Bill! You're a tile guy? No way would I have ever guessed. I always pictured you with a beret, a paintbrush & an easel by the side of a river; never with tile and tile saw. Huh. Goes to show you. Hopefully you get a kickback for that awesome plug. But yeah, exposure's good too! :-) Good for you.

Shee, sorry. I wasn't blaming you for anything you did wrong. I was privately shuddering about my own Ebay fears on your watch. If you didn't say there would be a tracking number, you certainly don't have to provide one. Just educate them about the saver shipping route. Hopefully you didn't over charge on shipping as that might be the only reason I can think of for someone leaving less than 100% positive feedback. If someone is charging me first rate shipping, then I expect first rate shipping. Of course, some people don't realize that all packages don't come with tracking. Besides, USPS tracking numbers are useless. They *never* work. I think they use fronts for tracking without the technology to back up the useless numbers they provide. FED EX and UPS, yes. With them, I can follow my shipments from anywhere, right to my doorstep, accounting for every stop.

Birth Certificates in Ontario cannot be laminated, not sure about other Provinces. I have had mine since I was born and back then the birth certificate was sent to you laminated. Our Social Insurance cards were plastic, not sure what they are today. My birth certificate card is torn and taped and has been that way for over 40 years damaged back in the days I carried it in my back pocket for ID to rent roller skates. When I applied for a new passport a few years ago I had to remove the tape before they would accept it for ID. You know how hard it is to remove 40 year old tape? LOL Anne

Thank you, everyone. Animal lovers are the best! There's another beautiful kitty at Rainbow Bridge today. You're right....you know when it's time. I probably should've taken her last night, but she still responded, and having seen her this way before (albeit before getting this old and such), I thought if there was the outside chance she was in recovery from her episode, I wanted her to have it. But this morning, I knew. I was supposed to drive hubby to the airport this morning, but told him I didn't want to make her wait any longer. He drove himself and I took her to the animal ER. I think it was easier, just me and her. I can deal with my own grief, but I wouldn't have been able to with his (his mom's dying too), so I guess it worked out as it should. I held her, cuddled in my arms, as the vet gave the injection, and they gave me a few minutes afterwards too. It was a peaceful room--sofa, low light, waterfall and soothing music in the background. I guess being an ER, they're more than prepared for this type of thing. If it'd been any other morning than Sunday, I could've made arrangements with my own vet clinic to have someone come to the house, but it just didn't work that way. I did call the ER and ask if they knew a vet on call who would make a housecall, but there's none in our area. Oh well....it is what it is. Now she doesn't have to make the looong move with us. Casey will always have a piece of my heart and always be my baby. She'll be the standard against which all future pets are measured. Now to have to answer family and friend's question "how are you doing?" I hate crying in front of people, but I can't imagine even mentioning her name without crying for awhile. Anyway, thanks SO much for all your support these last few months. I'll check back from time to time because I got used to following everyone's stories with their pets, etc. (even if I don't post much). I'll let you know when I get a new kitty to love, too. We'll get settled in our new location first, maybe take a trip or two since we haven't in about 4-5 yrs (since Casey got older and more "needy"). Gotta first find some wondeful neighbors I can trust to care for my pet when we're away....we have the best here where we are--I was sure going to miss them. Later, Tracey