Ideas for a 10,000th post? Since it's coming up and all...

[nomorenomore08]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. If it's in the Lounge it has to be about cats.

[TexasTowelie]

2. I'm closing in on that milestone also!

[nomorenomore08]

3. Not to bum you out unnecessarily, but both our cats died in 2013.

Bob simply dropped dead (most likely of a heart attack or blood clot) at the relatively youthful age of 11.

Edna, who we'd adopted in her old age, had a hyperactive thyroid (partly controlled by medication) that eventually led to kidney failure and death at age 16.

I wish we had more pictures of both.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. So sorry!

It's sad to lose a kitty.

[nomorenomore08]

5. Thanks. It is sad, but you get used to it.

Other than a few guinea pigs, Bob was the first pet we'd ever had. We got him as a 10-week-old kitten when I was a junior in high school - technically he was a "mutt" but he had both the fur/eye color and temperament of a Siamese. Very friendly but also quite demanding of attention.

[Lochloosa]

6. Spoiler Alert !!!!!!!!!