How many pounds of cat food does it take?

One, two, three, four, ten, twelve cats... it's bad when one shows up at the back porch, purring and slinking between my legs and I say to myself, "Oh yeah, Nora, I forgot about you." Granted she comes and goes, and stays gone for weeks at a time... but I still feel guilty having forgotten about her.
I got a comment on my last post from a good friend whom I haven't seen in ages - but never will forget - as her photos do adorn my abode (rift valley, blue-footed boobie (I know I didn't spell that right - that bird with the blue feet - ha ha.)) Any way - she addressed their current battle with cats and their reproductive abilities.
Ahhh, cats and kittens. I can't keep track as to how many of those guys we have - or I should say, 'how many of those girls we have." Finally we are getting everyone spayed ... finally.
But first ~ CATS: A Brief History:
Lets see - We have, the Great Beendeenie, aka, Beenie, aka, Sabastian - the blind indoor cat. Then there is Moe, aka, Mighty Morphin MoJoe the Jammin Juju Jelly Bean (a name that came from not being able to think of a name) - he goes by "Moe", or for the more affectionate, "Moe Moe." Chloe remains our beautiful calico - the purrfect cat. Then there is Uni, Star and Diamond. They are 3 sisters whom we found while walking the dogs. They were abandoned by a pond and were dehydrated, even with water 20 feet away, they didn't know to drink it. So we took them home, and unable to give them away, we kept them. Then grew into fairly healthy (except for ear and eye yuck) attractive female cats. Each of which then gave birth to 3 kittens of their own. Some we were able to give away, the others are Wilson, Smiles, Beenette (she looks just like Beenie), and Furball. But wait - that's not all, there is also Gotee - the new resident TomCat, who has claimed us for his own. Little does he know, he's on the "list." One day he's gonna wake up in a strange steril room and not have his testicles anymore! Adopting us as a family has it's drawbacks.
So that makes 11. I think. We lost one over the summer - KitKat. She just dissapeared.
There are several other transient cats - and some of the kittens have strange resemblances to them!!
It is a financial battle to spay and neuter everyone - but it's what we do, when we can. Luckily, there is a wonderful place in Franklin County called Planned Pethood, and they do reduced cost spay and neutering with basic services - like rabies, distemper and front line, micro-chipping, etc. Without them, FC would be lost - it already ranks pretty bad on the animal rights scale with the pound and enforcement - but it takes the power of the people to evoke that kind of change and they are fighting for it!
I guess I will have to address each cat on its own - as some stories are too good to loose in the midst of this giant paragraph. Lets just say that they have the ability (or had) to seriously embarrass me at work, make me almost puke and wish I had a machine gun...
All for now~!