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    That's great news Diane!  Glad to hear the trap worked for you.
    
    I would keep her in a small room of her own.  That will make her
    feel more secure.  Be very patient with her and give her time
    to adjust.  Since she knows you, it probably would be better if
    you kept her, but I don't know the situation so I don't know
    if this is possible.
    
    Let me know when you can return the trap.  I think I'll need it
    for someone else.
    
    (Best $30 I ever invested - buying that trap.)
      Nancy

    My little baby's doing fine at the vet...she's been spayed and has had
    her shots...she has worms though, but that'll be taken care of.  I'm
    going to bring her to my friends tomorrow night...cross your fingers
    for me that she adapts well to him because he'll keep her if so.  Oh
    yeah, it cost me another $25 to have her spayed because she was in heat
    and they said it costs more...I can't believe all this money for 1
    little kitty.  Hey, anyone have any cute names for a little calico...I
    want it to spunky like her, maybe named after a real "tough" lady.
    
    Thanx, Di & Li
    
    Oh yeah, it's so nice to come home and not see her sitting outside by
    the chimney trying to keep warm, I know she's nice and warm where she
    is...what a feeling of relief!!
    

    Well, Isadora comes to mind, after Isadora Duncan.
    Don't know if thats "tough" but definitely independant.
    

    re: .3 - you could call her Izzy for short.  :-)
    

    
    I'm glad you caught her!!   
    
    How about Madonna, Cher, Sinead (sp??).  I've always like
    Spaz (spastic) for one that's a little on the wild side.
    
    Sandy (who just nicknamed Dewey with Dewhead..this cat is nuts!)
        
                                                                    
    
    
    

    
    Not sure of spelling, but how about Gidiva (after Lady Gidiva).
    
    Congratulations on catching her :-)
    
    Val

    
    Two names that came to my mind are:
    
    Joan of Arc and Mae West. (am I dating myself or what...??)
    
    I hope it all works out well.
    
    Barbara and her 3M's

    re .6 - it's Godiva.

    
    re .8  thanks for the correction

	. . . or Maggie ala Thatcher :^}

>>>	. . . or Maggie ala Thatcher :^}

whoa!  Now THAT'S tough!!!  Actually, even if you don't like her
politics, she is a gutsy, honest lady and any cat should be honored to
bear her name as her "human handle"....we know, of course, that cats have
secret cat names that they don't tell us.   8^}

    I LOVE MAE WEST!! She's one of my absolute favorite women! 
    Independant!  Would take anything a man would offer but didn't need em!
    Think about the kind of person she must have been to project such
    a sexy image during and right after the victorian era!!!!!!!!!!!
    

    .....How about Annie after Annie Oakley?
    
    Or, Barbara (Barbie or BB) after Barbara Bush?
                             
    Billie after Billie Jean King, the tennis player, or
    Natina Navrotolova (butchered the spelling on that one!), 
    or Christie Everett?
    
    Or Christine whats-her-name, the one who died in the
    Challenger explosion?
    
    L-
    

    Diana,
    
    You named her in your note....." SPUNKY"  !!!!!
    
    L-

    Hey, lots of good ideas here...  I like Spunky too, but my friend wants
    to pick a woman's name...  I like Mae West or Billy even Godiva... 
    Someone here thought of Desdimona (Dez for short)...anywone know who
    she was...I think out of Shakespeare or something.  This is fun...I'm
    getting her in an hour, and the vet says she's been doing real well
    today and eating.  Wish me luck tonight!!
    
    Thanx all, Di & Li
    
    P.S.  Linus has been wondering where she is I think...he keeps checking
    out the windows at night and I think he wonders where she went because
    she was a regular...

    DESDIMONA - Wasn't she the drippy female Othello strangled?  

>>    DESDIMONA - Wasn't she the drippy female Othello strangled?  

well, I think Shakespear might have looked at it in a slightly different
light......she was indeed a shakespearean character...but, was she the
misguided, unfortunate victim in Othello...oh well, it's been
years since I've been forced to read the Bard, and quite frankly, I thought
he was just a little overdone, y'know?   8^}

Frankly, if you're looking for tough women in Literature, Lady McBeth would
be in the top 10 - after all, she drove her man to commit murder...

How about Lilli - for Lilli Langtree, the famous British beauty who was
independent all her life - lived as mistress to the Crown Prince (Victoria's
son and the future king), had a child out of wedlock, married a much younger
man and worked as an actress (SCANDALOUS!!) to build a fortune with which
she retired to the south of France (I think).  Or, Margot for Dame Margot,
the famous ballerina who sponsored R. Nureyev into world fame on the stage.
She worked as a ballerina until she was 60 years old...and that is really
tough to do.

    How about Harriet after Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Tubman?
    
    Eleanor after Eleanor Roosevelt.
    
    Sally after Sally Ride.
    
    Rose for Rose Kennedy.
    
    Shirley for Shirley Chisolm.
    
    Have to agree with Maggie after Margaret Thatcher, though.  She's not
    nicknamed the Iron Lady for nothing!
    

How about "Pipi"(sp?) after Pipi Longstocking.
She is a tough little tomboy and wasn't she an orphan?  ;^)
Becky