A few weeks ago I posted that my fiance and I had a credit and ticket on SW Air that were going to expire, and I wanted to auction them to benefit two shelters. The first trip was "won" by Ronnie DiComo - she used her flight to visit me! Ronnie and I ate our way through the weekend with Thai, Mongolian, pancake house and bagel food. Don't forget the chocolate. The $50.00 proceeds went to the Ferret Haven shelter in Virginia Beach, VA, Lisa Leidig, director. It looked like that was going to be that, with the rest of the funds going to waste, but Julie DeVarney of New Hampshire and ROoF (Royal Order of Ferrets), jumped in at the last moment. Julie's mom's boss bid $75.00 for a trip to Florida. The check will be sent by Jules to 4 Li'l Paws Shelter in Merrimack, NH, Dick and Joan Bossart, directors. Thanks to Ronnie and Jules and Jules' cool mom and Jules' mom's boss. There wasn't much time to "save" these tickets. Jules is the same Jules who changed her vacation plans with her infant daughter and mom to drive Gabrielle Ferret from Dick's shelter to PA for me to adopt (I'm in MD). I didn't know Jules then - she volunteered from the AOL ferret board - but she keeps on doing this stuff. Thanks, nice people. Beth [Posted in FML issue 2243]