white rabbits! white rabbits!! white rabbits!!!

yahoo 'thing-you-didn't-know' of the day: tigers also have striped skin. but i knew that already :( one time Friday had to have an operation on her leg and she was black and white underneath her black and white fur.

things i found out myself that i didn't know that are truly fascinating (to me at least):

• rats don't have thumbs
• rats can eat chocolate
  
• a group of rats is called a mischief (i need to fact check this...)
  
• rats have poor vision. to compensate for this, a red or pink eyed rat (eg Jerry:) will often weave his head side to side to add "motion" in order to see better
• rats have bellybuttons
• rats don't have tonsils
• a rat's fur smells like grape soda(note to self: never buy grape soda)
  
• rats can be trained to do simple tricks
  

Danny just came over to ask "hey mom... ever twied wed wobster? they say on the tv it's weally good!" then i must go there! wight away!! we once went on a very terrible gray line tour of NYC and the tour guide (who i am SURE was dracula) talked for 4 hours about the fact that Red Lobster had opened in Times Square and we MUST all try it :)

things i am grateful for today:

• a cozy spare bedroom for when the pets completely take over my side of the bed
• California being the first state to pop up when you press C on the state list :)
• Aaron making Sam's lunch (the smell of lasagne at 7am makes me ill...)
• coffee
• the smell of cedar polish (and a CHILD POLISHING!!!)
• the shiny new CS4 sitting on my desk waiting for the new computer :)
  

off to enjoy another day in paradise orange county. back later xoxoxoxox