posted 11-19-2003 01:47 PM         

Hello and Happy Friday!!!!,

I am sorry I am late on my weekly update. The week has flown by without the
luxury of any free time.
The list of places and websites has grown since the last update. Maybe
before this is over we will have people in all 50 states!

Florida, Texas, Washington, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, California
(all over), Oregon, Ohio, Alabama, Nebraska, Arizona, Vermont, Michigan,
Virginia, Netherlands, UK, Australia, Chez Republic.

If you haven't emailed me where you are from please do so that you are not
left off the scrape book that will eventually be posted on the Internet.
Many people have inquired about me personally and how I was effected by the
Los Angeles fires. I am 32 years old and I live with my fiancé and partner
of seven years, Percy Burga. We have 4 dogs and 4 cats (not counting stevie
and angel!). All the cats are rescued and 1 dog is. Need less to say, we
have a full house. We just found out recently the house will grow by one
more now that I have a “bun in the oven”. People joke and say that I am
going to have kittens instead of a baby. HA! HA! The plate just keeps
getting fuller!!! I work for a construction company as a project manager
and Percy is a Carpenter. We live in Monrovia, CA, which is 25 miles east
of Downtown Los Angeles. The fires never got close to our house but my
parents had to evacuate their home in Big Bear Lake. Luckily, the worst we
got was bad, bad air. Well that’s it in a nutshell. Feel free to ask away
and I will try to answer promptly.
I do apologize for the people who have recently donated and I have not been
prompt at responding. I try to send my thanks within 24 hours of the
donation but this week has been exceptionally crazy. SORRY! SORRY! SORRY! I
have saved everyone’s email so no one is left out of the official updates.
Now to the most important part, Stevie and Angel! I can safely say that
they are totally spoiled. All my friends, family, and neighbors just shower
them with affection and attention. They expect all attention on them and no
one else and they are so cute about it you can’t resist. Under strict
observation we are slowly introducing the other animals to them. Stevie and
Angel are not as excited about the idea as our other pets. Stevie is the
first to say back off while Angel just sits and enjoys the circus. Everyone
is getting adjusted to one another and that should make the tight living
conditions more bearable!!!
We have raised $2028.00, which breaks our half way mark!!!!!!!! The
Webmaster will hopefully update the site this coming Monday. I am going to
take more pictures this weekend and I will include those in my next
update!!!!!!

Kindest Regards and Meow! Meow,
Dana, Stevie and Angel =^.^= =^.^=