<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>First and foremost, my condolences to those losing hounds. It has been 11 months since I lost Hollyberry and Noah and it is still fresh in my heart. Please knows that I have shed tears also for you pups and I am so sorry.</DIV>
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<DIV>I couldn't find Thelma Lou this monring and I was in a little bit of a panic. She is ALWAYS close by and suddenly I didn't see her anywhere. I looked outside? no Thelma Lou....I looked on the couch? no Thelma Lou....I looked on the dog bed? no Thelma Lou... My husband had made the bed in our bedroom while I was getting ready for work. I sat on the edge of the bed to take my morning medications....Thelma always shows up for that...no Thelma Lou. She has had her long nose a little out of joint since Baby Brother Fergus has come to live with us but I couldn't imagine where she was....think something had happened...I began to call her, finally rattling the dog treat sack (that always gets her)...and low and behold....rising from the pillows and under the comforter of the bed (on which I had just sat)...came Thelma. My husband had covered her up when he made the bed and in true Thelma style, she had stayed....I think
that it can be said that Thelma Lou officially hates daylight time.</DIV>
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<DIV>It is sunny in Illinois today! Hoping it dries up some of the dog poop in the yard and the muddy paths around the house.</DIV>
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<DIV>Snooters,</DIV>
<DIV>Thelma Lou...yawn"you wanted me mom?"</DIV>
<DIV>Huck..."what's the fuss, the old grouch always shows up"</DIV>
<DIV>Baby Fergus..."Thelma who?"</DIV></div><br>
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