I want to thank all the nice and knowledgeable people who wrote back about my questions on polyurethane. To add to the original concerns, I am now pregnant with a much-wanted baby. So, given all the warnings from people, we've decided to put off refinishing the floors until the summer. That way, we can open up the windows and hopefully lessen the amount of time we need to vacate the house. We welcomed a new 8 week old baby fuzzball into the family last night. She's a very dark sable with a dark nose--one of my personal favorite ferret themes. She's joining our other new little boy--beautiful 11 week old Gizmo, who is colored something like a Siamese cat. And they are both joining our 2 year old Widget, who is a very dark sweetheart of a sable (with another cute little dark nose). I think the family of meepers is complete for now. We lost 2 yr. old Beezer about 3 weeks ago to a horrible accident. I don't think I have it in me to put the details into print; but to anyone who has fears about clothes dryers, you can't obsess enough about it. I've had ferrets for 18 years and never had an accident before. And I've never been responsible for anything so horrible in my life. In honor of Beezer, PLEASE OBSESS!! Thanks again-- Sandra [Posted in FML issue 2210]