every so often, I go through my older albums to double-check the "stick" - the double-sided tape has not held up and many photos and ephemera end up at the bottom of the sleeves. That, and I need to start consolidating LOs (15 LOs with just one photo of the same cat, on the same day is a bit much!).

Meet Gremlin, my first "real" cat as a grown up. I've had a few before him, but they were sort of temporary - cats found at school, a devil-cat that I had to find a new forever home for (my only cat fail), etc. Gremlin (and later another cat, Gizmo), were together 15+ years all the way to the very very end. I think he kind of made me grow up - you know, I had to feed him everyday, take him to the vet twice a year, clean his litter, etc.