Hey everyone.
I pushed Honey aside for this one. Man! I just read what my mom wrote about my weight problem. I can't believe she said I am "pleasingly plump". I didn't say that...
Anyway, I guess I'm going to have to quit sneaking into Helen's room and eating that cat food. I just can't help it. All this time, I've been getting away with it, and then all of the sudden, my mom catches me, today, AFTER the vet called to tell her to put me on a treadmill! Whew! Hannah and Tucker, it sure was good to at least know that someone else is having to watch their pounds. Or poundage as my mom calls it.

Well, to beat everything, my mom and my sister, Helen, are leaving in the morning for a whole week! They're going to the beach, and they're going to see some of their friends and my grandparents and cousins, and aunt and uncles, but they're not taking us! Can you believe that? Mom says she is going to work real hard to find a place Honey and I can go next summer....but it just isn't fair. Mom says its at least better than going to the kennel like we used to have to do. I guess it is kind of neat that I get to sleep on my air conditioning vent, the way I love to. You guys like to do that???

Hey, Hannah. I noticed you asked about the grass. Well, uh we don't mention that too much anymore....Mom says she has given up! We figured the grass wouldn't grow in the shade anyway, so we just helped her till up the ground so she could plant some good shade plants there (that we'll probably dig up or lie in immediately after she plants them..hehehe ). To tell you the truth, about half of what she had sodded is doing great, and the parts of the lower backyard that she sodded herself, with the leftover sod, look really good. Even Mom says that!! She waters it a lot, and we LOVE that. Honey and I like to eat the water that comes out of the sprinkler. But Mom won't let me inside after I do that. wonder why??

Well, Honey and I have been wondering where everyone has been. Cinder, Smokey???? Where are you? What about you, Merlin? Star, Cody, Daisy, Shai, Reece and the rest of you? It sure makes us feel better to hear your stories. We need to know that you have to deal with the same sort of neurotic stuff we do...our Mom is pretty loopy sometime. She already had that wet stuff on her face one time today...said something about leaving us. Can you believe that? She was crying over those mean ole cats too!

Oh. One more quick story before I go. Butter got in a fight yesterday....my mom was really worried about him. She kept calling and calling, and he didn't come home. Then she went looking for him after she heard a cat crying. That old boy had gotten himself mixed up with another cat (not Mimi), and had decided to pursue. He wouldn't come for Mom, so she left him out there in the neighbor's backyard. But when he did come home, he was pretty ugly. Has a small cut on his head and a slashed ear. Mom says he shouldn't be so aggressive. She had some operation to take care of that for him. Must not have worked. She even said that she wished she could keep him inside all the time....Fat chance with that. He destroys more stuff than Honey and I do!

Well, anyway, Butter is fine, just a little rough looking. Mom said he is going to be ok. I'd better go before my mama catches me on this computer. She thinks I'm sleeping! LOL!!!

Bye everyone. Send updates soon, Mr. Phred, Ms. Sandra, Ms. Rachel, and everyone else. Hurry!

Love, Lilly

[This message has been edited by Logan (edited June 22, 2001).]