-looking around, to make sure no one is listening-
(in a whisper)...Sweetie let me pick her up last night!!!! She is so much smaller and lighter than all our other kitties, and I just instinctively put my left hand under her chest, and scooped my right hand under her back legs, after she spent a long while rubbing on my ankles and making the cutest meows. I only lifted her about a foot off the ground, but she did not struggle or fuss...which is good, because she has some SERIOUS claws! After five years...!
AND...Patty O'Malley has decided to wage war against any rodent in the vicinity. The Hubby reports daily that he's watched Patty eat a mouse or two, or more. And Patty never misses a meal that I bring out, so no wonder he's growing in girth again! Who knew we had so many mice...?