We had just bought our first house. A friend of ours brought Boots over the day before we physically moved into the house. So he was a house gift. He was a little orange kitty that our friend had gotten from someone who had a litter of kittens. So Boots actually lived in the house before we did! I told his story recently -- he lived for 17 years and we eventually lost him to kidney disease. He was a wonderful kitty and paved the way for the rest of our cat family -- BJ (Boots Jr.), Ali, and now Tony, Angel and Tippytoes.