To all who wrote me: I did the inside decorations and the tree will be finished tomorrow, Skye, who is the current house dog, watched all the strange things happening for awhile but soon got tired of dodging out of Mom's way and went to my bedroom and went to sleep. He is one smart boy!! Just took a real hot bath and am ready for an early night. Yes, I took my friend's advice ... although I hope it is not my last Christmas....I've got too many of my 4 legged kids to take care of still. We had a great time trying to remember where we packed everything away.Now we know we are getting old. I am looking forward to Christmas; we always have a house full through the holidays. Time to count our blessings for all our wonderful friends. Marie K. Hicks High Tor German Shepherds Acton, Ca. hightor1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================