I just needed to stop everything and say thank you to all the folks who sent us cards and money. You made a bit of life, not so bad. Theresa and I will be forever grateful.

I wanted to take a picture of all the cards and make a real nice post in honor of you guys but my heart is not in it. First the recent news about my friend Steve and now for the last week it is very obvious that our sweet little dog Nubbie is dying and all this grief is getting to me. It's a heavy burden.

So.. I didn't want folks thinking I was some kind of a ungrateful prick, because I am not. I just can't pull it off, (a proper thank you post) at this moment. -Ric

UPDATE: We had to put her down, it got to be a desperate deal. She started to have seizures, biting down hard on her blankets all the while going through dry heaves. We didn't want her to suffer but when we called the Vet we found that they couldn't do it until a quarter after four, so we said okay... But she wasn't good so we called another vet who couldn't get her in until after 2 but said we could bring her in right away so they could give her something to settle her down.

We did, and now our hearts are breaking... It will pass, but it is still tough, I don't care how many times you have to go through it. -Ric & Theresa