Naughty kitty

Cost for us to adopt Callie, a stray who showed up in our garage and jumped straight into Nels' arms last November: $0.

The cost to spay Callie after she went into heat, scaring not only me, Erika and Nels, but Daisy our dog and Sam, our puzzled 15-year-old male cat: $120.

The cost for de-worming medication after Callie puked translucent flat worms on my new Rachael Ray magazine in the living room: $20. (Poor Sam had to get de-worming meds, too.)

The reaction on Nels' face when I tell him through this blog that last night I caught Callie gnawing on the top of one of our brand new dark wood dining room chairs, destroying the wood finish, because she's one naughty, little kitty: PRICELESS.