Preparing to Adopt

Buster in back, Chyna in front We've been catless now for more than a year. It's been tough for me to get over; I fell in love with our pair of Siamese cats, Chyna and Buster, and their passing left a gaping wound in my heart. Finally, we're done with travel -- where both of us will be gone -- for a few months, so this seems like a good time to get cats and allow them to settle in with us.

Including T's tabby boys -- Scout and Smokey -- we've had cats in the house for well over twenty years, so being without now for twenty months has made the house seem quiet and empty. We still haven't finished cat-proofing the house, but I think that's something that will have to happen on the fly, as it's tough to determine just what new cats will fancy that they shouldn't until it happens.

I didn't think I would like cats much until I lived with one. Her name was Cassie, and she was...

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