"Luke (our dog)doesn't want another cat around, Hayduke (his dog) doesn't want another cat around, and she (the black fuzzy ball) doesn't want to be anybody's Puff TOY! We just lost a cat and a ferret...no more!", he (husband) said firmly to me. "Oh Scott, it's no big deal!", I spouted back. So there she was, sitting on my son's bedroom floor. She was, indeed, a little puff toy. Ed had named her "Dina" from Alice in Wonderland, but I had to call her TT...babytalk for kitty. TT was the cutest little kitten I had seen in a very long time. Her coat was a beautiful rich black and softer than no other. What an awesome cat, I thought. How nice it will be to always have that lovey-dovey softness around.
TT was always a little stand-offish, even as a youngster. Never did she really come up to see you and never did she EVER want to be cuddled, although she was an early-morning-lovey-dovey-girl. 4:15AM sharp, TT would jump up and lay on my chest (or whomever she chose that particular morning), stretch her paws into your hair to do the kneading thing, nose to your neck and purr and purr for about 10 minutes. Soon her tail would start twitching, purring stop, then she would jump down just like clockwork. And yes, it was always between 4 and 4:30 AM. Today, as a grown cat, she'll SOMETIMES grace me with her appearance IF Scott isn't in bed and I pretend i don't see her until she is right on me. She mostly likes to lay in this cat carpet thing we call her bush...relaxing with her leg stretched over the edge.
TT has earned the "Naughty" part in her name because she is such a snot. When you call her or talk to you, she generally just puts her ears back. Here is a pic of her looking out the window. She is so cute, so soft, and her face is so precious. I wanted her to look at me with the same expression, but look what i got!
Snotty Naughty little TT, I know you love me. I hear you give out that howl every time you steal one of my hair ties and put it in the dogs water or on the stairs (6 in a row at the moment). I know you love me when i pick you up to give you a little love and you growl. And I know you love me when I go to pet you and you sorta bite my hand. That's to cute. That's so snotty and naughty. You were so little, now you are just simply beautiful, the most snottiest, naughtiest puff toy in all the world!
