Thanks ya basset pals!
this is how it went: (ok, warning, not for the faint of heart)
i started off the morning puking my breakfast up, a la Esthah. yep, whole kibbles and everything. my person says she remembers the thread saying that some bassets get to eat the food they throw up

but she looked at it and just couldn't get herself to do it. it was too gross looking.
hmpf. so i was hungry the rest of the day. but later, my person made it up to me by giving me halfa steak for dinner. yummy. that has NEVER happened before. say, can we do this birfday thing every month, i wonder?
the doggie park people were nice that night and sang 'happy birfday' to me. there was a brand new picnic table that Uncle Ted MADE..! i jumped right up onto it and sat on the tabletop. i got in trubble for that. but hey! that's where all the treats are.
say, Cousin Woofus, do ya think if i pee on what i want, my person will hafta buy it for me????? i was thinkin' that.
Paislee- that is crrraazzy about your humanz trips. first no Cairo (we also had a friend who had to cancel that trip then, too... he kept listening closely to the radio on our ski trip, trying to see if he would be able to go on his trip....) Japan earthquake....wowsahs. did they feel it?
i was actually campin' that morning after by the beach and cliffs, and we were told to watch out for the tsunamis.... we debated whether or not to go camping still, but decided to chance it. it was fine. (well, i'm still here now, aren't i? that'd be sad if i didn't make it to my 1st bday....)