"but the kitten didn't act feral at all, which leads me to think she might have a home. She seemed so eager for attention, though" If she shows up again, and you are able to financially and physically take responsibility for her, take the cat and don't feel a moment's regret or guilt. Cats pick their people. You shouldn't argue with them about it. :o) My mother has said for years that I'm acquiring other people's cats when I take in the strays from my yard. But if a cat chooses to remain in my yard (a couple acres in a very rural area) and not return to wherever they were from originally... None of them have ever had any form of ID, some were never even fixed, and none have ever wanted or even tried to leave the house once they were in. A couple of winters ago, a neighbor asked me to look out for one of her barn cats that hadn't been returning home for dinner. Sure enough, there were tracks all over my yard and he showed up in person on my deck that evening. He spent most of the snowy night trying to get in windows and doors all around my house. I hadn't seen him before but he'd obviously been visiting quite a bit, for my crew ignored him completely as he sat out in the cold, peering enviously in at the warm and dry residents. (It turns out I actually had had a brief glimpse of him peering in the glass door months before, but he had been much younger and very skittish at the time.) I had him in the house by the next evening, and he turned out to be such a doll I told his caretaker she couldn't have him back. The woman didn't demand his return, claimed he was "ugly" and not very social (and she had the rest of his litter and his mother to care for). His brother however, who had been by for a visit the month before, was the gal's favorite - and I should have snatched him up, no matter what havoc I imagined he would have wreaked had I brought him inside, because as it turned out I was the last person to ever see that cat again. Believe me, the last thing I needed was another cat, but the rest of the barn cat family is no longer among the living or have been missing for well over a year now. It has been more than worth the trouble and expense to save the one I did. You hate to pick favorites, but the cat I certainly didn't "need" or "wanted" has turned out to be one of the best cats I've ever had. Good luck with the kitten if you find her again. (Black and white's are the absolute best, by the by!) Crazy Cat Lady Wren

Juellie, not what I expected to read when I opened this thread. Dammit, I'm so sorry you lost your Mom. It doesn't matter if it's sudden, or drawn out, it hurts like hell. My Dad was sick for weeks before dying, 25 years ago. My Mom died 13 1/2 years ago in my arms, so suddenly it was stunning. There's nothing anyone can say or do to take this awful pain away. All I can tell you is time. Time is the only thing that will ease the "knocks you to your knees, mind numbing" pain. Talk to us all the time about your mom. Talk, and talk and talk some more. It helps. It helped me. I will pray for you that you can find peace. Hang on, and let time do its thing. I'm very sorry for your loss.

According to Wikipedia: "The White line of sewing machines was consolidated into the lower end Husqvarna Viking brand . . . New "White" branded sewing machines models have not been manufactured since the Husqvarna spin off in 2006. Husqvarna Viking, Singer, and Pfaff brands are now all owned by SVP Worldwide. Though not advertised, SVP provides all of their user manuals for all of their brands including the "White" brand through the Singer brand website." Going to the Singer website and putting "1505" into the search engine for sewing machine manuals, I came up with this: White 1505 manual in PDF They're all there. Every model anyone ever asked for on this thread has a manual you can find using that link. Here is a link that might be useful: Search Engine for FREE White/Singer/Husqvarna/Pfaff sewing machine manuals

I hope this link works, Mudlady.. I'll test it before I leave this forum. But...if it doesn't...enter the "Kindle+Fire+for+Dummies" into any one of your search engines [i.e. Google, duckduck, Bing] and it should bring up a long list of "Dummy" books to assist you with the operation of your new Kindle. Additionally...there are a myriad of Dummy books explicitly for computers and their operation. To that...let me add...that you're doing far better...and are braver than me. :-) I don't own a Kindle [or any similar product] and my cell phone is still the flip up kind. I'm loosing my sight to macular degeneration and over the next several years...it's anyone's guess as to what, if anything I may be able to see/operate. But I do have your determination so I forge on...undaunted. Good luck with your latest project. Kindle Dummy help [click on this link] of enter the URL below into your browser. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Kindle+Fire+for+Dummies&ia=products Anne