My birthday and some GREAT cards!!!!

Well, just as I suspected, 671-WASH is the phone number for the Red Rover DOG WASH! I can't say I was too excited when I learned my Spaw treatment was not going to be a relaxing massage but a B-A-T-H.

Red Rover looked so promising when we first got there - I mean, check out this whole wall of delicious goodies...

But no, I was headed for the specially designed dog bath sinks.

First Cathy gently brushed out all my salt-water styled tangles...then she gave me a coat brightening shampoo to bring out my beachy highlights (Mom's going for the same treatment in NYC on Tuesday!)
Then I got a special oatmeal facial mask to make my beard and eyebrows extra-handsome. I asked this chihuahua if she knew where the back door was so I could plan my escape, but she high-tailed it before she'd get scooped up and put into the bath with me.

I got a nice rubdown, then Cathy put cotton in my ears before she turned the dryer on me. Wasn't too crazy about that. Then she switched to a gentle dryer for my face — "We call this 'Riding in the car with our head out the window!'" she said. It was great, I loved that soft breeze ruffling through my now silky locks. I felt like Fabio, posing for the cover of a romance novel!

Needless to say, no more runs on the beach for me until we come back in May. No rolling in squishy dead things on the beach, no dips into the icy water. Oh well. Hopefully there will still be some dirty slush for me to dive into when I get back to NYC on Monday.

I got some super-duper deluxe birthday cards from pals all over the world!

This is my absolute favorite, a hand-made card from NSLM and Clive! Look! There are SEVEN of me on the card - one for every year.


This card put the biggest smile on my newly bathed face! Especially once I realized Clive had been to the groomer's too.

And who could resist this totally AWESOME card from the Holy Terriers??? It even made their masthead, which makes me an honorary Holy Terrier. Seeing Lacie leaping out of the waves made me feel better about the end of my beach walks! And would you look at the size of that tennis ball cake? (I wonder why all the frosting has been licked off the side that's away from the camera?)

Eric Square Dog sent a marvelous card detailing the specifications for a Petey Rectangle Dog, but unfortunately, this old computer can't download the file. You'll just have to take my word for it.

And finally, look at this!!! It's my ROSIE POSEY!!! She's back! She didn't run off with some Highland hound after all. Is there anything lovelier than Rosie reclining in tennis ball flavored icing? I don't think so!

So it looks like this year is going to be LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN after all! Thank you for all your kind birthday wishes!

We're going to be gone for awhile. Mom's got about a 1,000 things to do before we leave Hilton Head for NYC on Monday, then about 5,000 things to do once we get to NYC for her trip to Israel on Thursday. She'll be gone for 9 days and me and Mica will have Ellen and Ben staying with us - Mica gave them RAVE reviews! - while Mom's away. And you know what that means...

"When the Mom's away,
Petey and Mica get treats all day!"

We'll see you soon - "Shalom, y'all!!!"