One of Mahalia's recent and irritating obsessions is a sudden love/hate/interest in Peanut. Peanut is, without a doubt, one of the most tolerant cats in the land. The attention (torture) is so non-stop that she is pushed to her limit at least once per day resulting in a scratch or a bite and then tears of pain from you know who. She actually said to me one day, "It feels really hard when Peanut scwatches me. It's feeling really hard for my heart. It's so hard to be a kid." My cold hearted response was a little something like, "Ha. It gets worse now get in bed."

Let's hope this is not indicative of the love and attention she'll be pouring all over the new critter that's coming next week.