Experiments, Information, and Revelations

Don't look now, but your ever-adventurous Fiorella is experimenting with what she calls subconscious language acquisition. Translation: she turned the TV on yesterday morning, tuned in a Spanish language station, and had it  playing till she went out to get groceries. Today, she'll try having it on all day.
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Fio also experimented with cooking a filet mignon yesterday evening--inside the house in her oven rather than outside on a grill, of course. It was a big hunk of meat so Fiorella and Sonia Dog split it down the middle. Hmm...might not be too good an idea to introduce Doggie to a meat that costs $15 for a one-pound package.
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Did you ever wonder why urine is yellow? Well, Fio looked it up, and the color is due to a pigment called urochrome. No info on the source of the pigment, though.
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Another fun fact: Fiorella has decided her burial grown should be a gown--a night gown--and she'll start looking for one when she has time. Nothing like being prepared. Besides, it would follow the tradition of her mother and maternal grandmother, who hung the chosen dresses over the back of the closet door for when the time came.
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Speaking of Mother, Fio has realized that she herself is just as much behind times as her mother was. Mom refused/was afraid of learning how to drive, and yours truly has refused/is afraid to deal with technology.