Adding to the chorus:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FAY!!!!!!!

Apologies for my tardiness.

I always find lovely shoes that don't fit or affordable shoes that don't fit. And then I go and try on the ugly ones, just to see, and of course they fit.

The trick is to cut out the first part, and just go straight for the ugly shoes. In and out of the shop in five minutes, insh'allah.

...what?

Where does all that fur come from, is what I want to know.

I, too, am Ginger and Fay.

Askye, are you thinking the bath will control the shedding? Or are you wanting to de-flea here? For shedding solutions, try [link]

I have the evil tomato-chomping squirrels, too. I just rarely put them in the category of "cute." They're more in the "die, die, evil creature" category, along with rats, mice, roaches, mosquitoes and deer.

While the chipmunks do spend their lives digging up my potted plants and taking the occasional chomp out of a tomato, they make up for with the whole chasing, chittering Chip and Dale thing.

Andi,

I'm thinking regular baths will help with the shedding. I think I got off more by bathing her than just brushing. I feed her good cat food (okay not recently since I was kinda broke), normally NutraCat. I think that's the name. And I have a curry comb that I use on her.

I haven't bathed her much because she used to make such a fuss, but this time she did really well.

Lucy does not approve of baths, and turns into a squirming, grumbling shark. That does not mean that she doesn't like water, though. My Sunday thus far:

Sunday at the dog beach

Good swimmer!

Wet dog

I have the evil tomato-chomping squirrels, too. I just rarely put them in the category of "cute." They're more in the "die, die, evil creature" category, along with rats, mice, roaches, mosquitoes and deer.

I have a chain link fence, so I don't worry too much about deer. The evil squirrels of destruction are right up there nowadays.

Before they started invading my garden I was all "Oh! look! Squirrels!" Now it's "Git! Get out of here, varmints!"

I don't have deer now, but they used to eat straight down my garden rows when I lived in the country, plus one committed hari kari on my car. I have a friend who just moved to a Nashville suburb with a terrible deer problem, and she keeps sending me, "They ate the daylilies. Now what should I do?" e-mails.

Someone asked about my ankle (I think it was Beverly). It's feeling much better today. It still hurts, but it's definitely on the mend. Thank you for asking.

I spent the afternoon at Theodosia's house helping her with stuff. We got MUCH done and got to do it together, which was very nice. Now I must decide what to do with the rest of my evening. I think I will do some dishes, crochet a little and start to attack my office area, as it looks like a tornado hit it.