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<DIV>Sorry everyone on the mid-list, but my cards will finally go out tomorrow. I got home from my parents' house last night, and finished stuffing the envelopes today. Sadly, I can't find the Christmas stamps I bought ANYWHERE! Can't for the life of me figure out what I did with them. Maybe the hounds ate them...So tomorrow I will go buy more stamps, slap them on and get those puppies mailed. I know I'll find all the other stamps as soon as I get home so my mail will have nutcrackers on it for the rest of the year. At least I hope I find them eventually, and before the rate increases again. But, with luck, you will have the cards by New Years, and I am sorry they are so late.</DIV>
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<DIV>As for the kennel, my guys just came home this morning from a week at the kennel. We have a great one though, on a farm. They get to see the cows, pony, goats, chickens...I always pick up some fresh eggs when I get them. My Newfie gets to go swimming in the river while he's there and they all have a great time. They get spoiled rotten. My first dog, who was a St. Bernard, went for just one night a few weeks before I left her for a week long trip. She was a rescue and I wanted her to be familiar with the place, and to know that I come back and she wasn't being abandoned again. Now, since they go as a group, I don't worry about anyone who hasn't been before (like Pearl this round). I figure they will fill each other in on the routine. Be careful about the kennel you use, check it out, make a surprise visit if you want, but the right one is worth it's weight in gold. </DIV>
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<DIV>Happy New Year to all!</DIV>
<DIV>Synthia</DIV>
<DIV>Bud, Barney, Kahuna, Zuma, Pearl</DIV>
<DIV>Ace the Newf</DIV>
<DIV>Baja the Saint</DIV>
<DIV>Maya the Great Dane</DIV></body></html>