MY FAMILY

Hello. My name is Susan and I love my family both human and feline.

This is my first home page so please give me a little time to get it together.

Actually, a lot of time! I have made many errors along the way and I am still learning.

Among the next few pages I hope to tell you about my family, human and feline, and to show you pictures.

Please follow me through the next few pages.

I will start with my two daughters and their families.

My older daughter is Lori. Her husband is Joby.

They have four adorable children.

Samuel who is five years old, Harry is four, Abraham is two, and Genevieve who is one week old!!

Three darling boys and a new granddaughter.

My younger daughter is Jenny. Her husband is Filip.

They have one daughter Cloie who is six years old.

Filip is from Durjsholm, Sweden. Jenny was a Rotary Exchange student in Stockholm. They did not meet at that time. It took them many years and back in Boston before they met. They have moved to Sweden. :-(((

Cloie is learning to speak Swedish.

I will be the only one who does not!

I will miss them dearly. When they come to visit, we have a wonderful time.

Filip likes Binghamton because it is like Sweden.

I adore them all.

They are my pride and joy.

I love all kinds of cats from those that purr and sit on your lap

to those that would rather have you for dinner.

Here we are in my garden where the kitties like to play.

They lounge among my flowers with tails twitching as they watch for mice and things.

I get a present from them every day!

I offer my home to those homeless cats that have none to call their own.

Sometimes they stay and sometimes after a scathing look, they march down my driveway tails in the air.

I expect it's that trip to the vet that they are upset about.

I want them to be healthy and spayed or neutered.

There are too many little kittens out there now.

When no one wants them, it's not very nice.

There are some other very important members of my family.

I will try and introduce you to my feline family.

Ready?

Fury, Percy, Peanut, Samantha II, and Scamp.

Deep breath!

Midge, Blue, Hobbes, Rambo, Buster, Muffy, and finally Miss Abigail.

Lots of singing around here at breakfast time!

I have lived all of my life in Binghamton, New York,

which is located on the confluence of the Chenango and Susquehanna Rivers.

I am a retired teacher.

I have many hobbies.

Genealogy is one.

I am related to Francis Cooke, John Cooke, Richard Warren, John Tilley, Joan (Hurst) Rogers, Elizabeth Tilley, and John Howland, passengers on the Mayflower.

I love ice hockey. If there is not a game on, I begin to tremble a bit.

The season has begun. Lord Stanley's Cup is up for grabs. Who will win it this year? Can the New Jersey Devils repeat as Stanley Cup Champions or is there another champion leaking in the background?!?!

There is my garden. Flowers are blooming all the time.

See my beautiful roses.

Now what is a garden without a birdbath?

I have also collected many things.

From Christmas ornaments to Department 56 Villages. Here is one of the houses and if you click on the house,

you will be taken to a wonderful site about Department 56.

I collect teapots. Here is my favorite one.

I am only fooling you. But I do collect them.

I love to do needlepoint and cross stitch.

Last, but not least, my WebTV.

It has opened up a whole new world for me.

Now there are some things that I really do not like.

Dark chocolate.

People who litter.

Spicy foods.

On the top of my list - those who honk their horns, when we can't move

or forget they have signals in their cars.

I have adopted a Siberian Tiger. (I do not keep her here but isn't she beautiful?)

I really enjoy watching her and her cubs grow.

This is what I want to share with all of you. <>My wonderful family and

the most beautiful creatures on the planet

CATS

So as you stroll among my pages

don't forget to sign my guestbook before you leave.

Let me know what you think of my kitties.

Please have a great day and as my kitties do

PURR

Here you will find my guest book. Please take the time to tell me what you thnk of my pages.

Thank you for coming and please come again.