9 Already?

Happy birthday to my dear sweet little Athens. She is 9 today. In keeping up with my friends' tradition of making a list of all of the birthday child's wonderful traits as long as they are old, here is mine for Athens:

#1- She loves my cooking. That is always a huge ego boost. She came from a long line of scrap cats and will just about eat anything that I give her....well, that just deflated my ego a little actually now that I think of it....anyways, Shanty isn't a fan of people food so it is nice to have someone to cook for!
#2- She hasn't quite figured out yet that it is my feet that move under the covers while she is sleeping on the bed. Every morning when I start to wake up, even if she is in a dead sleep, the minute she sees movement under the covers she attacks.
#3- She loves me enough to bring me the most delicate parts of her favorite prey's innards. Enough said.
#4- She knows the rules. My apartment complex allows for 1 cat only. This being said, whenever they come over for check up's or maintenance, she knows her place in the back corner under the bed.
#5- She is a rebellious little rule breaker. Refer to #4
#6- She is a fierce protector! I usually only have to call her name in a panic when I am being attacked by moths or large bugs and she is there to gobble them up.
#7- She is snugly.
#8- She has the sweetest little meow!
and #9- I love her because I know that the only human that she love is just me! Most people that come over only thing that I have one cat because she hides whenever anyone else comes over, but she never hides from me.
Happy birthday my little girl!