Bones was on loan last night from a neighbor; he seemed the appropriate way to greet folks as they showed up last night for Howard's 40th birthday party here at Casa HDW.

Bones' nametag's say:

"Hello, My name is .... YOUTH"

"Hello, My name is ... Karen Carpenter"

and

"Hello, My name is ... Nicole Ritchie - FEED ME!"

The party was a great success, I thought! Howard got a super cool gift ... and no, not the gift certificate. I mean, playing "throw balls at The Bug's Head" and "Pirate Ship". Duh!

After going out Friday night to celebrate Shmeder and her graduation from Nursing School and getting the house in gear all day yesterday (with the help from Kath*and Heather - honestly, thank you guys!), I am beat down today.

HDHusband volunteered to take The Bug to the Zoo so I could crawl into bed and sleep ... but the guys that help me turn on my sprinkler system (um, yeah, not so good at that) decided that today would be a great time to show up "sometime between, well, now and whenever, not sure", I was up waiting for the doorbell to ring to let them in. Meh.

The Bug, though, was beatdown after last night's festivities. And thanks to all who were there reading this for playing along with him. He enjoys having people over, if you couldn't tell.

I'm hopefully going to be headed to bed very soon. I believe I need to check for holes in my eyelids ...

* Kath also will fold your laundry. And this should never be turned down. That is all.

PS There are pictures for Friends Only up on Flickr if you are interested. I'll be putting more up as time goes on!

Labels: clizbiz, comic of the day turns 40, kath b, pirate party, shmeder kicks ass and kickballs