Y'all, I am home and I can't begin to tell you what an awesome week it was! There is no feeling in this world like standing in the middle of that arena and receiving a National Award from your peers. I was truly humbled. On the other hand............Flowerboy and I had a couple of "discussions"!!!!!!!! I do believe he has a new appreciation for Alpha bitches.....and particularly THE Alpha Bitch.......LOL! The Lister Party was a HUGE success considering the final place was chosen less than 24 hours prior........Ruby Tuesday's. Pete Hubby the Manager went above and beyond to arrange this for us and when I can think straight I will post his email address. I would hope everyone that was there will send him a note thanking him. We raised $635 and it was split 3 ways, Greg Eschette, The Boookers and the Trahan's. I personally gave them their money the next morning. I do want to thank everyone that came out and to those that donated some fantastic prizes. I want everyone to give a certain Louie from San Antonio a standing ovation for the most consumption of margarita's........AND giving me such a hard time! I love you Louie! I also want to thank 2 Newbies that jumped right in the middle and were a force to be reckoned with at the party and all thru the Nationals, Pat Evans from Fort Worth and Grace Eaton from Leander, Texas. It was a true pleasure to see the Nationals for the first time thru their eyes. Watch these 2 gals..........they are already a great asset to our breed! I am off to my big old leather couch and a seista with the dogs I left behind. They are all still fussing at me for leaving them. Mo ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 ============================================================================