It's such a hard time right now for so many that we figured that this video clip could be of interest and cheer up people: <http://tingilinde.typepad.com/starstuff/2011/01/inverted-mortgage-cut-by-leo-laudenslager-our-mortgage.html> Granted, it is from 1992 but I don't think that anyone here has seen this. It's just now available on DVD instead of just on video, and Don let us pull out this segment for use on Steve's blog because it involves Steve and me. Currently, our three remaining ferrets are wondering where the Christmas tree went. They puffed up their tails and Pivot even poofed. Orville has decided that it is good that his ferret mousies are all living up on the bench now instead of the tree and has stashed many of them today. Usually, the covers hanging down on Steve's side of the bed get all but one which Orville decides belongs on my side of the bed. It's great to again have a ferret who insists on moving and tucking in the toy ferrets. The ferret room and our bedroom are both far, far warmer with our wonderful new windows and the drafts are gone, but we did have a scary time when those were put in on the 23rd when the ladder slipped out from beneath a Renewal by Anderson worker who was working on the top of a window frame. Luckily, he caught the window sill on the way down, and it is a wonder that he was not seriously hurt and managed to pull himself inside. An hour later he was back on the ladder. There was a little damage to the outside of the building but the Anderson people were on the phone with the condo management company taking care of it that same afternoon (and they had earlier provided all their insurance info the condo mgmt and to us). We're just all relieved that the guy was okay. The ferrets did not know what to make of that day. They stayed in the large night time cage but did seem to enjoy the fresh air. Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) On change for its own sake: "You can go really fast if you just jump off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall) [Posted in FML 6939]