STILL not much in the way of excitement...could be a good thing! last year was chock full of drama & mayhem. a few weeks rest is good by me. diva is feeling much better, unfortunately! she is still not allowed to jump, go for walks, or sleep on the Big Girl bed. that bums her out and she has a serious case of cabin fever. the other night, in honor of the Chinese New Year, she found herself on the dining room table (the fairies must have lifted her) and lo and behold there were 2 fortune cookies! not one to waste food, little diva snatched them and promptly gobbled them. she did leave the fortunes behind on the floor for me tho. little teeth marks on them. ah ha! evidence! when i asked her if she had done it, she became very interested in a spot on the ceiling just over my shoulder. proof positive. so she WANTS so DESPERATELY to do ANYTHING but with just 4 more weeks to go, i am not risking it. although. last night at 3am, a horrible wailing ensued from the Puppy Palace. i opened the door and she shot out like a bat from a hot place and made for the gated stairs. still groggy, i grabbed her, ran down the stairs and she made it outside just in time to take care of whatever needing taking care of. once back inside, there was No Way she was going into the Box. so up on the Big Girl bed, where she shunned me (ME!) and walked across Bill's head and snuggled him. i mean sheesh! who feeds and clothes her?? who just broke from a good sleep to pace-car down the stairs and out the door ? who kisses her little paws and tells her she smells like chocolate? that would be m-e. oh well. of course today when i'm trying to get some soldering done, she's all about me. little turncoat. well i'm off to (hopefully) finally get some new new contacts/glasses today. yes i know. but this time i'm going to a real opthalmologist with her own Big Girl office...not a drive-by department store eye doc who may or may not have ever graduated from eye school. hopefully by this time next week i'll actually be able to see. cross your fingers or eyes for me. tonight...VERY EXCITING! i get my new shelves! i am going to finally re-do and organize my studio space - an ongoing battle. but i'm certain this will be the right configuration....floor to ceiling, wall to wall chrome shelving, with task areas. the wall is 16' long but has a weird cape cod-ish slant about 5' up. so the shelves are going to have to be customized. husband is all about that, as he gets to use his favorite tool...the Saws-All. he is the envy of All Men on our street for that 1 tool, let me tell you. he will no doubt open the garage door when he slices & dices, so that all men can hear the thunder of it. whenever one of the Testosterone Trio has a power tool going, the other 2 stand in their driveways and look down the street. pathetic. then one of them will go hunt for a bigger, louder tool to run. which is why my yard is being slowly deforested. chain saw wins everytime. plus the THUNK the tree makes when it hits the ground, just after the warning "thar she blows." granted, most of these trees needed to come down, as they are only providing woodpecker buffet, but there's was a tall, lanky birch that met an untimely death last fall. it was crowded in, but it made me sad to see it go. so i'm off to solder-land. and hey - after another round of calls, i am still unable to get a callback from SallyJean. now what is up with that??? i WANT to spend some money girl! if you see her, please tell her to call. Linda