I never thought I'd see the day when Jetta would be a lap cat, but last night she actually got all the way into my lap and settled there for maybe a whole five minutes.

Right now Jetta and Zoe are having fun with the new corrugated cardboard scratching post I picked up today. They love scratching at cardboard, so I figured they'd like it. I sprinkled it liberally with catnip, and they definitely love that. The holder is lightweight plastic that holds the scratcher at a slant. Unfortunately, they keep scratching at it from the side and flipping it over.

Here's your chuckle for the day. A pile 'o' kittens meets the Roomba. Scroll down to the second image to find the video file.

Kate continues to do well. She's done with the treatment of steroids, so I'm watching now to see whether her appetite remains good or drops off.

Opal and Saffy: "What? Us? Sniffing catnip? Don't be silly."

Pippin, large and sleek.

Kate's a tough old girl. She bounced back today and was behaving normally, eating well and coming out to greet me as usual.

Opal woke us up way too early with plaintive meowing that went on and on. Randy thinks it's because she was annoyed that he didn't wake up and praise her for bringing him the mousie that she carried to the bedroom from downstairs.

Poor old Kate is not feeling well today at all. She threw up a lot this morning. She barely wants to move and showed no interest in her canned food tonight. I"m seeing diarrhea in the boxes, though I don't know for sure if it's from her. I suspect it is. She looks so frail and thin. I'm wondering if she'll make it to her 18th year.

It's been peaceful at the old homestead. Although I don't like keeping Zoe on the tranks, it's doing the job. Tosca is back to her old self. She comes out to greet me at the door with her purr motor running. Zoe and Tosca sniff noses and interact normally. The vet said to give it a few months, so we'll see how it goes in the long term.

Zoe spends the evening in my lap while I do my computer stuff, although she sometimes gets fed up and leaves when I'm playing World of Warcraft. I can't seem to get through to her that mommy must use her mouse and keyboard or she will die.

Jetta continues trying to be half a lap cat, which leads to the other half of her doing unpredictable and often perilous things to my keyboard.

I gave her a mousie stuffed with fresh catnip. She played with it for a while, then drowned it in the water bowl, the silly moggy.

Here's a first. Jetta is trying -- in her own peculiar way -- to become a lap cat. This is new behavior for her. The first step was that she would stretch from the desk top to knead my lap, so she was sort of half-in/half-out of my lap. Finally last night she got all the way into my lap...with a little bit of help from me, I'll admit, but she stayed there for maybe ten minutes! What a brave girl she's becoming.

Grand Dame Kate.

This is actually Kate's favorite bed, right next to the heater. Tosca and she compete for it.

Zoe: "Why do you plague me with that flashing thing?"

It's New Year's Eve. Let the catnip orgy commence! Top to bottom: Pippin, Sapphire, Opal.

Things start to get silly.

The silliness escalates!

Saffy decides it's even too silly for her.

Pippin stays above the fray, practicing his "Mr. Cool" look.

Jetta, Pippin's sister at about one-third his size.

Jetta also likes to look down from on high.

Zoe: No, I will NOT look at the flashing light.

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