what i did today in chronological order

• slept in till 6:59am (and today has been much less fraught and much more radiant and skippy - sleep is amazing)

• forgot breakfast. and lunch :| (if i don't lose weight at my nightly weigh in, it's soooo on for my scales... i am drowning them in the bath tub and then flushing them down the toilet. and yes i weigh myself at night because i am a sucker for worst case scenario painful honesty)

• walked to Michaels. the wicked little witch and the flock of seagulls guy both had the day off - they are the reason i hate going to Michaels because they are so mean and always huff and puff over my coupons because i tear them out instead of cutting them (seriously, who has the time?) i got a two headed dragon and a DIY spiderweb
  

• walked 5.01 miles (not that my scales give a damn...)

• listened to U2 on shuffle and didn't skip through a single song - i am so crazy about U2 right now... we are going to see them again in June 2011

• bought this frame from moo

• picked up the minivan from Kevin (he is to cars what honest Pete is to household appliances) the remote hasn't been locking/unlocking the trunk and it has been pure HELL on earth. anyway it's fixed again!!!
  

• had the most amazingly awesome fish sticks for dinner... since i was four, they have been my favorite tea ever (though in England they are called "fishfingers" :)

• called around a few vets to get an appointment for Teddy - his puffy face is troubling me :( we took him to an 'exotic vet' (who knew rats were exotic...) in Yorba Linda and he got some cherry flavored medicine and an injection - i hope he's going to be OK. then we took him to Petsmart as it's the only place you can go shopping with a rat. Aaron suggested we take him to Costco - i bet he would love the free samples and i haven't seen a 'no rats allowed' sign :)

• against my better judgment set up two photo shoots... i truly despise taking family pictures, they give me hives/tourettes/migraines. i told myself i will only do it if i can use the money to take the boys to this vacation home for presidents weekend. plus the families must be completely gorgeous (they are :)

• got a phone call from the taste test people by the Dollar Tree - they want me to eat a brownie filled with gooey caramel on monday... this sounds so much better than triscuits :)
  

Cricket

a self portrait... of Danny pretending to be a plant-eating T Rex :|

rattie day out (Jerry went too)

i love mice :)