Just a rambling vent here....I had been looking for a particular dog figurine by Robert Harrop, the UK artist to give to a wonderful friend who is moving of state in December.  I was so excited to find one on ebay. In fact, the seller had two figurines by RH.  I won the auction on Nov. 14 and was so excited. I paid on Nov. 15. The seller is located about 30 minutes from where I live, so I asked if he would give me a break on the $12.00 shipping. Nope, no would do. I thought, well I really wanted them so be it.  I figured that at least the figurines would arrive fast, since I live so close to him. Nope. The auction ended on Nov. 14, I paid by PP on the 15th, and they arrived today, Nov. 28.... It was 2 weeks since the auction ended. UPS delivered it. I had opted for USPS delivery, but that was ignored. When the UPS guy delivered it today, i could tell something was broken. He had used a small USPS box in which to ship the 2 figurines. But the kicker was when I opened it. The delicate figurines were wrapped in a length of paper towels. As I unwrapped the figurines, both of the bases on each one of them had been broken completely off. They are essentially useless now. I was so upset and frustrated that tears stung my eyes. I got the seller's contact info and phoned him. No answer. Sitting at the computer, seething, looking at the beautiful figures ruined.. I left him a negative. In the almost 7 years I have been on ebay, I've left only a handful of negs. This was one of those times when it was not only justified, but required to leave a neg. It appeared as if a chimpanzee had packed the figurines. No offense to chimps. This was the first buying experience on ebay that for me was the epitomy of buying from an idiot.  I'm on the hunt once again for a replacement RH figurine. So far no luck. 

Is anyone else having a problem with shipping thru Paypal this morning?  This message appears: PayPal Shipping is not available. We apologize for the inconvenience.
If it's not one thing, it's another. Drats!

Please say a prayer for my Mom today. She goes in for an MRI today at 2:45 p.m. She is 81 y/o and on dialysis 3x a week..has been for the last 4 years. But she is  not debilitated. She lives in her own house, and has her mental facalties. But I am afraid she is getting discouraged. She's had some severe bouts of tummy pain lately, so the GI doc sent her for a cat scan. She had it on Wednesday. The findings were that everything in the GI looks pretty good, however, the CT techs found what they call a cyst on her pancreas. The doc stopped short of calling it a tumor. They also found gallstones, but the do does not seem too concerned about them. But in my reading online, I've read that gallstones can cause pancreatis, which in turn can cause pseudo cysts on the pancreas. I don't know. I just know it's disheartening to me, so she must feel devastated, but she is keeping her chin up. Thanks for any prayers you can spare.

I desperately need my coffee this morning.  After getting up fairly early the first time this morning, at 5:30 a.m. to take our senior citizen Great Dane, Moose, out to potty, I went back to bed. Then Moose got me up again at 7:30 a.m. I fed him, Josey, and Wally, our other two doggens, and am now just ready to make coffee. Anyone like a cup?? *G*  Sometimes I feel like I'm living on a farm. LOL Gotta feed those chickens and milk the cows 'fore the sun shines! 

Sometimes when I click on someone's blog entry, if they have a blinking/flashing logo on their page, it crashes my browser. I use Firefox. It has crashed numerous times, and always happens when the gif on a logo is flashing or blinking. It does not crash when it is a static logo.  Has anyone else had animations crashing your web browser?  I'm on a Mac.