I have a wonderful boyfriend who I’m trying to get to consider writing on epinions. Who knows maybe you’ll see him around at some point but as he’s currently working away revising his children’s book I don’t expect that will be any time soon. Other loves of my life are the small furry creatures that keep finding me. By this I mean they actually tend to show up on my doorstep. I’ve begun naming my pets after characters from some of my favorite books. At the moment I have a mouthy Siamese mix kitten named Thursday Next from Jasper Fforde’s The Eyre Affair, who I admit I may actually have more stumbled upon myself. Next, is Sameth, named after the character from Garth Nix’s Lirael and Abhorsen. Sameth was abandoned at my house a year ago. Then there’s Galadriel (Gilly for short) dually named after The Lord of the Rings and The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Patterson. She was living at a local boarding school and despite being horribly ill was not treated as she was considered not as important as the other animals living there. Next comes the trio of Buddy, Kodi, and Rebel who have rather uninspired names but I excuse myself since I was eleven when I named them. Poor Rebel is the dog of the bunch but I don’t think he minds since he adores chasing cats. I don’t think he cares that he weighs ninety pounds and they way significantly less. Needless to say my pets are a huge part of my life. Every year yet another cat shows up at my door and every year I have to try to lure it in and find a home for it. My biggest suggestion is to spay or neuter your pet and if you can no longer care for it please consider bringing it to a no-kill shelter.