Overdue

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Important Too Long Neglected Thank You Card:

Dear Tracy,

Ant, Chris, and I went to Petco last week with your gift card.  We got a new toy for each girl.  Jasmine got a new frisbee since the last one got lost a long time ago.  It is both tough and flexible, which is important because she's a Pit Bull.  Riley got a little stuffed squirrel with a bushy tail.  Ant picked that out carefully, testing all the squeakers and rejecting the ones she would quickly rip apart.  For Solo, we got a new fishing pole.  It has replaceable feathers at the end that can twirl on the attachment, so it really gets her attention.  Ant and I saw that thing on a show you should see at least once: My Cat From Hell on Animal Planet.  This guy is like The Cat Whisperer, only tattooed and much more emotional than Cesar.  All three of us weighed in on all three toys, and when we got in the car, Ant noticed that there was a small opening in the cat toy bag.  "Oh, this is open," he said, and took the cat toy out and started playing with it.  At home, Jasmine folded up the frisbee and carried it around, waiting to see who would take her to the park.  Riley attacked the squirrel and took under the coffee table to kill it slowly.  Ant flung the cat toy around for a half hour until I realized the cat was still in the linen closet and he was playing by himself.  Once she found out about it, she wouldn't leave it alone.  It's sad when we find her playing with it alone, so we play with her a lot more now.

Thanks for thinking of our animals- they would cover you in slobber and cat hair if they knew.

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