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    The platinum male and cream female are gone (sniff, sniff, I miss
    them).  However, in addition to the cream male (who WAS the runt
    of the litter but is growing by leaps and bounds now he has the
    place to himself, and looking great!) I have a BEAUTIFUL blue male.
    This guy was reserved a few weeks ago but the potential owner just
    decided she really didn't want 2 cats, so he's available. 
    
    He is really the BEST of the litter, beautiful face and fur, and
    cuddly as all Burmese are...
    
    If anyone goes to the Quincy show this weekend, you can see some
    of the best pictures of the gang by looking up Virginia Holland,
    a local Burmese breeder.  Unfortunately I will be out of town but
    she has 6 photos of my babies...  Virginia will be at the show on
    Saturday.
    
    Any questions, just give me a call!  DTN 226-6280 or home
    (617)893-2949.
    
    diane

Wanna know who got the cream female???  It's the little old cat lover - ME! 
Yup, I just couldn't pass her up.  She is adorable!  What a disposition she
has.  She is as sweet as they come.  It speaks very well for Diane and her
ability to "humanize" the kittens.  This sort of disposition is only possible
when the kittens have been treated with gentleness and love from day one.  
She will spend her first few days in my bedroom.  I will introduce her to my
guys this weekend.  They know she is there since they smell her on me, and 
they seem quite curious about the bedroom.  This morning they were all lined
up outside the bedroom door hopeing for a glimps of the little doll as I came
out of the room, but they will just have to be patient.  I think that she will
find a fast friend in my my 8 month old Justa (who, btw, is doing just fine
after that false titer scare of some months ago).  She is even fun to sleep 
with.  She is one of those kittens who likes to sleep with her chin propped
up on somethng, and she seems to find my face quite apropriate for that use.
When she's not doing that, she is slung across my neck with her face nuzzled
up to my ear (least I should miss some of those LOWD PURRRRRRRs).  Diane had
been calling her Snoopy.  Though the name is very appropriate, I believe I
may call her Buttermilk Biscuit (Biscie for short).  There is one other name
that might be more appropriate, but "Just About the Sweetest Little White 
Kitty I Ever Did See" is a bit too long a name for such a tiny kitten :^).

About the other kittens that Diane has, they are very special little guys.
The blue is ONE SPECTACULAR CAT!  I would recommend any one of them highly.

So stay tuned for the storys of how little Biscuit (or should I call her
"Pearly Mae"?) wins the heart of my other furries - and everybody else in
sight!

Marion   

    Congratulations Marion.  She sounds adorable.  I really do wish
    I could have another baby but I can't right now.  I have already
    exceeded my max.
    
    Sandi (Lightning's Mom)
    

    Oh, the joy of having a little kitten to sleep with!  Chauncey still
    sleeps with me and also like having a place to rest his chin.  In
    my case, it's my arm as he usually falls asleep when he's finished
    "making bread" on it.  It's really nice, except for when he drools...
    
    I like the name Biscuits!  And you could never call her "Just About"
    anything!  What would Justa say?????  BTW, I'm glad to hear Justa
    is doing well...I named one of my feral cats Justa.  It sounds better
    than "Hey, Grey Cat"!
               
    I wish I could have lots more, but my CAT_MAX=0, and the two I have
    certainly exceeds that!
    
    Mary
    

    
    Re:  .3
    
    Sandi,
    
    I know what you mean.  When I saw the blue male little kitten, the
    first thing I said was "Do I get a discount if I buy two?".  Lucky
    for me she thought I was kidding.  Just another example a deranged
    cat-lover in a "kitten acquiring frenzy".   
    
    Marion
    
    Marion

    Biscie was introduced to my other kitties last weekend.  Since I
    had been keeping her in the bedroom, on Saturday morning I just
    opened the door that leads into the hall.  One by one, the kitties
    realized the door was open.  At first they seemed more interested
    in the box/bed that Biscie came home in.  After the novelty of the
    box wore off, they cautiously checked out the kitten.  She was up
    on the bed when she discovered that there were *OTHER KITTIES*.
    She scrunched way down and stuck her head out over the edge of the
    bed to watch them explore her box.  Her little eyes were as round 
    as saucers!  Then the other kitties spotted her.  They jumped up
    on the bed and sort of all stood there and stared at her for the
    longest time.  She didn't know _what_ to do, so she
    rolled over on her back, pulled her paws up underneath her chin
    and looked at the other kitties upsidedown.  It was just about the
    cutest scene I have ever seen.  Since then there have been a few
    hisses, but nothing beyond sound effects, and Justa and Biscie have
    taken to drag races all around the house.  Toastie will sit for
    hours and groom the kitten, and Puppie sits around all frustrated
    because she has discovered that hissing throws her into a caughing
    fit.  Just when she is ready to take a good swat at the kitten,
    she starts coughing.  This usually alerts the kitten, who then takes
    a play swat at Puppie and runs full speed away (all in fun).  I
    just _love_ kittens around the house.
    
    Marion  
                                                       

    RE: 994.6
    
    Biscie sure sounds like she really fits in.  I hope you had a video
    camera going when they found each other.  I really enjoyed reading
    about `The Meeting'.
    
    Sandi (Lightning's Mom)
    

    Hi Marion,
    
    Glad things are going well with Biscie and your other kitties --
    thanks for putting in .6 from me, too.  Sounds like I will *HAVE*
    to find some way to come down and visit, soon....  I do miss her...
    
    diane

    
    Diane,
    
    Do come visit any time.  I am sure she would love to see you, and
    I always like an opportunity to show off my guys.  
    
    Biscie has become very good friends with Justa.  As I mentioned,
    they are not that far apart in age (though size in another matter!).
    All of the others are now openly affectionate with her.  She gets
    a lick on the nose from everyone now [actually, averyone but me :^)].
    She is still the cuddliest kitten I have ever come across.  She
    can be dashing all over the house running the Indy 500 with Justa,
    but if I reach down to pet her, she _always_ has time for a little
    lovein'.  She is a cat lover's dream!
            
    Marion

    Guess who is back on line?  Yup, it's me with all of my kitties
    in tow.  Bisquit is really getting BIG.  She is now confident enough
    to effectivly make demands of the other cats.  She will often walk
    up to one of the other cats and roll over on her back.  That means
    "I'm going to bug the daylights out of you until you cuddle me and
    groom me, so you might as well give in and get started".  She is
    quite a character!
    
    It's great to be back at Digital.  I have sooooooo many unread notes,
    and I'm not sure how long it will take me to catch up, but I'll
    give it my best shot.  I really missed all of you guys!
    
    Marion
          

    re: .10...
    
    not sure why this is in the "Burmese" note, but...
    
    	WELCOME BACK, MARION!!!
    
    	Did you go to Burma on your honeymoon???
    
    	:-)

    Hey, Marion!  Welcome back!!  I was just thinking about you on
    Saturday.  Good luck catching up on the 70000 unread notes....
    
    Maybe you should join in on our kitty picture swap...
    
    Mary