Although a FMLer for some time now, I don't think I have ever formally introduced my girls. I wrote to someone privately and after reading the post for typos (i know! A. retentive), I thought maybe ya'll would enjoy an intro on my 'fam'. Chloe is the Alpha female and the largest of the bunch. She is very purposeful and tolerant of, what I believe she considers to be, my overindulgent tendancy for affection towards her. After all, she has WORK to do; hiding my shoes, tunneling under my area rugs (a song comes to mind-- "Under my Rug" by The Rolling Stones...sing it sometime!) and practicing her Michael Jackson moon-walk. Chloe has a real "bathtub-jones" and will even climb in the bathtub while I shower! Spice is the one who loves to tease. She will run, stop and turn to make sure you are in hot pursuit. The result is a directional curly-Q of good times!! She's an ankle nipper who won't take no for an answer when she's ready to play. Spice has even dragged her toys across the house to me and then nipped my ankle to get my attention! (Let's play MOM!!) She enjoys sleeping in a dresser drawer (socks & underware are her favorite--Tshirts take 2nd) and has never quite gotten the hang of the water bottle (GLUG, GLUG, GLUG). It's totally entertaining to watch her try to use it. Spice insists on chewing the spout or inserting one of her teeth in there to hold the ball-bearing back so the water can flow freely. She's either a genius or a clutz! I can't tell which, especially at 2AM! Channel, I call her 'Nellie', is our shy girl. At first, I called her 'lickety-split' cause that's how fast she would run when startled. She's more self-assured now and has become the major thief of the bunch. I even have toys that I put on the coffee table for her to ferret away. I keep retreiving them for her to steal, so the question is...Did I train her or is she training me?!!!!!! At any rate, I can't put anything down within Nellie's reach or whooooosh its gone! Tonite it was the roll of paper towels (theivery rating A+...gone in less than 60 secs!). The most amazing thing about Nellie is her ability to climb. I have found her strolling along the hangers in my (packed) closet and on top of a shelf in the bathroom which she had to traverse up a 3-tiered wire hanging basket to achieve! All I know is she could give Lord-whats-his face & the other Mt. Everest climbers a run for their $$$$$!! About the 'butt-scoot boogie'...Mine all do the dirty deed! Who cares about the carpet, when the Siskel & Ebert rating is thumbs up!!!!!!! GO GIRL.... Anyway, I've gone on long enough. You know us pets, we can never say enough about our owners. --diana. [Posted in FML issue 1629]