Seventeen!

The Cat is having a very special day today!

She has come a long way through the past year:

Right after her last birthday, she was underweight but still feisty.

In November, her fluffy kitty belly was making its first appearance in a long while.

Shortly before Christmas, we took a long walk down memory lane all the way to her first Christmas.

In January, she found a super-convenient spot to nap.  (For her--not for me!)

And in between all that, she lost her hearing and took up singing at 4 in the morning on the kitchen counter!

For her birthday today, she. . .

Watched an e-card from Mom

Took (another) nap

Let me get her a drink at the local watering hole

Savored the Early Bird (chicken) Special Dinner

Enjoyed an after-dinner cocktail

Figured she was ready for bed

Turned in for the late afternoon

Declared, "No such thing as too many naps!"

Happy birthday to my sweet, fluffy, little-old-lady-in-a-fur-coat roommate!