My Dream Vacation....

This is the island of my dream vacation.

Done Blogging For A While

I will be done blogging for a while. It was not like I was a prolific blogger to begin with.
But I am started a new job tomorrow and it will require some overtime for a bit. Overtime is great, but of course means limited "me" time. I will still be following everyone's blogs closely, and living vicariously through their blogs. LOL. I am addicted to the blogs I follow and have made wonderful friends in the blogosphere. I may not comment as frequently, but I am always watching...and reading...and watching...
Most of my free time will be spent sewing, cleaning, and loving on my Bug, Spider, Casey, and our new psychotic kitten, Roadie.
Of course, I will still be slaving over the bunnies. They are still a bit miffed at me for the nail trims they got the other day. Well, they are NEVER really happy with me. They disapprove at all times, but to different levels. From 1-10, and ten being the highest level of disapproval (bunny rage implosion), I would say my rating right now is about a five.
So I am off now to get stuff done before tomorrow, and to try and kowtow the lagomorphomasters.
Love you all very much! Pray I do not screw up too much at my job, which I am SO excited to begin!

Terrier Terrorist...Is TINY!

UPDATE: Yorkie Mix? Border Terrier Mix? What are you, baby Casey????


Border Terrier, Definitely.....
...and no longer my grandbaby, but MY baby. I was wondering how long it would take for Steven to abandon all care of this little girl to me. Who feeds her every four to six hours? Who is there where she is scared? Tired? Hungry? Angry? Wanting attention? Playful? Needing to be disciplined? When it's time to clean up poop and wee? Gee, I wonder who it could be...OH! IT'S ME!
If she had to depend on him, she would be half starved, covered in her own filth, and with several broken bones caused by four angry rabbits.
Of course, when I tell him all this (he is not home at the moment, but out with friends) he will say that he knew she was in good hands with Mr. Bubbles and myself. Um, HOW is THAT taking care of YOUR SO-called baby, my son?
Oi! So glad they are not having REAL children!!
So this adorable menace is ours for keeps.

I cannot get her to freakin' hold still!

Why does she have to be so dang cute?!

My First Grandbaby!

My oldest son and his girlfriend have decided that it would be best to not have children. She has Marfan's Syndrome and is on heart medication that she cannot just stop taking. These meds WILL cause birth defects. So they decided to just have a lot of animals instead.
Tonight I went to my mother in law's house to drop off birthday pizza for my niece and nephew. My oldest nephew was holding a puppy and I took it from him and told him to get the pizza out of the car. As soon as I held her, I knew she was coming home with me. See, my in laws are notorious for having animals that die from disease or other causes. They have never taken good care of any animal. And it breaks my friggin' heart every time it happens. This time, I was determined that I would not allow this baby to suffer and myself suffer in turn.  She suffered enough already. Her mother, probably a Cairn Terrier or some kind of terrier mix,  froze on top of her litter, and only a few survived. She still has her milk teeth for goodness sake.  I had to promise to give my mother in law one hundred dollars for her. It is worth it. As soon as my oldest son saw her, held her, he announced "she is mine". She immediately reacted to him and now thinks he hung the moon. He has named his new daughter Casey. Her new momma, Kelsey, has not met her yet, but he sent a photo and Kelsey is in love with her new baby.  She made him Skype so she could talk to Casey. Is that not JUST TOO cute?
Her and Bug are buds, Simon could care less, and the rabbits are all sniffy sniffy with her. She is sniffy sniffy with them, too. It's funny. Spider is indifferent so far.

It's Curtains For You...Bathroom!

 I left the valance selvage raw on the bottom. The window curtain was just an old futon cover that was tearing with age. I had used half of it to make strips for a big circular rag rug in the kitchen. I would use the rug in the bathroom, but it is too big. I made the window curtains first, then used one of the ginghams mom gave me for the shower curtain. The curtain rings are  double sided to have one liner (a plain white one from Wal Mart that was 2 dollars) and one curtain together on the same rings. I just ripped strips from the same material as the valance and tied them to the hooks to keep the rings from jumping off the rod and to add accent  in the same color family. I only hemmed the top of the gingham, then cut slits to add to the hooks. I left the selvage edges raw and used pinking shears to keep the bottom from unraveling. This way, I still have all that material to use later for another project. I never use the same shower curtain twice. 
Sewing is one of my absolute favorite things to do!

Flip Flop Disgruntled Lop!

Anyone who lives with rabbits knows that the hidey box is an essential element to keeping them happy. They need bolt holes and places to snuggle that offer cover similar to a real underground warren. But bunny people also know that rabbits are creatures of habit and do not like change. They hate having their pens cleaned after all that carefully placed "scent" (dooters) and especially hate when their boxes are replaced. Old boxes are reconstructed and deconstructed, chewed, stomped, scratched, shredded, wee'd upon, pooped in, and lined with hay and floof. Boxes are as sacred to bunnies as their litter boxes and their dignity.

But there just comes a point when the boxes HAVE to be changed. I line the floor with flattened boxes that I get at Wal Mart.  We have tried blankets, but that does not go well. I change their floor every time I clean, but decided that it was time to change hidey boxes for the new year, you know, to start afresh.  This went over like a turd in a punchbowl with Minnie, who is a bit neurotic about her boxes. She spend the last 24 hours scratching and gnawing to make this new box suitable. She drove us crazy with her grunting and scratching and scattering her hay all over the place. She drove the other bunnies crazy with her grunting and obsessive rearranging of everything that would move. These boxes should be good until Summer, Heaven help us.

Away, Put The Manger!

On my to-do list this day was to put away Christmas. I can check that off my list. I put the sisal/rafia garland on the table to give the bunnies after I clean their pen (another thing on my list).  Spider wanted to perform a late Nativity play, with himself as Baby Jesus. He was just so silly and cute, I did not have the heart to tell him that he is either very late or extremely early for Nativity Festivity.
But as I have said before, cats have a convoluted sense of reality, so I doubt it would bother him much. After all, cats are weird, and a new year can hardly change THAT reality.

Fremen Cat!!! 

BIG Plans To Do NOTHING!!!

New Year's Eve plans?

1. Clean my bedroom
2. Clean the kitchen
3. Whittle away at Mount Dirty Laundry
4. Continue reading God Emperor of Dune for the millionth time
5. Fall asleep long before midnight

New Year's Day plans?

1. Change the bed clothes in my room
2. Clean the bunny pens
3. Put away Christmas decorations
4.  Continue whittling down Mt. Dirty Laundry

Be safe, my lovelies!!! See you all in 2014!

Alamo Bowl Bug

This is how Mr. Bubbles watched the Alamo Bowl. Bug has her Big Daddy well trained.  He doesn't even complain when she takes food right out of his hands. Or mouth. Or off his plate. Good boy, Mr. B!

Birthday BUG!!!!

My sweet, ornery, feisty baby girl chihuahua turns 2 years old today!!! She got lots of kisses and snuggles, beef jerky for breakfast, and her own McDonalds cheeseburger for supper! Her's my sweety! Her's my ANGEL! 

"Kids" With New Christmas Toy

DeeDee and Pickles are my parents' cats They were adopted this year from the animal shelter, and they love their new toy.  Clover Cockatoo is not as impressed with it, though.
And guess who made out like bandits this Christmas...THE BUNNIES!!! They got a huge box of assorted goodies from my dad. He almost got his finger bit off by his sister's bunny when he was a small child and has no reason to love rabbits. But he sure spoils mine at Christmas. He has never even met them! Ain't he just a Softy Santa Paws!  We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas full of joy and peace and lots of yummy noms!

Crystal Glazed Solstice

 The world has been remade in crystal. At least in Oklahoma.

Grass. 

Our holly tree

Shrubbery

You can almost hear the tinkling of glass

The neighbors hedges drooping over our driveway. 

Winter Minnie Boom Boom

Winter Myra Daffodil

Stay warm, people! And if I do not hear from you all before then, have a super merry Feast of the Nativity of Christ God!

Friday Flash Fiction 55 - Village People Montage

Take Water...Make it boil in a pot
Then Add Butter...And salt it a lot
Sometimes Cocoa...Will hit the spot
And stir, stir, stir so there are no clumps!

Malto Malto Meal, yeah
I just want mom to make Malto Meal!
Malto Malto Meal
WHo doesn't  love hot Malto Meal!?

In the Morning?

Thanks to G-Man, The Fast-Breakin'est Host From Coast To Coast!

Awarded an Award!

An award from my favorite Himalayan Rex and EnglishBun

Snuggle Bug and Demon Cat

It is COLD outside today here in Oklahoma. Snow is falling and so is the temperature. Bug always finds a way to stay snuggly warm. When she demands to be picked up, you had better comply, and you had best wrap her in your clothes.

Joshua is wearing my robe.  My robe means Bug demands to be snuggled. And here is Spider, trying to fit his big butt on a small corner of towel so he does not have to feel the cold counter on his tootsies. Like the eyes? 

Simon loves the snow, even though he is getting very old and achy. But he is a lab, and you can't take the love of any kind of water out of his DNA. 

Spider tried to go outside until he caught the draft. And yet somehow the dummy thinks going to the back door instead will change the weather. When Mr. Bubbles won't let him out, Spider attacks Mr. B. OBVIOUSLY in a cat's convoluted reality, Mr. Bubbles is responsible for all the cold white stuff falling from the sky and ruining Spider's day. 

Cats are weird. 

My First Bear - Updated with Face!

UPDATE: I embroidered her a set of eyes and sculpted her face a teeny bit while doing so. I also gave her a little pink bow....and a NAME. She is Osa Del Sol. Sun Bear, or Bear of the Sun. Her yellow chevrons look like sun rays, and she is wearing a Mexican-style peasant dress. She is my little Osasita Linda!

Mother and I are making Christmas bears. I have not made any yet, and the Christmas themed fabric I bought at Jo-Ann's is EXPENSIVE, even on Black Friday and being 60% off.  So before I cut into it, Mother suggested that I practice. I cannot find the pattern she is using in my copies, so I used a copy of Dreams Spinners 118 Three Bears pattern that I found at a thrift store many years ago.   Mother says her pattern is much more simple, so after tackling this pattern, I think I feel confident enough to slice and slash my way through that gorgeous Christmas fabric!

 I made the 24 inch bear in an ugly yellow and white chevron fabric that I received for free. This pattern had MANY pieces, but was easy to sew, although I think I messed up on the legs because the feet point inward and I definitely overstuffed her. But I put a little purple peasant dress on her, and the color goes smashing with that yellow.

I just need to give her some eyes and a bow.

The fun thing about these bears is that they can be made in any theme. I am going to have fun making Valentine bears!

Advent Countdown!

My floofy nephew across the pond, Speedy, is having a Decoration Countdown to Christmas on his blog. So I sent him mum, Rachel, some pics of our tree. 

With lots of bunnies, of course.

The tree skirt it an old baby quilt of Steven's.

Christmas Baby Tweet Tweets! I love birds and bunnies. 

And I just LOVE these stuffed bunny dolls and their cute folksy clothes. I "rescue" them from thrift shops, clean them up, and sometimes change their clothes if need be. Then they get put in a place of prominence and are loved loved loved!

Sisal and raffia garland. There are also toys on the tree. Some are hand painted, and some are bought. Also, white poinsettias.

My folksy angel. Mr. Bubbles likes angels more than stars. I have been married to him over twenty years and this is the first he has ever mentioned his tree-topper of choice!

Have a wonderful Advent Season, Every Bunny!!!

Princess Spider, The Cross-Dressing Cat

I just couldn't help it. Ain't he just a pretty pretty princess?! 

Myra Loaf

My Beautiful Myra D. She has put on her winter coat and weight. Her original name is Myra Daffodil. But I never call her Myra. I call her My Beautiful Myra D. She is just GORGEOUS! Look at that dewlap! She is a joy to snuggle, and when I am depressed and crying, I hold her and she just closes her long-lashed, beautiful doe eyes and lets me cry into her neck. She is my very special girl.

And while I was taking her picture, Fatty Boyfriend got all nosey and was watching with a great deal of interest. 

Hims my Silleh Boy!! And just look at the snow coming down!

Pretty, big ole fat snowflakes. I love snow. My bunnies are snuggly warm with their boxes and hay. I got them some nice green leaf lettuce this morning and some timothy hay treats. Even Simon and Bug got bacon treats. And for us, well, I stocked up on soda pop and frozen pizza. You know, the essentials!

Stay warm, y'all!!

Battle Bug

Bug spending her morning with Mr. Bubbles, issuing Battlefield 4 commands, and demanding chin whisker scratches.

Mr. B is a good daddy.