Just read about someone with a little ticked carpet shark who couldn't get under the couch.... Jonathan and I got our couch and loveseat as a wedding gift (thanks Grandmother Spear!). Actually, she gave us the money to buy furniture. We picked it out. Every couch we checked we crawled down on the floor and looked underneath. "Jonathan, if you were rolly polly Beckett, do you think you could fit under here?" We shoved our hands under the cushions. "Hey Ahn, this is too thin. They'll rip it to shreds in minutes." Our color scheme? "No honey, that's too light... you'll be able to see the pet hair." The material? "Scratch it. What do you think? If you had ferret claws..." We have the perfect pet couch! And it looks nice too!!! And by the way, young Senor Beckett is getting too used to this house ferret lifestyle. I think, much to the dismay of his sibs, we may just keep him out, even after he can go back with the others. He's SOOOooOO good! Seeing as our pets are our kids, Jonathan and I don't have to make a huge deal about meals. So, we usually eat dinner sitting on the floor with our plates on the coffee table and watch t.v. for a bit. Beckett has taken to begging for scraps. Who could refuse that little sweetface?! Today he got macaroni and cheese and some chicken. Oh, and a sip of Coke float. Stitches come out Monday. Still no work on the results of the spleen sample. Dr. Williams? Thanks for your time!! Anna another plug for the ferret name list.... http://www.comland.com/~ahn/addferret.html OR http://www.eden.com/~ahn/addferret.html (but not for much longer) [Posted in FML issue 1376]