I don't post very often; some weeks it seems like I can barely keep up with just skimming thru' the FML. Not to mention my 'pooter decided to take a vacation for a while & got me really behind on everything. All of my email, addresses & info were lost. If you're on my contact list, or you haven't heard from me in the last month, please email me! (especially, I'd like to hear from Tracy T.; and Bob Church - did you get Madigan's X-ray OK? Was it readable?) If you heard of the "bad storm and 5 funnel clouds" over El Paso County, TX on Tuesday this week - we're fine, none of the twisters ever touched ground (even though two of them passed right over my neighborhood), and the worst seems to be some hail damage and flooding in a few streets with poor drainage. (It "never floods" in the desert...yeah, right.) Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, seemed to be hit a bit harder than we were. Frankly, I prefer my weather BORING. If you're thinking of relocating, the El Paso economy isn't great but the weather is usually better than this, and we're ferret friendly. :-) You know you're a ferret shelter when... it takes longer to do the ferrets' laundry than the family's, even when your family includes a teenager. :-D Carla Smith WhyNot? Ferrets www.whynotferrets.com Rio Grande Domestic Ferret Club [Posted in FML issue 2476]