My office staff came to me while I was too busy to get away from what I was doing to tell me that my ferret Mini-Me had gotten a package. They have seen my wrists, arms, nose and lips all torn up, and know the name associated with my wounds: Mini-Me. So I told them to open the package and tell me what I --I mean, what Mini-Me received. They were soo astonished. Kouris Fan Club had sent a ferret a home made, truly lovely afghan. I don't know what you call the different kind of stitches. But this ferret blanket is fancy and elaborate. Someone has a gift from God that I do not ever get to see. When do I ever see afghans? Where do you learn to do something that difficult looking? Do you go to Afghanistan to learn? The blanket is in green and blue tones that are truly lovely. There are different kinds of stitches all over the place on this. Geeesh!!!!!!!!!! The ladies could not believe that a stranger would send a gift to a ferret that was written about on-line!!!!!!!!!!!! But then they saw the gift, and were really dumb founded. Who would send such a work of art to a stranger--a-a ferret! ***THANK YOU*** Of course, it is Little-my ferret with two cancers, who is asleep on it right now. I don't know where Mini-Me is: probably attacking a mailman in her sleep in my nylon drawer--making him scream in pain, and watching blood guush out, thrashing about and shredding all my nylons. I go to put nylons on--and they are all ripped. Ever since I bought the bat woman home..This gift is going to make Mini-Me think that she should be rewarded for being a bossy trouble maker. So,ahhh-thank you again Kouri. On another topic: I lost a number of e-mails trying to speed up my computer. If I did not get back to you-it was unintentional. I did the stuff to get rid of the red worm virus in case I had it, and defragmented-but first had to correct files. I don't know. Computer is just as slow AND I lost e-mails. Maria;; Thanks to those of you asking after her. As we all know-she is but an example of what is going on out there. May God Bless all of you who care for dozens and hundreds of deserted ferrets over the years. Maria has just lost all of her grey fur--that long wispy stuff you can see on the photos at extremeweezil.com. Where did it go???? She is all brown on her back now except for a mostly naked tail. All her fur is now short and soft like a labrador retriever puppys fur. With her long Jimmy Durante nose, and a stocky body from the muscles she is getting--she looks like a little brown mole. She is so adorable. She is sooooo little I must drive her crazy holding her up to kiss her and look at her teensy being. Then I call her name along with ferret babble. "Oh-you are my tiny little one. How did you get so cute? Maria. Are you Miss Maria? I told you not to look so cute. But did you listen to your mother? No, of course not. You're a ferret. kiss kiss kiss kiss. You took those beauty pills again didn't you? Snuck off and swallowed a whole bottle while I was sleeping, didn't you? Kiss kiss kiss kiss. What am I going to do with you? What am I going to do with a ferret that looks like a little mole? Let me look at that little face. Oh, my goodness. I just can't stand it. Look how pretty you are." kiss kiss kiss kiss. Then more ferret babble........... It's probably more repulsive if you actually have to be there. :-) Lisette [Posted in FML issue 3500]