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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">First of all I want to thank all of you who sen</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus"> us condolence messages and cards after we lost our Basil. I am saving each one to place in a memory book that I am making. I can</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">t tell you how touched Brian and I were to receive such an outpouring of love and support. We sat at the computer reading all the notes and bawling like babies. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">We heard stories similar to ours and realized that we were not alone. I am so glad that I came upon the Daily Drool way back when I first became a slave!</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">On a happy note, we paid a visit to the fabulous Dawn of the West at Daphneyland on Saturday. After careful consideration (roughly</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">5</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus"> minutes</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">before Brian exclaimed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">I L</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">OVE</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus"> Him</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">) it was decided that we would foster a skinny but very handsome young man named</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">Hank</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">. He is a kind and gentl</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus"> little</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">guy with an enormous smooshy head and paws the size of catcher</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">s mit</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">s. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">He is getting used to us and his new sister Lucy and seems</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">to be happy in his new digs. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus"> More to come</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">Love from,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">Melissa</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Papyrus">Slave to Basil (ATB), Lucy, & new foster Hank</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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