...I'm not supposed to pick up over five pounds, thus cannot reclaim my chair if she is in this position.



What she didn't bank on was the fact my son is under no such limitation. He scooped her up, she grumbled mightily at him, I sat down, he set Grrr on my lap, and once again all was right in her world, God was in his Heaven, and the Earth turned foolishly on its axis...