Hello, hello, hello. Bringing you good cheer today.

Found an upscale pet shop. Oh brother. You can't believe the stuff in there. Like a micro suede harness for dogs. It's brilliant, the dog steps into it with his two front paws, then it fastens near the tummy. Nothing around the neck. It's the softest thing ever, feels like nothing. Rhinestones, just a couple of them, decorate it. All this can be yours for a shabby $59.00.

I think from now on my family and friends will be getting slick pet items for gifts. We humans certainly don't need another thing, so I'm buying for the pets from now on. Unless, of course, you don't have a pet.

At Target I found a bird toy, similar to those ratty little mice that disintegrated before my and Robby's eyes last night, the ones by Hartz. Hartz, are you listening? And this bird chirps if you pat (step on him) him just right. Which Jazzi is now fascinated by. YEAH, a toy Jazzi likes. Jazzi is MOST particular about her toys. She mainly loves her vinyl carrot (we are on Vinyl Carrot Number Two now), her Shake-It-Baby Bear that rattles and the empty plastic water bottles, she loves to chew off the caps, I think I've told you. I want to enter her in a talent contest. Robby loves the chirpy bird, too. Chirpy bird has brought my two pets together. I also bought three little mice that looked like they won't be losing all their bodily parts in a heartbeat.

The owner of the shop was so helpful. I was ready to buy a perfect bed for Robby (so he won't sleep on my down comforter) and then she said, Everything will be on sale tomorrow, 15% off, during the ice cream social. Hmm, now I have to go if for nothing else to see what a Dog Ice Cream Social is. It's only a three hour sale, and bless the lady, it doesn't start at 8 AM. It starts at 11. I will be there at 1:50.

Robby did it again. I was sleeping in the morning (since I stay up all night), and I hear the teensy meow. I raise my weary head to peer over the bed, and there he is, sitting there (animals are SO cute when they sit on all fours) looking up at me. I want to squeeze him to pieces. So he came up on the bed and we had a luscious nap and I woke up feeling better than I had in a long time. That's what cozy kitty love will do for ya.

AND, I do believe I recalled what the vet said about Robby. She said, He has such a tiny nose, and it's semi-outlined in black. It is. It's got like a black perforated line around the pink on the tip of the nose. I would have thought I would have remembered any mention of a petite nose, since I am a fan of cute little noses. This nose unites so exquisitely with his velvety little ears and wittle bunny wabbit feet.

Okay, not trying to make anyone sick here. Maybe next week I will force myself to write the stories I've been meaning to and have even told you I would. Oh, though, if you could just see and hold wittle Robby. My heart is a pool of sap.

Sappy KEM