Becky, thank you for that, though it has brought more tears with its brevity of eloquence. I was doing okay until Rog reminded me this morning I should put the cats' "fishie" on paper plates, rather than the floor, with no "clean-up" crew in the offing. The cats always left a little bit for Merlee...we called it their "tithe" to the Lord Protector. The reminder did me in and the cats didn't leave a scrap on their plates. It is very quiet around here.