In joyful anticipation of the arrival of our newest resultant of Ferret Math (which, more on in another post!) I have been cleaning up around the house today. I braved the Ferret HQ (under the dresser) for the first time since my kids first came home this past Halloween, and I thought you might be entertained by what I discovered there. I've seen other longer and much more hilarious lists, but keep in mind they've had only 2.5 months to accrue this stuff! I exhumed: 11 pcs kibble and 2 pcs of banana chip 3 plastic shopping bags (their main horde of those is in a big box in the kitchen) 1 paper shopping bag (small) 9 socks 3 jingle balls 1 lid to a "Snapple" drink 1 pantyhose box 1 stuffed lion 1 stuffed cat 1 fleece squeakytoy 1 large catnip mouse 1 scrap of cloth with a tag on it saying "made by Kathy" 1 shirt 1 pr. sweatpants (that was just dragged under there today) 1 pr. slippers 1 medicine bottle (a rattle toy; contains kibble) 1 red "phone" rattle 2 flashlights 1 Loreena McKennit CD 1 Jackson Browne cassette 2 dreamcatchers (must be for dreaming up new FLO schemes) 1 cassette tape on past-life regression (!) 1 newpaper article discussing obtaining student loan consolidation (!) 2 cassettes discussing obtaining malpractice insurance (!!) 4 all-Zone tickets for the Portland Oregon metro light rail (!!) 1 passport (!!!) Needless to say, I'm getting rather worried, now ;-) I can only just try to imagine what they are plotting!!!!! (WA-state) Megan and Grover Harry-Monster (I had nothing to do with the pantyhose, mom. Honest.) Onyx Kali (*bats eyes* *Innocent look*) Loki Gabriel (Quick, I'll distract her by kissing her...everyone go steal it back!) Satinka Silvertoes (We'll just see about who's trolling who around here!) [Posted in FML issue 2559]