I intend to come, with just Belle (1 dog). Maggie is no longer my responsibility , and is living with my almost-ex (just waiting for the papers to be signed), and I just am not up to taking the kitten somewhere like that; she'd go nuts. I guess we'll just have to brave the Thanksgiving to Christmas shopping season craziness or wait until after New Year's (I don't think you all want to wait that long, though).

I am also in near-desperate need of a new ve-hickle but have to wait for the title on the joint-owned SUV to be put in my name before I can sign off on the trade. Hopefully will have one by the time we have our meeting. As long as finances hold out and gas doesn't double in price (or anything else unforeseen happens), we'll be there. (As they say, as long as the creek don't rise and the cows don't get out.) LOL