These name tags are really fun so I checked the animated sig.web site. Do they have a charge for these? Lois

As Patches said, you can go to gifworks.com, upload your desired gif. You will have to upload it to your computer first, then to photobucket. When in photobucket, click on edit (above the photo) A new page will appear Click on "decorate" Click on "text" or "glitter text" Two boxes will pop up. One is where the actual text will appear on your photo. The other is where you will type your text. Drag and stretch the one that will hold your actual text to where you want it. Choose the options you want in the box on the right. (I usually use a transparent background and coordinate the color of the text to what is in the photo) Click "apply" when you are done with the text. You have the option to replace the photo or make a copy. I usually make a copy, so I can use it for something else. There is an "undo" button, if you decide you don't like the way it turned out...but you have to use that before you click apply. This is just for adding text. You can add stickers, frames, make it black and white, blur the edges, etc. also. Hope that helps.

Always use the search box on the bottom of the page rather than the top! One further note: Threads drop off the Forum list about 6-8 weeks after the last post. So, if you have a thread that no one's posted to in the past couple of months, it will most likely have rolled off the Forum list and no longer be found when you do a search. Sometimes, a Google search will find an old thread, but there's no guarantee and, in my experience, you usually don't find them. However, IF you bookmarked the thread and it had at least one post after November/December 2007, you will probably be able to bring it up via the bookmark. [Posting to a thread after it's dropped of will not get it back on the list, but the later post(s) will show up if anyone links to the thread directly.] BTW...the 6-8 weeks is an estimate. It depends on how active the Forum is. In the case of Kitchens, we have 67 pages to the thread list...but if you look at that page you'll notice that the "oldest" post date/time right now (as I type) is Fri, Dec 5, 08 at 16:03

This is the fifth time in my social/family circle that I have heard of someone being killed by a close family member. It is more common than people think. In all of the cases I am referencing, the woman and in some cases children, were killed by the father/husband/boyfriend. Getting over it will be a long process. I would advise taking a tip from the "When Bad Things Happen to Good People" school of thought. One will never be able to figure out the "why" or get over the shock and horror and grief. But one must move forward. Important to move forward in honor of those we have lost. This is what they would want for us and from us. Just be there for them consistently, let them talk about it without trying to make it less or make it go away, but also encourage positive actions in honor of those who are lost. Perhaps some type of memorial. In several of the cases I know where someone was killed, the community has established scholarship and violence prevention programs in their honor. Perhaps there is one already going on in your community to which you could donate in honor of the family.