Dawn, I'm so sorry to read about your loss. As someone mentioned, I've now lost four pets in just over two years -- Gradycat (almost 21 years old), Jake (dog, 14 years old), Chloe (cat, 18 years old), just in January we lost Phaedra (cat, 17 years old). Talk about boo-hooing. I was a basket case. I was able to take a week off to spend with Phaedra before she passed.

Songberrie, I just thought of something else. Do you eat pork chops? I used to buy the very expensive butterfly chops. Then one day I bought pork cutlets. They look different, longer and with one or more "sections," and look like they have a little more fat running through them. Anyway, they're less than half the price of the butterfly chops, and WAYYYYYYYYY better! The flavor is awesome, and they don't tend to dry out like the others do. I can usually get a package of 3 cutlets (probably around 1 1/2 pounds) for around $3.00 or less.

Gotta run. Probably won't see you guys again until tomorrow when I work from home.

Make good LC choices!