5. Fine, the cat is allowed on all the furniture, but is not allowed to sleep with the humans on the bed.
6. Okay, the cat is allowed on the bed, but only by invitation.
7. The cat can sleep on the bed whenever the cat wants, but not under the covers.
8. The cat can sleep under the covers by invitation only.
9. The cat can sleep under the covers every night.
10. Humans must ask permission to sleep under the covers with the cat.
    
    

Pictures of our oldest cat - Muffin. She's 18 years old and very frail. She spends most of her time sleeping on my bed in a patch of sunlight. Muffin's never been much of a 'lap kitty' -- in fact, she's tends to be more 'prickly' than pet-able -- an independant, aloof little cat. But, despite all that -- she's brought much joy into our lives and we will miss 'The Cat' when she's gone.

P.S. With all the snow here today, a nap in a patch of sunlight sounds pretty good to me !! (yep - it's snowing in March -- big fluffy flakes and temps hovering around 30 degrees. But wait, it's Oklahoma and our predicted temp for Sunday is 60 degrees !!)