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COLOR="#003300" FACE="Arial Narrow" ><A HREF="http://www.plentyofnothing.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.plentyofnothing.com"><B>Home</B></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New" ><U><IMG SRC="00a20100.gif" border=0 width="32" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial Narrow" ><B> </B></FONT><B><U>Meet the Family</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Courier New" ><B><U><IMG SRC="00a20100.gif" border=0 width="32" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B><A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/gmkars/myhomepage/pet.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://hometown.aol.com/gmkars/myhomepag"><B> </B></A></FONT><A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/gmkars/myhomepage/pet.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://hometown.aol.com/gmkars/myhomepag"><B>Missy's</B></A><A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/gmkars/myhomepage/pet.html" TARGET="_top" 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><A HREF="http://www.plentyofnothing.com/lookback/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.plentyofnothing.com/lookback/">A Look Back in Time</A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="00a20100.gif" border=0 width="32" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Arial Narrow" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Engravers MT" ><A HREF="http://www.plentyofnothing.com/westward/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.plentyofnothing.com/westward/"><B> </B></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Arial Narrow" ><A HREF="http://www.plentyofnothing.com/westward/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.plentyofnothing.com/westward/"><B>Westward Bound</B></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New" ><IMG SRC="00a20100.gif" border=0 width="32" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT><A HREF="http://www.plentyofnothing.com/dirt/index.html" TARGET="_top" 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</B></FONT><B> </B><B>We're just one big Happy Family...</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#CC9900" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC9900" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Courier New" ><B>           </B></FONT></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=365 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Snell Blk BT" >                    </FONT> This is Greg......<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Snell Blk BT" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Snell Blk BT" >   </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Snell Blk BT" >     </FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Snell Blk BT" >                    </FONT> and  Laurie       <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Snell Blk BT" >                                                                          </FONT></div> <div>                                                                    </div> <div>                                     <IMG SRC="02990360.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="310" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     <B>   </B></FONT><B><U>  Greg is:</U></B><B> </B>                                              <B><U>  Laurie is:</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002a00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Head of the house                               </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002a00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Financial Officer                                                                 </FONT><B> " </B><B><U>The Boss</U></B><B>"</B><B> </B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002a00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Chief Shopper</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002a00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Computer Expert</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002a00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Head of Maintenance </div> <div>        and litter box control</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Guitar player Smokey....                                                                               with Christmas Casper</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="010968c0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="140" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="011968e0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="142" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002a00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Head of daytime security                                                                                              <B>*</B> Head of night security.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002a00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Assistant supervisor of                                                                                                      *  Chief supervisor of</div> <div>        all food preparation and                                                                                                       all outside bird and</div> <div>        consumption.                                                                                                                         squirrel activities.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                    and lastly,  our watch dog Missy..</div> <bR> <div>                                               </div> <div>      <IMG SRC="01691960.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="150" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                                                                                                       </div> <div>         * Responsible for both day and</div> <div>             night time security.</div> <div>         * Assists Casper in bird and</div> <div>             squirrel activities.</div> <div>         * Chief supervisor of all kitchen</div> <div>              activities, including food </div> <div>              preparation and consumption.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Bodoni Bk BT" ><B>This is our family. Greg and Laurie were</B></FONT></div> <div> married in 1998. Starting at Chrysler Corp. when he was 18, Greg retired in '98 with thirty years. He stayed retired for a year and a half before going to work part time at a Police Dept. Working in the lockup section, he now processes and </div> <div> puts into jail some of Michigan's finest</div> <div> citizens. His only surprise so far is that after a couple of years at this job, he hasn't come across any of the people he used to work with in the factory.</div> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Bodoni Bk BT" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Bodoni Bk BT" >Laurie was a widow when she and Greg met. They met thru a county radio station </FONT></div> <div> in 1996. She is a Certified Home Health Aide who cares for patients in their homes when they have a need for care that our hospitals won't provide anymore. She has an outgoing personality that makes her perfect for her job. Many times, patients who had exhausted their amount of visits and were able to obtain another</div> <div> prescription for home care, asked for Laurie specifically. The family really appreciates her relationship with her patients because the ones that are able to get around, sometimes bake some good stuff for her to take home.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="01700300.gif" border=0 width="256" height="48" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Smokey and <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF00FF" FACE="Bodoni Bk BT" >Casper</FONT> are the feline section of the family. Smokey turned 16 years old in March of 2002. He is diabetic and needs insulin, almost on a daily basis. </div> <div> We do home testing with a glucometer, just like a human, except we draw the blood from his paws (ouch!!). Our Veterinarian believes this has helped him to live as long as he has. His eyes have developed cataracts but his sense of smell is still good enough to be an active member of the family in the kitchen during meals.</div> <div> Casper came to us from our Vet. who got her from someone that had found her in a dumpster.  She was about a year old at the time and just turned 6 years old in April of 2002.  Still a bit jumpy at times, probably from her first year of life, Casper is a great hunter (too good at times), and usually stays up all night checking her property thru the windows.  She is a true feline in that she wants affection only when SHE wants it. Thankfully, as she's getting older, that need comes more often.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="01913260.gif" border=0 width="275" height="38" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> And then there is our lovable Missy.  She is a mixture of Husky, Shepherd and Norwegian Elkhound, or so we've been told, and turned 3 years old in Sept. of 2002.  She has powerful legs and almost super canine amounts of energy. We saw Missy at the Anti-Cruelty Association and she pretty much decided that we were taking her home. She adapted well at living with the cats and shows signs of protection to Smokey when the younger Casper decides to pick on him. Missy's  great abundance of energy is only surpassed by her obsession with food. She plops on the floor while Laurie is cooking and doesn't leave the kitchen until the last dinner dish is washed. We think she should get at least a part time job to help with the food costs.  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Missy created a Home Page with America Online a couple of years ago if you want to view it...</B></div> <div> <B>                                 </B><A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/gmkars/myhomepage/pet.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://hometown.aol.com/gmkars/myhomepag"><B> <IMG SRC="01e64240.gif" border=0 width="100" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Gr</B><B>eg and Laurie created one in 1997 and if you want, you can see that  too if you....</B></div> <div> <B>                                                         </B><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/gmkars/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.aol.com/gmkars/index.html"><B> <IMG SRC="01e64240.gif" border=0 width="100" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                           <IMG SRC="01f40400.gif" border=0 width="64" height="64" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                              </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>On a sad note</I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Bodoni Bk BT" >, one of our very best friends, Smokey, went to the Rainbow Bridge.  He went back to live with God on</FONT></div> <div> September 5th of 2002.  His diabetes was pretty much under control but other complications made him all but completely lose his appetite.  Despite losing about half of his normal weight, he continued to jump and sometimes run like nothing was wrong.  Our Veterinarian said he was made of steel.  But after 16 1/2 years together we had to say good-bye and give him back to his Creator.  There's a very true saying that goes: "The only fault with our animals is that they don't live long enough".  And with Smokey, that saying is very, very true.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                    <IMG SRC="01a30400.gif" border=0 width="48" height="64" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>                                       Man used to worship cats. Cats have not forgotten.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless </B></div> <div> <B>absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.   ~~ </B></div> <div> <B>Fran Lebowitz</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>    "Women and cats will do as they please and men and</div> <div> dogs should relax and get used to the idea." -- </div> <div>                                                          Robert A. Heinlein          </div> <bR> <bR> <div>     "The cat has too much spirit to have no heart."</div> <div>                                                       - --Ernest Menaul</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I</div> <div> want to go where they went."</div> <div>            -Will Rogers</div> <bR> <div>                                   </div> <div>                                </div> <div>                                      ~ Dogs Have Owners ~ Cats Have Staff ~                                       </div> </td> </tr></table></body>