Oh Florence, I missed speeding you Good Luck, but It is done now, and I am sure you had a marvelous flight. In 1970 after an awful era in air traffic we decided we could not fly and were emmigrating to Canada by QEII - at the last moment before the final booking we decided to fly (to get there quicker) :) and we have no regrets - flown mega times since. Looking forward to hearing how it all went. Hope you had a wonderful visit. Pauline - Vancouver Island

I remember saying goodbye to Abby. She was such a beauty, a long hair, Main Coon, but very small. She was my lap cat. I had this little nic-name for her, and would teasingly call her "Miss Shaggy Paws" because of the moppets at the end of her legs! We had Sunny Day at the time, but she's a wild woman. She's slightly bi-polar and a little ADHD so there's no sitting still! My husband was completely at a loss! His pain ran very deep, Abby was our "family" before we were even family! We got her before we got married, she was "our" baby. I needed the comfort of a warm, soft lap cat. He just ached. It took time and many prayers, but he finally opened his heart just a bit and let me go pick one out. I went to a place called Orphans of the Storm. There, they have a cat room, actually a couple of them. They must have well over 300 cats at a given time. Almost all of them a loose! I knew somewhere in there was the cat I was supposed to have. Somewhere in there was a cat who needed me as much as I needed it! I went in one of the cat rooms and sat on the floor and waited. I closed off my vision and opened my mind and my heart. I let her come to me, I wanted the one who wanted me the most. I ended up naming her "Annie" or "Orphan Annie Mull". I swear, my Abby sent her! She is exactly the cat I needed and the one I prayed for. Not a replacement, God knows you can't replace one for the other, more like two wounded souls there to help heal one another. Several days later, as we were getting to know each other, I noticed my short haired, tabby, has longer hair in between her toes and her paw pads. I've never seen anything like it... I been owned by cats all my life... but there it is... shaggy paws! There is another dog out there that needs you. There is another dobie just waiting to BE needed. You and Dee are just as right for that dog, as that dog is right for the two of you. Somehow it's like your spirits just mesh... and you will know. Just keep your heart open. Cape Cod Doberman Rescue & Assistance Louise Fournier Perry P.O. Box 235, North Truro, MA 02652 (508) 487-9589 louisefperry@comcast.net Here is a link that might be useful: Cyberdobes Rescue

I got Norton completely out with no problems. I am beginning to really dislike Thunderbird 5. I keep losing the folders. How on earth do I find folders I made? I wish there was some way I could get the older (3 something I believe) Thunderbird I had . My speakers don't work & my printer doesn't work. I am buying a ticket to fly to VA tomorrow & won't be able to print them. I ordered recovery disk for my son & HP sent me a letter.. I noticed the instruction has for a Vista. I checked the numbers & it was for a Vista computer.. Sure glad I noticed it or he would have had useless recovery disk. They blamed a computer for making that mistake. One day I will get this computer back like it should be.. I hope. Dar

Either you or one of his offspring, hopefully one who is empathetic and lives nearby need to get a Power of Attorney for health, and the financial affairs aspect need to be considered if he is getting borderline with regard to dealing with such things. Check out whether, lacking a marriage certificate, you may be eligible to have any say at all about the situation as of his death, e.g. for pension(s) should you become a survivor. It's important to find out your position also, should he pass on, lacking a will. Good wishes at the moment for getting this present situation dealt with in the best way. ole joyful