Yes, I am a crazy cat lady

I'm almost 30, as are most of my friends. Thus it's kid time for almost all of them. Preston and I never really wanted kids so about 5 years ago we got a kitten named Mazie. Isn't he cute? We'd never really been cat people before but we just fell in love with Mazie and his little white socks.


After about 6 months, Mazie was getting lonely so we got him a friend who we called Katie. Isn't she a little princess? Mazie and Katie hit if off and we settled in as a happy family of four.

We had Mazie and Katie for about a year and a half when we got to Christmas 2001 and we'd purchased them a really cool climbing house. Mazie couldn't get to the top though so we decided to return it and get something else. At the pet store that afternoon we decided to walk past the pet shelter area where there was a family of cats up for adoption. Melody and her kittens: Harmony, Opus and Sonnet. Sonnet was the only orange and white girl, while Harmony and Opus were both jet black. I really wanted Sonnet but the woman thought it'd be a bad idea to bring another girl in unless we had another boy as well to balance the house. So Opus came along for the ride.

What a good decision it was to bring Opus and Sonnet (brother and sister) home to join our family. They have been wonderful and the bond between them is incredible. Opus is like a little person, talking all the time and following us around everywhere we go. Sonnet (we call her Sunny) is dainty and awkward but so cute.

With four cats, our lives are busy and full of fun. We have fully embraced the crazy cat person label and spoil them silly. Even my parents call them their "grandkittens" and buy them Christmas presents :) The only sucky thing about four cats is the litter box :( Our cats are like crapping machines so it does take a lot of work to keep up with them but they are worth it.