This is Sweetie!

I adopted her from the Oregon Humane Society in 2006 and they suspected she was about 7 years old...so that makes her around 13 now.  She is a Birman mix and the sweetest...thus the name.  One very cool feature of Birman's is that their fur does not tangle...so they don't get matted...ever!

Here's some interesting info about Birman's...

There is no clear record of the origin of Birmans, but one unsourced but oft repeated legend is that the Birman cat originated in Burma where they were kept by temple priests in Northern Burma in the Mount of Lugh.Birmans were almost wiped out as a breed during World War II. Only two cats were alive in Europe at the end of the war, a pair named Orloff and Xenia de Kaabaa, both belonging to Baudoin-Crevoisier. The foundation of the breed in postwar France were offspring of this pair. They had to be heavily outcrossed with long-hair breeds such as Persian and Siamese to rebuild the Birman breed. By the early 1950s, pure Birman litters were once again being produced. The restored breed was recognized in Britain in 1965 and by the CFA in 1966.