I love this time of the year,.because you heard from old friends.,that you haven't heard from since last year. Just heard from my roommate who roomed with me for 4yrs at the University of MN. She has lived in Chicago,Detroit,Florida,and now Texas. We talk a couple times per year,and it's just like we were back in school. But Christmas seems to be the time you get the latest updates. Then there is my girl friend that went from kindergarten through high school graduation There were 3 of us,very close. One has passed on but the two left still touch base . You make good friends all your life,but it seems remarkable when you keep in touch with those early buddies. Talking about good friends, I heard from Ted Beckhardt today--yes Connie's husband.He was going to attend the Denver GSDCA National,and also a WW2 Army Special Ski Patrol Reunion that was held in Denver,but ended up in he hospital and had a triple By-Pass He's doing great-- was an impossible patient of course. We talked of all our past GSD friends--he said he often thinks of the gang,and the good times,when Connie was on the Board, and he helped put on Judges training sessions--which we did at Board meetings. We didn't have an "Education Chairman" back then, but we set up training sessions as we traveled around to different cities for Board meetings. Ah Memories-Helen Miller Fisher **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================