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This is going to be a very sad Christmas. My little ferret Rascal passed away last night. She was my special little girl. She wasn't feeling well the past few days and last night was her final fight. I found her lying still and unresponsive in her igloo. I wrapped her in a towel and heating pad and held her in my arms. I gave her some water by eyedropper to try and get her to drink, and she did a little. After about an hour of talking to her and snuggling her, she started to come around a little. Her breathing got stronger and she even lifted her head a little and chattered to me in her little ferret way. But then after a few short moments of that, she started to decline again. I held her close and talked to her and scratched her favorite itchy-spot on her shoulders for another 20 minutes before she quietly slipped from this life into the next. I buried her out back under my favorite apricot tree. She always liked to nibble on her dried apricots. She was a very old girl. She would have turned 17 years old on January 1st. That's right - 17 years old. That's kind of like a human making it to 320. I'm very proud to have shared my life with her and to have been able to have the opportunity to save her all those years ago and give her the life she deserved. She had a very long life and I tried to make it as happy as possible. She leaves behind her three younger ferret brothers, Mischief (14 years old), Lightning (7 years old), and Thunder (5 years old). They are very depressed by the loss of their big sis and have spent the entire time curled up in their igloo, they didn't even want to come out this morning for breakfast or treats. So this is going to be a very sad Christmas for all of us over here. Please keep us - and especially my little one - in your thoughts and wish her a Merry Christmas in Heaven. Until we meet again my little one, I love you.
~Mary






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Subject: A different Christmas poem Subject: A Different Christmas Poem The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream. The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near , But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear. Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the Sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow. My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear, And I crept to the door just to see who was near. Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night, A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight. A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old, Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold. Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled, Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child. "What are you doing?" I asked without fear, "Come in this moment, it's freezing out here! Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve, You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!" For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift, Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts.. To the window that danced with a warm fire's light Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right, I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night." "It's my duty to stand at the front of the line, That separates you from the darkest of times. No one had to ask or beg or implore me, I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me. My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December," Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers." My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam', And now it is my turn and so, here I am. I've not seen my own son in more than a while, But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile. Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag, The red, white, and blue... An American flag. I can live through the cold and the being alone, Away from my family, my house and my home. I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet, I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat. I can carry the weight of killing another, Or lay down my life with my sister and brother.. Who stand at the front against any and all, To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall." "So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright, Your family is waiting and I'll be all right." "But isn't there something I can do, at the least, "Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast? It seems all too little for all that you've done, For being away from your wife and your son." Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret, "Just tell us you love us, and never forget. To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone, To stand your own watch, no matter how long. For when we come home, either standing or dead, To know you remember we fought and we bled. Is payment enough, and with that we will trust, That we mattered to you as you mattered to us." PLEASE , Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S. Service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us. LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN 30th Naval Construction Regiment OIC, Logistics Cell One Al Taqqadum, Iraq Letter created by Dragonfly Snow Faerie Art ©Maxine Gadd http://www.fataraworld.com/ Used under License MPT1875 www.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonflyIMLetters My Extras Font Black Chancery --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Nanny Who Answered Online Ad Found Dead Man Police Believe Posted Wanted Ad Is In Custody In Minnesota SAVAGE, Minn., Oct. 29, 2007 (CBS/AP) Police say an online ad seeking a nanny may have cost a Cottage Grove, Minnesota, woman her life. Katherine Ann Olson, 24, was found dead in the trunk of her car at a Burnsville, Minnesota, park late Friday night. She was last seen by friends Thursday morning, when she went to meet someone in Savage about the job, which investigators said she had found on Craigslist.org, a popular Internet bulletin board. A 19-year-old man from Savage who police believe placed the ad is being held in the Scott County jail pending charges expected to be filed Tuesday. He worked at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, where police arrested him Friday night. The suspect, identified as Michael John Anderson, was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, reported CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds. "We're confident we have the suspect in custody," Police Capt. David Muelken said. A spokesman for Craigslist told Reynolds that, if the link to the site is confirmed, it would be the first muder ever tied to Craigslist in its 12 years of existence. "Investigators are working with Craigslist," Muelken told Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith, "and they have been cooperative." In a KMSP-TV interview, the victim's father, Rolf Olson, says the family is devastated but "there was some sense of peace that they found her." Olson was a 2002 graduate of Park-Cottage Grove High School, where she was co-valedictorian, and from St. Olaf College in 2006. Her family said had taken nanny jobs at least twice before, including a job in Turkey, after answering online ads. They said they had misgivings about her finding jobs online, but she never seemed to worry. That last help wanted posting, said her sister, Sarah Richter, "seemed kind of fishy, but she was just going to check it out, and meet them." Olson's family gathered in front of their home Saturday afternoon to share stories of a vivacious young woman "who was a joy, who trusted people" and always assumed the best in others. They said they were finding strength in the people who were touched by Olson's life. "She was going to set the world on fire, and that's the grief that we feel," said her mother, Nancy Olson. "It's not just for us, it's for all these other people that she would have touched." Citing the ongoing investigation, police were cautious about the details they released. They declined to say how Katherine Olson might have been killed or whether a weapon was used. They said they weren't sure of a motive. Muelken said a resident told a Savage Public Works employee about a purse found in a garbage can at Pacer Park. A police officer retrieved the purse, which contained belongings of Olson's. Thinking it was a theft, police called Olson's home and left a message telling her they had her purse. About 5 p.m. Friday, Olson's roommate returned the call and told police Olson hadn't been seen since 8 a.m. Thursday, when she went off to Savage to interview for a baby-sitting job. Police went back to the park and found a garbage bag in the container. Inside it was a "significantly bloody towel." An extensive search of the area ensued. A State Patrol helicopter pilot noticed a car in the parking lot of Rudy Kraemer Nature Preserve in Burnsville, a few blocks away from Pacer Park. Police identified the car as Olson's, and found her body in the trunk. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/29/national/main3422072.shtml © MMVII, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is really scary. Personally I never meet anyone from online in person, but if you do, please: 1. Meet in a public place. 2. Don't go alone. 3. Trust your instincts.

Hey, check this out. I just signed up for this. It's another social networking site (like myspace or fubar and such) except they actually PAY you to use it. It's completely free to join and you get paid to sign up and use the site. And you have the option of being paid through your paypal account so there's no waiting for a check in the mail. How cool is that? Check it out! :) http://r.yuwie.com/just_4_fun What is Yuwie? ================= First off, Yuwie is 100% FREE. Yuwie is like any other "connect with friends" or social networking site. But we have one major difference. Use Yuwie - Get Paid! Yuwie pays you to blog, upload pictures, refer friends, chat, hang out, etc.

Time once again to review the winners of the Annual "Stella Awards." The Stella Awards are named after 81 year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's (in NM). That case inspired the Stella Awards for the most frivolous, ridiculous, successful lawsuits in the United States This years "Stella Awards" winners: 5th Place (tie): Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas was awarded $80,000. by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving little toddler was Ms. Robertson's son. 5th Place (tie): 19-year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps. 5th Place (tie): Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way of the garage He was not able to get the garage door to go up since the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn't re-enter the house because the door connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation, and Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and a large bag of dry dog food. He sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed, to the tune of $500,000. In my opinion this is so outrageous that it should have been 2nd Place! 4th Place: Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded $14,500 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his next door neighbor's beagle. The beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard. The award was less than sought because the jury felt the dog might have been just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who had climbed over the fence into the yard and was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun. 3rd Place: A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500. after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument. 2nd Place: Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully sued the owner of a night club in a neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the window in the ladies room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental expenses 1st Place: This year's runaway winner was Mrs. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mrs. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, (from an OU football game), having driven onto the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go into the back & make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the RV left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising her in the owner's manual that she couldn't actually do this. The jury awarded he r $1,750,000. plus a new motor home. The company actually changed their manuals on the basis of this suit, just in case there were any other complete morons around.

Rest in Peace Lil Sis. I still can't believe you're gone.

OK, I decided to put this up due to the amount of times I get asked for pics each day. I do not post pics of me on the net and do not give them out to anyone I do not already personally know. PERIOD! I have a stalker. She, along with her friends and boyfriends, their friends and boyfriends, etc. have been making my life Hell for the past 4 years now. I do not want to make it any easier for them to find me online. I am in a serious relationship with an amazing man who I am VERY deeply in love with. I am NOT here to hook up or to become romantically involved with anyone here. I set up this profile to have some fun in my spare time chatting with some of the really great people who are on here, and maybe get a little more traffic over to my internet store in the process. I am interested in online friendships ONLY. You do not need a picture of me in order to talk to me. And if you aboslutely MUST have one in order to be my friend, than just delete me because you are too superficial for me to waste my time. I'm sorry if I'm coming across as a little mean here, but I'm starting to get annoyed by those people (you know who you are)who are so obsessed with these so-called fakes that they can't handle the thought of speaking to someone without a pic of them. Truthfully, if I was a fake, I could send you a pic of anyone and you'd never know the difference anyway. So if you can handle having a ton of comments being dropped on your page, lots of good ratings, support to any contests you enter, and a fun time chatting with an interesting person, I'm more than happy to be your friend. But unless I already know you personally outside of CherryTap (my Family list), you WILL NOT get a pic of me. Sorry. ~Mary