Phred is HOME!!!!!

[KYS]

Hey! I can't even walk around the block with-out getting
winded. lol
You are doing great, Keep it up.

[RICHARD]

I retract my statement about climbing Everest during the September climbing season.

Slow but steady!

[cyber-sibes]

Sounds like a pretty good walk to me! And it's good to get out and enjoy the balmy weather! I'll be the furkids loved every step of it too. Gets lots of rest!

[Cinder & Smoke]

*Thank You* to the 31

Families who helped *stuff* the box!

I'm at a serious Loss for Words; as well as having great difficulty Typing through Tears ...

Keegan, Kylie, and Kloe - the Comforter is just GREAT - the Puter Room Thermostat has been reduced
(the FurKids have gathered a lil closer - the Three-Dawg Pile is a lil tighter) -
but I'm Snug as a Bug inna Rug wrapped in your Comforter!!

The Card ~ "Feelin Poopy?" - is probably how a few Nurses thought I looked!

The Gourmet Roast Beef Bisquits - are a *HIT*!
There was NO doubt when I brought the UPS Box upstairs - the Mutts wanted IN IT in
the worst way! Even Bowser wanted to help open it!

Now ... about the "Enclosure" included with the Card ...

THANK YOU ~ THANK YOU From the Top & Bottom of my sicklie Heart ...

but that's WAY too much for me to accept!

I KNOW you all mean well; but I know there are Other Pet Talkers and their Families who
are needier than I - but their Tail just hasn't been told to the extent mine has.

I've had the blessing of more Prayers than any one soul should be entitled to; cards; e-mails; phone calls; even VISITS ...
I think that's enough for one guy.

But I DO have a suggestion for using the "Enclosure" ... and it's something that has bothered
me for quite a while - and came to a head on Heart Attack Day - November 12 ...

WHAT Happens to my FurKids *if* something happens to ME?

I've sort of taken care on MY FurKids since the big Heart Attack Scare - Unka Pat is named "Payable on Death" for my checking & savings accounts.
He'll have enough money to properly care for and/or rehome Cinder, Smokey, Boots, and Bowser if I die.
But I still need a "fix" for if I become "disabled" and can't care for them myself, but don't "die" so Pat can get the money.

So my *Suggestion* is to set up a Fund, with Trustees or some governing body to take
charge of our "funds" and distribute them if and when needed by a Pet Talker or a PT FurKid.

Let's put our Thinkin Hats on and develop a plan and a Program to help deal with
the sudden loss of a PT Parent - and the resultant emergency that would effect the PT FurKid.

I'll be very honored to have my *gift* used to provide the initial funding.

THANKS, Friends!!

/s/ Phred

[gini]

Phred, I have already p/m'd you my thoughts.

[Cincy'sMom]

Gini, I can quite figure how to put my thoughts into words yet, so I hope yours were along the same lines as mine!!!

Glad the hiking was a success! I'mnot sure I could do a full mile with my three without be tired out!! Sure, I run up and down the field (in 3-5 minute intervals) playing soccer, but most days, I think walking the dogs is more of a work out!! Take it slow, you are doing great!!

[shais_mom]

Phred, I have already p/m'd you my thoughts.

I Know what Gini said and I and along with several others I am sure are in agreement with her.
Glad you liked the blankie - and am reallllyyy glad you didn't call and yell at me!

[jenluckenbach]

Now Phred, we all KNEW you would not want to accept this gift, but we did it anyway!! I *personally* think that you should just sit back and accept that gift with humility. It is of course now yours to do with as you please, but if I remember correctly the "fund" idea has already been discussed and rejected as too difficult to manage. (too many problems with WHO would get HOW MUCH and under WHAT circumstances.....etc.)

Am I correct in my info that you have no medical insurance?? If this is true, I am in that boat and it is HORRIBLE!!!!!! If what happened to you would happen to me, I will need to be allowed to die for lack of funds. So feel grateful that people are willing to help you.

the above opinions are mine and mine alone and do not necessarily reflect that of the remainder of the group.

Now go and count your blessings.