Good afternoon Crazies.  We have 2 maltese, and the female has always been good at the groomers, but the male was a real handful.  We always got charged an extra &quot;hard to handle&quot; fee when we took him.  About a year ago, my son started dating a girl who works for Aussie Pet Mobile Grooming, so she drives her rv type vehicle to our house and takes them out there to groom them.  The first time, Bucky did give her trouble and she had to wrap a towel around his head to even carry him out there because he kept trying to bite her.  I told her that she had my permission to &quot;pop him&quot; if he kept it up.  She said one whack on his nose was all it took and now she never has problems with him.  It does cost more to have her come but it is worth it.   Joey, we may not be with you physically on your birthday, but you will be in our thoughts.  We had better get to see pics of your big day.  Jackie, my thoughts and prayers will be with Tony tomorrow.  I worked my way thru college as a dental assistant and I remember the first time I had to assist in a full upper extraction.  I about passed out - the dentist told me to leave the room once I went completely white and started swaying.  I was in the wrong business for someone who gets so queasy at the sight of blood.  Tonia, I got my son all that stuff when he moved out the first time, he had a roommate who had all the household stuff, so I got laundry baskets and filled it with laundry soap, fabric softener, bath soap, toilet tissue, paper towels, dish washing soap, all kinds of cleaners, etc.  When he moved out completely on his own, I then bought the dishes, pots and pans, glasses, silverware, etc.  He didn&#39;t leave on his own too long - his girlfriend bought a brand new condo last month so against mom&#39;s wishes, he is living with her now and all of the kitchen stuff I bought him is boxed up in our basement.  Debbie, thanks for checking in - you follow dr&#39;s orders and recover quickly.  Rose, what did you come up with for Mom?  The boys are supposed to be cooking dinner for me on Mother&#39;s Day - we&#39;ll see how that goes.  Tomorrow is Greg&#39;s 49th birthday, so I will be making a millionaire pie once he goes off to the office. Hope all of you Crazies are having a great day...