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A - ACCENT: When I'm traveling somewhere for at least a week I usually pick up the regional dialect rather quickly.

B - BOOBS: *looks down* nope< But I know someone who has some really nice ones =)

C - CHORE YOU HATE: raking leaves - they're gonna blow away eventually.

D - DAD'S NAME: Byron

E - ESSENTIAL MAKE-UP ITEM: I don't wear make-up.

F - FAVORITE PERFUME: there are so many I enjoy

G - GOLD OR SILVER: Gold

H - HOMETOWN: Des Plaines, Illinois USA

I - INSOMNIA: frequently, even when I don't have much on mind.

J - JOB TITLE: Stockless Specialist.

K - KIDS: Unfortunatly, no.

L - LIVING ARRANGEMENTS: I've lived in my home since I was 16 yrs old.

M - MOM'S NAME: Lynn Marie.

N - NUMBER OF TIMES YOU WANT TO SLAP SOME SENSE INTO SOMEONE: Too many to count

O - OVERNIGHT HOSPITAL STAYS: One - 2003 multiapble bi lateral pulmonary embolisms- It just wasn't my time.

P - PHOBIA: Spending the rest of my life alone and unloved.

Q - QUEST: The successful healing of my knee injury.

R - RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Catholic

S - SIBLINGS: One brother. My Sister Donna died shortly after birth.

T - TIME YOU WAKE UP: 5:45 am.

U - UNNATURAL HAIR COLOURS YOU'VE WORN: I've never dyed my hair

V - VEGETABLE YOU REFUSE TO EAT: None.

W - WORST HABIT: Always giving to others and not asking for what I need for myself.

X - X-RAYS YOU'VE HAD: My right foot, right knee, and my chest and lets not forget that total body scan.

Y - YUMMY FOODS YOU MAKE: Anything that comes out of my kitchen.

Z - ZANY QUIRK: Fully knowing I am genetically sterile - yet hoping for that one !

Unfortunatlly on monday 12.28.09 I held my best friend of 16 years in my arms for the last time.
Her name was Velvet- she was my smooth red haired Daschound. She was born in July of 1993 and came to live with us just a few short weeks later.
 The unconditonal love of a pet  who solely depends on you for love,daily necessities & companionship cannot be compaired to anything unless you have been a pet owner yourself. My pets have been few but each very meaningful in each of their own way.

1st there was Squint- He was a loveable drool machine they call a Saint Bernard

next came Sunshine she was my first smooth red haired Daschound who was born in 1973 and came to live with us for 19 glorious years she passed on over the Rainbow Bridge in early 1992.

In 1992 I ventured into owning a rabbit. The day I picked "Buttons" up he was barely 1lb and started nibbling on my shirt button. Hence he was named Buttons- Buttons lived a few short years.He was a beautiful Black & White Dutch Dwarf rabbit.

in 1993 we( my family) visited a breeder in western IL who only raised Daschound's. We pulled up to a small farmhouse in the country and upon being greeted by the breeder she asked many questions & telling us about her credentials.  then she blew a whistle and out of nowhere in came at least 2 dozen daschound pups of every color .
We looked at the bevy of puppies and one little Red kept trying to get our attention. - she had the softest red fur it felt like red velvet fabric. She was the one!  even though she was only a few weeks old she needed to be weened from her mama before she could come home with us.  Finally after a couple of weeks  Velvet was strong enough to come come with us and begin her new life with us her new family.
velvet lived a long happy life filled with many treats & toys which any puppy would love to have. What she enjoyed most was cuddling  with you on the couch.Well she really wound up snuggled into your arms around your chest o she could feel your heartbeat while she was held. velvet loved the heat she would lie in the sun and get almost too hot to the touch. in the winter time shed lay directly infront of the heat vent she liked to be warm.  She like most dogs loved to go for a walk play tug o war and sleep boy could she sleep. She wasn't your typical pup she wouldn't wake you early in he morning to go out - actually you'ld have to wake her to go out as she prefered to be buried under the covers of the bed. The hotter the better.