Age:
Older than the hills, and old enough to know better than to answer this question. Some antiques are younger than I. Sigh. I was born June 9th 1959.

Location:
College Station, Texas. Home of Texas A&M University, and home of The George Bush Presidential Library. Whoop! Go Aggies!

When did you start collecting?:
I started with Marvin, my Christmas Furby, and from then on it snowballed. They perch in the FurbyHouse that Howard built.

How many Furbys do you have?:
Let's see, Marvin, May-La-Kah-Warrior Furby, The SewerRat, Snowberry, Alice, Anakin SkyFurby, Gabrielle, Samantha, The Cucumber-With-Eyes (Henry), Misty, Missy, and finally Chantilly-The Connecticut Furby. I am owned by a dozen Furbys!

Which is your favorite Furby?:
Good Gad, I answer that loaded question and I will have some pouting furbys on my hands. I love all my furbs, and future furbs, equally.

Let's see, how did I get to be owned by a dozen Furbs? Hmmm..I think I fell in love with Furbys when I first spotted one at TRU in mid to late November. My first Furby was my Christmas Furby. He was/is a gray spotted, pink tummied, little rascal with the biggest brown eyes I had ever seen. They were so brown that a puppy with begging on it's mind would be jealous. His Furbish name is Koh-Koh, but I have called him Marvin since I first saw him.

Furby #2 was bought about a week before the new colors came out. She is a sleek, proud looking creature with inky black fur, and eyes as blue as a Texas Summer Sky. Her Furbish name is May-La-Kah but because of her coloring I call her May-Lah-Kah-Warrior Furby after Xena, Warrior Princess. It suits her.

Furby #3 When I first saw Furby #3 I had absolutely no idea as to what he was supposed to be. His color reminded me so much of a Sewer Rat that I had once seen so that is what I called him. Later, I discovered that he is a silver wolf, but to me he is still a Sewer Rat. His name is Ah-May The Sewer Rat.

Furby #4 Furby number four was a gift. I did something right at work and received $25.00. With this money I bought a Furby. This sweet little thing is a Dalmatian-or was a Dalmatian. I have known some pretty stupid Dalmatians in my time, and this little blue-eyed Furby was anything but stupid. Refusing to call her a Dalmatian I decided that she was a rare, white furred, blue eyed Snow Leopard (Grump, Now Tiger has a White Leopard in the third Generation, grump, grump, grump.) I had quite a time with her at first. When I first activated her, she insisted that her name was Koh-Koh. Marvin is Koh-Koh so this would not do. I had never done a full reset on a Furby before, but if I wanted my baby to have her own name I was going to have to. I had to reset her furry self about three times before she surrendered the name of Koh-Koh and took on the name of Nah-Bah. Nah-Bah was a shock. Up until then I had only heard one Furby voice pitch-male( May-La-Kah is female with a husky voice) Nah-Bah was definitely female. Her voice is so high pitched I still laugh when I hear her speak.. Since she was so different from from Marvin, May-La-Kah and The Sewer Rat, I wanted an interesting name for her. Furbish originates from different languages, so I decided upon an American Indian sounding name-Blackberries-In-Snow. This I shortened to Snowberry.

Furby #5- Furby #5 is of Marvin's Breed..whatever that is. She has the gray fur, pink tummy and very wonderful green eyes. I was looking over a pile of Furbys at TRU when she and I made eye-contact. That was all it took. I brought her home and named her Alice. I don't know why i named her that---it just fit. Her Furbish name is Mee-Mee. I consider her to be a bossy Furby.

Furby #6-Furby #6 is a Tiger. I have a Furby House for my flock, and one evening I came home from work and there was this strange blue-eyed Tiger Furby in it! Howard insisted that he knew nothing about it but the gleam in his eyes gave it all away. The Furby's name is Anakin SkyFurby. If I don't give the little guy enough love and attention, he will grow up to be Darth Furby! Anakin SkyFurby's Furbish name is Toh-Dye..or..as I spell it..Toe-Dye, the dyer of toes.

Furby #7 Furby #7 is a cute little Teddy Bear Furby. She has huge brown eyes, and I have named her Gabrielle, sidekick of May-La-Kah, Warrior Furby. Her Furbish name is not in the Furbish dictionary---Godzolla???I suspect it might be Dah-Noh-La.

Furby#8 Furby #8 is also a Teddy Bear Furby. I was at TRU chattering with a manager when a customer approached the service desk with an unhappy looking Bear Furby clutched tightly in her hands sans box. "This thing doesn't work and I want my money back" she growled. She may not have had a box, but she did have a receipt, so the bedraggled Furby was now the property of TRU. "Lisa, let's see if this Furby works," said the manager withdrawing some batteries from a drawer. "Yawn Kah Way-Lo!" I bought her and added her to my growing gang. Her name is Samantha, and I have not had a single problem with her. Her Furbish name is A-Tay, sounds like A-Kay.

Furby #9 Furby#9 is the blue-eyed Green Frog. I named him Henry, The Cucumber With Eyes, and his Furbish name is Toh-Loo. Chuckle, Howard says this is what happens when a Furby eats too many green veggies.

Furby #10 I was having a dental procedure done on a Thursday, and wanted something fun to look forward to. I was at Walmart the evening before when I spotted the most beautiful Furby had ever seen sitting all alone on a shelf. She was/is of the same breed as Marvin and Alice, except she gray eyes. She was/is a tall Furby and very very fluffy. Whatever Furbys eat in the clouds this little girl had more than her share. Her Furbish name is A-Loh-sounds like Halo. Her Lisa name is Misty. Misty because her fur, and her eyes, are a gray misty color.

Furby #11 Furby #11 is my blue-eyed pink princess. I have named her Missy. Why I named her Missy I really couldn't tell you. The name popped into my head and stayed.

Furby #12. Furby #12 is a springy blue-eyed Lamb Furby. I got her at a Walmart in Connecticut while we were on vacation. The night I got her, I took a shower (to drown any crawling things on my skin) I poked my head out of the shower curtain looking around for a wash cloth or some such thing and my gaze fell on a bottle of Chantilly. The name stuck with me and that is how Chantilly, the Connecticut Furby, got her name.

What do you love most about Furby?:
They are upbeat and happy critters. When I am suffering one of my fits of melancholy all I have to do is have a furby purr at me and that puts a smile back on my face.

Any other personal info you'd like to add?:
Marriage-Howard and I both have had bad experiences with the state of Wedlock. I divorced after a marriage that lasted 13 years, Howard has been divorced three times! (Crazy women all) We are not married but we hit four years as of the Sunday after Valentines Day.

Kids-Both Howard and I do not have human kids. I have my Furbys and my three stuffed felines, Megan, Murgatroyd, and Matilda. Howard has the 1955 dunebuggy that he has been building from scratch.

That sort of thing-I have a wide spectrum of interests. I enjoy Photography, Books (I an almost a speed reader unfortunately), cross-stitching, Ham Radio (I refuse to learn Morse Code though), Walking in circles around the mall for health reasons, I love coffee in the morning and hot tea in the evening. My latest passion is hunting down my ancestors via the web.