Monday Madness is a bit too long to do this morning, but I'll put the questions here and come back to them tonight.

Thank you to everyone who offered questions last week. Since I received 14 suggestions, I am posting 7 this week and 7 next week. The following questions are from our participants; names are links to their blogs. Thanks again!

1. What book are you currently reading? (from dawn) Just finished The Mermaid's Tale. Next up, Kite Runner.
2. Have you ever experienced the loss of a pet? How did you deal with it? Would you get a new pet, and why? I had a big old black cat named Ziggy. He weighed 25 pounds at the height of his prowess. He loved spaghetti sauce, so I'd leave some in his bowl. 'Course, then he'd come lick me and he'd smell like garlic. That was weird. Zig thought he was part dog. He'd come when called, fetch, shake hands, but I blew it on teaching him rolling over. I would say, roll over, roll him over, then give him a treat. However, on the roll he'd pick up static electricity and get sparked as well as treated. Not a good plan.
In 1994 Zig got sick. I took him to the vet. He had a large tumor. I took him home, played with him, gave him tuna fish and all the things he might like to eat, then took him back to the vet's for a final visit.
We buried Ziggy out at the farm. Grandpa helped me dig the hole, and told stories about old barn cats he had known.
I won't get another pet. I'm not here enough to give it enough attention. And: I couldn't go through putting another one down.
3. Is anyone in your family in the armed services? (from teresa) My newly married niece's husband is in the armed service, in Baghdad. My car wears a yellow ribbon on the antenna for them.
4. If you have or have had a girlfriend/boyfriend, did you tell your parents about her/him without them prying for the information? (from shady88) Oh, heck, Mom and I pry each other for info.
5. What was your favorite childhood pet and tell me a few things about it. (from beth) Reepicheep the hamster.
6. Have you ever been in love? (from seren) Yes
7. What's your favorite activity? (from robyn)That's wayyyy to hard to pin down. I like picture taking and writing and reading stuff and walking in the woods and chasing deer and . . .