WHAT?????

Oh My....I can't believe it. I just got home today from two exhausting nursing cases to find my two fools for brothers have been planning A PAWTY FOR RUBY AND ASTA.......WITHOUT MY HELP????? It's impossible for a micromanager to imagine that others are capable. Sigh.

The really disturbing thing is they really have done a pretty bang up job, but I will NEVER tell them that! I've gone over all the details with them....though,it seems like all we have to drink is beer.

Ladies...please bring pawtini ingredients...and Noah's Sissies...bring the blender and what's left of that vodka from Noah's surgery. The last I saw of it, your mom was runnin' out the door with half the bottle. She learned quickly, Girls! She really giggles, a lot!

Oh, and the boyz did nuthin' bout table centerpieces or fresh flowers...they did seem to buy an unholy number of balloons, but nobody's talkin' bout that. Hmm.....

A Few Asta House Rules by Lacie (in no particular order....):

* Dogs, get along with the cats (and vice versa.) If you can't get along, remove yourself from the situation and go to another play station....we'll have board games, videos, bowling, a slip and slide, an indoor pool,an egg toss, mud play, paw painting, and too many other things to count.

*The cats will have a fishing contest...(no, the fish aren't alive...Butchy and Snickers wouldn't permit live fishing....) a mouse release game...all mice will be unharmed in this practice; (oh, and they will be numbered so we can find at least half of them when we leave)...lotsa real furniture scratchin' posts, a meatloaf contest...my idea!!!!...which cat most closely resembles a meatloaf wins a prize...and buckets of other things.

*No cat can mess with Girl Girl. Girl Girl may spend at least part of the pawty ridin' on Mango's back.

*Dogs will stay OUT of the kitty litter boxes. No exceptions made.

*There will be NO cooking of cats, Whippets. While your idea of Kitten CATchatorie is, um, clever, their idea of Whippetchini Alfredo is just asking for trouble.....keep the trash talk under your breath.

*Those wishing to play "How many animals can we stuff in Asta's elevator" may only do so if the elevator is less than half full of apartment residents.

*Dogs needing to go "OUT" are ask to NOT wait until the last minute as the elevator may be full with animals playin' the above HMACWSIAE game.

*All cats and dogs are asked to refrain from chasin' the Wheelies. It would just lead to Mayhem and Havoc. (The names of Mumsie's next dogs.)

*Any animals dog or kitties eating a raw food diet are asked to use a paper plate (if there are any left) if snackin' in Asta's parents bed. For that matter, all diners are asked to use a plate....there's nuthin' worse than sleepin' in a bed covered with crushed potato chips.

YAWN.....I'm goin' to bed. Ruby's gonna be here early, too!!! PLEASE keep your birthday pressies for Ruby hidden when you get on the plane. We have the cake...hopefully, Babystan won't drop it!


We'll be meetin' at the revolvin' door in Asta's apartment building. Spread the word!!!!! This is gonna be FAB!!!!!

Lacie