My cats(2) tried to talk me into having a b-b-q, but I wouldn't hear any of it. I'm always stuck cleaning the grill and doing the dishes. Now they won't meow to me and keep walking by me sulking and trying to get me to feel sorry for them. If they keep this up I won't even let them set off any fireworks tonight. They love those things you light up and they keep growing like a long black snake of ash. I don't know what has happened to my cats. When they were kittens I was their hero. They would follow me around and they always wanted to play. Now they don't have time for me. It's all sleep and eat, sleep and eat. But then a holiday rolls around and there they are with their paws out. Uh oh! I better go, I think I hear a hairball attack in my bedroom! HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!