Reading the subject line....

can be crucial.  I realize it may not be humorous to everyone, but I found this pretty darn funny. 

I sent an email to Peter about the cat today.  Yes, Bailey, the evil wonder-cat, strikes (vomits) again.  He is notorious for letting it rip on the place that would be most difficult to clean up.  Now for many reasons, all of them safety and health-related, despite his fervent wishes, he is now and always will be (to his chagrin): an indoor cat (oh, the horror)...ironically, he just used the side of the laptop screen as a scratching post for his neck.

So,today I noticed him acting funny...more specifically, he squealed like a girl ...so, I did what any brilliant person would do and got him away from any place remotely like a carpet.   Turns out he indeed had  a little gastric distress and I was quite proud of myself (despite the fact I had to throw him outside for a moment...and, yes, he came right back in), so I sent Pete the following reminder:

Subject Line:  If you ever hear the cat...

squeal like a girl or stuck pig, it is a sign he is about to yak and get him outside ASAP...I got to him just as he started the muscle contractions, threw him outside and whew, no vomit on the carpet....

but, Peter, being the important Supervisory Special Agent with many Super Secret Security Issues to Worry About, only read the actual message.  He then logically assumed the first 'him', I would write about would be Nicky. 

When you read it that way, it is pretty amusing (assuming he wasn't hurt).  Perhaps I should have tried that method when he had a stomach virus yesterday?  Though the second time he threw up (mmm, peas and rice!), I recognized the pre-hurl state and got him over the bathroom sink just in time.

And now, yet another cute picture of the crawling (yes, CRAWLING) almost 8 month-old who has girls and grown women drooling over him (and vice-versa) everywhere he goes....and, yes, he really is that blond...our best souvenir from Iceland!