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bunny dancing in the night

2012-02-29T19:23:00.003-08:00

I `discovered' Chip dancing on the table during the dark of the night.
Seems He kept track of where his Crasin jar was put... So I guess He felt
He thought He could have a good 'ol midnight food fest :)
SILLY BUNNY(~.~)

2012-02-07T16:32:00.000-08:00

this is an old wire I saved from when dear Chip managed to get himself behind our big screen in the living room auughh-suddenly 1 day we loose all volume in speakers then it somes on and off?? surround sound acts weird? TV goes in & out-The LAST THING
we think of is THE BUNNY as the culprit!UNTIL I fiddle with plugs,hours later Loving husband finds this wire above~auughh~Lesson learned with this bunny. I have Never had this with any other bunny. Eeikk..crazy! Bunny Proofed every room.

`caught in the act'..Chippy was trying to break past the TV shelves to get to the the *wires* that have so carefully been hidden,covered & now masterfully decoyed allover the house. Naughty bunny!

2011-12-26T13:27:00.000-08:00

Chocolate Chip loves to eat paper..no make that he loves to take paper & eat it into
*circles*... I have found that when I pick up his *circles* they very often have little messages on them... Just what does this mean??

I am not fully sure? But I do keep them all (~.~) This was the Latest!

oh well

2011-11-12T13:09:00.004-08:00

oh well.. this is `self serve' what can I say? I have learned so much from this bunny...He is soooo stealth..if you open a door to a room he is NOT allowed in ~ZOOM~ suddenly a waft and breeze flow past you. Before you Have any idea what is going on the door is shuddering & you think you saw something? maybe not? You go to look? Nothing ... Chip is tucked quietly under the bed securely in a tight position- under the MIDDLE of the bed. No Way you are going to get him out. No way! just as he intends..yep! smart bunny.
Just like this treat jar. He just hops up on the arm of the chair - like a parrot. He will do thiseven pick the jar he wants. :0) I admit it is soooo cute. He will get to the point that he will push it right off the darn table - over the edge. :0( an alley opps. Not pretty. He will get in the chair & get it to *rock & rolling* for attention! it is a rocker! Then he will not leave you alone when you sit in it, when you have a movie & snack.
Today, I am relocating things in the living room YIKES! His poor brother dog has gone blind except for a wee tiny bit-the vet says like a` pin hole of light' so we have left things for him to be the same so he `knows where everything is'. But he has trouble getting to outside & is having accidents. SO we have set up potty pads, & we moved 1 of his beds closer to the door & pads & away from the TV & stereo speakers. He has a kennel cab w/ fat homemade mattress & all his toys in the other side of the living room. Chip is having his things moved over that way too. Yikes. We have been slowly doing it for days...inches each day...ughhhh. Cleaning, dusting-Discovering as we go. I discovered Chip has eated an entire part of the dust ruffle off of the Sofa !!!! %@^#@% Photos WILL follow. I resigned myself that it is something that can be replaced a new ruffle or new sofa. But still #$@& !!! Wait until you see it. My minature dutch bunnies Never did this. #&$*%@ MINI REX he is so Freakin smart - I am sure he is doing all this in retaliation for ear cleaning,nail clipping & teeth filing ;0) What do you think? He Adores my DH. And will avoid me now at all cost.... hmmmm. But I am not the `snack master'.
Thats it for now.
{{{bunny hugs}} bless you

shedding

2011-09-05T12:07:00.000-07:00

Fuzzy wuzzy

2011-08-20T14:47:00.000-07:00

Chip is our Fuzzy wuzzy but is he fuzzy anymore ?

Chippy was NOT very happy about this but w/Rex velveteen

fur.. he needs a little help now & then.

Mini Rex bunny aka/Veleveteens have thick *soft* fur...but every so often they go thru a shed, Chip being a house bunny and-well, being Chip, gets *disturbed *when his fur is `out of sorts'.

So I help him out. This was a scissor trim,leaving a super soft belly. He *panics* when we do any hygiene activity. We did nails, ears,cleaned his bottom glands,some duct tape down the back to get lose fur. and Chippy is brand new..But Mad

All is well~Chippy got treats~he is mad at me~

~always happens~

I have to beg forgivness! He gives me the *butt* and turns and leaves...will go to anyone but me for a day or 2. I have to get down on the floor, tell him" forgive me I am sorry" over and over until he turns around to face me...this is for real.

last dayfor designgives back

2011-08-18T11:25:00.000-07:00

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The party's Over~Where is Chippy? Under a Table?

since we know Chippy is right there

recuperating from his party...please take time..

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Thank you so much

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{{{big bunny hugs}}}

I will put all the names in & you know how Chippy LOVES paper~ He will grab a piece & it will be our winner

Chippy Parties W/design gives Back

2011-08-16T12:32:00.001-07:00

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It's a party-Time to celebrate-Happiness is helping others Chocolate Chip is in his party bowl... HOOOHAAA....

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{{{{Bunny hugs}}}}

Thanks to all the Angels who take the time to help

we have until the 18th....lets go..go..go..go...go.go.

xoxox

The carrot's out of the box in bed?

2011-08-14T23:55:00.000-07:00

Look closely the box is tied with kite string to a bunny statue so Chip can't take it all over the house and it is in the box so he can't make a mess all over-Carrot surprise box waiting!

LOOK AT what we found!!-Carrot out of the box~Box out of the assigned area!Chip hiding-look close-straight back behind the hudei house-past the multi colored tunnel-there is Chip

I don't know why he was hiding? or what he thought?... Other than he flipped it out of the box area ..I haven't figured it out yet? or why he left it in such a perfect pile of Timothy? Like it's in bed?...

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2011-08-14T00:00:00.000-07:00

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every time you comment.. that can really really help the Angels with the work they do....watch the video to see what they create. Kelee is A..mazing~ such a soul,heartfelt love oozes truthfully you FEEL it!! Shelly her gift also is God given.. such a team AAAmazing. How fortunate for cancer kids to have this to look forward to instead of chemo....my goodness.

WE CAN DO THIS... Chip said if there is a good plan he's in ..see he is looking it over & he has approved!! http://www.designgivesback.com/

Design Angels

2011-08-13T10:16:00.000-07:00

This is about earth angels who do wonderful extraordinary things most people never hear about. I have the pleasure of knowing 1 such Beautiful Angel design~host Kelee Katillac...Please click on the link & view the video over there..Pleease leave a comment!! every comment a dollar is donnated !!! BE an angel LEAVE A COMMENT

better yet become a follower...I hope you become a follower of both of us

( I could not figure out how to imbed the video so you have to click on the link

Chocolate Chip felt so emotional after seeing the video he needed to lie down and rest to gather his composure. So we will try to continue w/out him for a bit~ok?

It is really to hard really break it down... because everything is so facinating at so much is always going on..so much attention to the smallest detail concerning the each person. Colors, Dreams...thats the

holostic part of Kelee I see come thru that I really admire that is so special.
Host and Founder: Interior design expert Kelee Katillac has spent over twenty years transforming homes and lives. She is a leader in holistic design. Katillac has been a guest on CNN, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Discovery Channel, Pure Oxygen, The Family Network and many others. Katillac's work has been featured in the pages of USA Today, House Beautiful, Better Homes and Gardens, Designer Builder, Country Home, Body and; Soul, The Utne Reader and hundreds of other publications worldwide. In addition, she is the author of two award-winning books including House of Belief: Creating Your Personal Style and Kids' Rooms for Believing and Belonging. Katillac founded Design Gives Back to help those in-need -- or critically ill -- to have furnished, functional, and hope-filled homes. She has been the national director for Habitat for Humanity's House of Belief DIY Workshop Series, and is currently the Inspired Home Expert for Guideposts: America's #1 Inspirational Magazine.

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Television Production: Design Gives Back Media includes talent and experience from director Sam Sullivant. He has worked on productions for The Oprah Winfrey Show, Extreme Home Makeover, American Idol and others. His corporate video resume includes Ford, Hallmark, Applebees, McDonalds, and Colgate, to name just a few. Sullivant brings cutting-edge technical skills and a warm story- telling perspective to lead our video production team.

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"The remarkable story of a woman who says your home should be more than a place that stores your things...but a place where your child feels loved and supported, and a place that reflects who they are and who they want to be.”... Kelee Katillac... House of Belief... its beautiful." Oprah Winfrey

This is gives you an idea of the who behind the Design crew over there. Wonderful people as you see, worty of whatever we can do to help. pass along or fwd to COMMENT on their blog for $1.00

donation or write a blog for $5.00 & email them ....Thanks love you need to check on Chipppy xoxo

taking advice for Chip's carrot in a box,sshhh

2011-08-07T23:24:00.000-07:00

OK I did it.. Look and see... The carrot is out of the box! *heehee* I

I have the carrot set so it is `sticking out of the box' so we will see what the Chipper doodle will do. Right now he is *thumping mad* at me because I cleaned house `really good', meaning I moved all his`things' so that I could clean. Vacume, dust moved his rocks, his hidey house, his basil-cilantro dish,

his chip dish, all of his toys, his books, his papers..pretty much everything got *touched* yes much to

Chocolate Chips dismay. If you know mini rex's/velveteen's they h-a-t-e change in the least little bit.

He came over sniffing around while I was using duct tape on the carpet trying to get all the

timothy out of the carpet, he came 'round behind me as was wiping the marble fireplace base off with timothy,by then I would have touched everything of Chips. So we set out fresh crasins,new basil, cilantro, timothy, lined his books & paper back to his cozy corner. When we cleared out of the room, he investigated everything, Moved some thing around and began an evening of *loud thumping*.

Camera is at the ready, family is in on it..

{{{bunny hugs}}}

bunny sleeps with bunny

2011-08-06T20:39:00.000-07:00

Chip is sleeping under a loveseat sofa that reclines on each side so on 1 side we leave the recliner foot slightly up so Chip has another *private* area ~1 of many around the house

I found him sound asleep and when I began taking photos he was just sooo cute with little bunny face on his little bunny

LOOK AT THAT FACE ...awwww I found Chocolate Chip sleeping with his bunny,so cute!

Happy Dreams Chocolate Chip and all the sweet buns who have loving care and prayers for those who are in need of loving care

xoxo

Basil & Bunny

2011-08-02T14:58:00.000-07:00

I just picked this Basil from the herb garden everything is beautiful except a few leaves, I am still

having problems with *something* making holes see the few leaves in the front? It is now just a few~it had been, ALOT of leaves, I have been working on this, I have it figured out! My menace-

A Grasshopper! Yes a tiny stupid grasshopper !! Next a plan of destruction.

You know, this looks like a familiar pose? Chip does seem to tuck himself into a specific little pose when he eats ~ happy..does that make sense? he brings his back feet in and settles his front paws just so wiggles his butt till everything is just right then he has this glazed look on his face. then..nom nom nomnom That's why this looks so familiar. I bet if I look back at many photos of him eating ~bingo~ they will all be similar!!

Chocolate Chip happy with a fresh Bowl of fresh Basil.!!!!Nom nom nom nom

surprise in the timothy box!!shhh

2011-07-25T14:12:00.000-07:00

SHHHH!!!! Don't tell I found out the surprise in the Timothy box.

Take a look here it is: Fast I have to put it back fast Before Chip sees us. It's Sooo

cute an itty bitty carrot awww ... silly Cip has not found it yet, he gets too side tracked with the sweet yummy Timothy in his tummy. Oh yeah and I keep stuffing

the box with more Timothy....heheehee he may not find it for quite a while..

OK, What do you think? Should I leave Chip's box alone so *maybe* he can find his itty bitty carrot? or keep stuffing it with timothy and maybe move it around?

Advice anyone??

{{{bunny hugs}}}

Sweet Timothy & a prize in the box?

2011-07-25T13:36:00.000-07:00

"I have a new *toy* it's filled with one of my favorites sweet Timothy,
and if I dig around real good I will find a surprise!! Yipee"

~muffled ~ "I know it's in here some where"

"Ohhhh This is sooo yummy....Nom nom nom nom...this is just the best Timothy ever! uh oh I forgot um why was I uh..

oh yeah there is a surprise...."

"I will go back in and complete my mission for the surprise."

"ahhh ....this is soooo yummy, I love my Timothy Nom Nom Nom Nom.. "

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Chocolate Chip is eating his Timothy`in a small box that has a wee surprise'

I have not looked for it yet. Shoot let me go look. Ok, how adorable it is a wee wooden carrot. I will post it's photo. It said `fruit flavor' when I ordered it. haha. Too cute!

I have used the same place for all of my bunny supplies for 21 pleased years http://www.drsfostersmith.com/

Check them You can have a catalog sent to you free. Run by Real Vet's,They have their own Pharmacy. I have found that their prices are always lower than all my local pet stores, walmart, target, feed store,you name-it as a pet owner, (we had 3 small dogs and 6 minature dutch bunnies now ) you prices shop. Once you find a place whose prices beat any store... When I bought Chip a corner liter box I found it at Foster&Smith $2 less,They are not just a smidge cheaper. I usually get enough to get free shipping.

Go back thru my blog and see some of his favorites treats.

Hope this helps my fellow Bunny friends.

{{{{BunnyHUGS}}}}

sorry I have been spotty blogging I have pneumonia presently and feel :<( coughing and weak ughhhh going on 2 wks now :<(

Chip gets caught???

2011-07-10T12:51:00.000-07:00

UH OH Chippy what are you doing over there with the sofa???

"no one noticed me did they?? I just like to lick the
fabric then pull it apart..but I tend to get in trouble for this, so I do it when no one is looking"

"no one can see me here right? I am totally hidden, I blend...I think I am safe, no problem
right?'

I will be over at my book blog posting some reviews check it ..Chip has a book also :>)
http://bunniesthreads.blogspot.com/

2011-07-10T11:54:00.000-07:00

Fresh Cilantro "nomanomnomnomnomnom"

OK now just calm down Chocolate Chip the entire bowl is yours..that's a good bunny slow down take a breath-don't get grumpy at me. "nomanomnom"

Chip Chillin on a sunny day

2011-06-16T01:01:00.000-07:00

WE WERE AIRING RUGS OUT-IT SEEMS CHIP FOUND A BETTER USE

CHIP HAS NEVER EVER DONE THIS BEFORE GOTTEN UP IN THESE CHAIRS?
WE WERE FREAKED OUT LOOKING ALL OVER FOR HIM 25 MINUTES FRANTIC
HEARTS POUNDING..OH MY GOD..EVERY ROOM.UNDER OVER..OUT THE DOOR??

WHERE DO WE FIND CHIP??? WE LOOKED ALL OVER THE DECK..AND THE YARD
NEVER IN THE FREAKIN CHAIRS!!! AUUGHHH..HERE HE IS
~CHILLIN~NO WORRIES...
WHILE WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF STROKES...WET FROM SWEAT..HEARTS POUNDING
CHIP LOOKS AT US WITH HIS CALM `DUMB' ALMOST SLOW BLINK LIKE
"HEY MAN WHATS UP? I CAUGHT A FEW ZZZZZZ DID I MISS ANYTHING"

AUUGHHH. ..OH THEN HE JUMPS OFF THE CHAIR AND HOPS BACK  IN THE HOUSE ....LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED....   life with Chip    * auuughhghhh*
     hug your crazy bunny if he lets you today
            xoxoxox

rainbow bridge

2011-06-01T03:21:00.000-07:00

This is a Wonderful Bunny site that must be visited. Deb's family rescued Freckles.But I believe Freckles might have been sent specially to Deb and she was the earth Angel that was matched to bring all the stories to us. You read and decide. The last Story on the site now is beautiful and heartbreaking. It blends with FRANKS leaving us for the Rainbow Bridge. Deb sits and tells Freckles the legend of of the Rainbow bridge as Freckles readys for the last sleep and Deb prepares Freckles for the Journey..and talks about until they met again.. heartbreaking tears.. every time I read it...a must read.

http://frecklesanddeb.blogspot.com/

3 trees w/ shinning star

2011-05-31T04:21:00.000-07:00

So..I am kind of stuck, I don't know what direction to take with this? I guess it have to see where my strips lead me...uughhh. soo I am going to walk away...for now ...no looking back.... I mean this is hanging in my sewing area-so it looks at me all the time :O( I had ~Great~ ideas when I began it then `things' happened, 9/11 we moved packed my big sewing studio-all my fabrics & even my sewing table gone... moved into smaller home, Much smaller. No real reason, just the area dictated it. But many adjustments... Then I had a discovery of a mass on my rt arm & long operation-went sideways & lost ability to use hand... 2nd surgery within 2 yrs just for pain not to gain use..and I am struggling to `do' my ARTS. Enough of that. Lucky I had these things `done'- but my scope of completion the view I want, I am still working on. I have worked out sewing-crocheting knitting etc..just takes me -ALOT- longer than the average `anyone' ( this writing) probally took an hr :0( to write gasp) oh well in Life we all must learn to adapt. Litening to Adelle. 1 song has a bit of Coldplay to it in the beginning. Love her. Wow can that girl WAIL. Summer Haze {{healing prayes to all out there}}<

Sweet Frank

2011-05-30T13:22:00.000-07:00

A LOVING BUNNY FRANK has left us this sad Monday morning but I know The Lord had waiting His best Angels to guide our dear Frank to the Rainbow bridge. I have followed Sweet Frank and have loved him and I tremble with tears and sadness at his loss, Imagine his dear Nicole at this time. Such a loss is much to bear when we care for beloved buns, nursing them thru illness, sleepless nights.
Sweet Frank gracing us for 10-12 years what a blessing~
He had a wonderful life !! What a wonderful team!!

Today I am in tears, no beyond tears, sobbing, my head is throbbing and nose is stuffed~as I sit stunned with the news a dear bunny friend Frank has lost his valiant struggle. We have lost a dear sweet friend. Nicole has cared and loved Frank for many years as dear Frank was a family member.He was about 10-12ish. I wish I had a photo Frank is a beauty soft chestnut with a white nose such a doll. He just makes you smile. I would LOVE for everyone to bid Frank a farewell and give Love to Nicole who must be in pain...the kind I call you either sit still in 1 place crying and can't move and hope no one interfers with your misery so you can embrace it or it is so painful it takes to to your knees on the floor and with out reliazing it screams come out of you and you don't know where or how  then you wonder if the pain will ever stop every time you think of your loss.    ( I lost a son, my dad recently but my buns I tell you having gone thru those 2 losses are just as bad) so grieve-cry-scream ..I do and I stand before the Lord proudly doing so! I love them and raise them they are worthy of the same grief and love.(((HUGS))

May Archangel Michael be at your right hand
     Gabriel at your left~before you Uriel
Behind you Raphael and above you sweet Frank
The Divine Presence of God our Heavenly Father

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chocolate chip n' pita chips

2011-05-30T00:24:00.000-07:00

Chocolate Chip got hold of the bag of Pita Chips-He LOVES these!!

Chip is working his way stealthily into the bag of his beloved Pita Chips-during a beverage break

Our Sweet Chocolate Chip has a problem! When my beloved husband has a snack, which is every night
and in the same chair...Chip has a little chair next to this chair and chip has figured out that he LOVES
certian SNACKS! Now we have NO idea how he can figure this out but he does. He just KNOWS when it is
Pita Chips! He can he in another room-and he will come out of nowhere and suddenly be sitting on the arm of the recliner...waiting...for a pita chip. These pictures were taken when I was on a loveseat sofa, I have mini camera and books all over, they went out for beverage, Chip thought~OMG THE BAG OF CHIPS IS ALL MINE

.....time to get the basil out, I'm just sayin-he can get out-of-control!!!

crazy rabbit!!!!

2011-05-05T01:06:00.000-07:00

We walked into the living room, dear husband was home with fever resting-left for a beverage this is what we found???? Chocolate Chip claiming reign of the sofa?
What the.....crazy rabbit

GOD WHISPERS

2011-05-05T00:12:00.000-07:00

`God Whispers'

I was` chatting' with a very dear friend about listening to our inner voice..I call our` God Whispers'

I was sharing back when I 1st remember this clearly. It was a `few' years back when I was just 20 yrs old..I had a very good and bad year...1978 I gave birth 1 month after I turned 20, to my 1st child a son-`tweeter' (I call him this as he wore fuzzy yellow sleeper' s and looked like a tweety bird. I had-had a nice job working at a high end woman's clothing store on the North Shore of Chicago, for very classy North Shore wealthy ladies...I took the train to work every day stumbling over the homeless and drunks that slept at the train station.

THAT was a part of life and the world I had never know before.. I did get to know what vodka the day after smells like... and person not bathing regularly. These can be helpful tools in life....Plus when you are 7-8-9-mo pregnant these smells affect your highly tuned senses--hee hee.   Well, it really was not funny at the time I feared or my life almost every day. This train depot was Waukegan, Ill and it was down below way below street level toward the lake, away from everything, it was like the switching station for trains the end of the line-tons of tracks,NOISE, street overpass, no safety nearby.   My life took a tragic turn The Lord called my son home suddenly . I got 2 full time jobs to pay the funeral bills and my marriage ended soon after that (that was a good thing) I just did not know it at the time...I went into what I like to call `Gods Anesthesia' (for probably several years) but at least the immediate next few weeks if not months, as I now look back and review it all. I say `Gods Anesthesia' because that's what shock is..It must be a gift from God.. The Lord holds you in His Arms that is what`shock' is until He feels that you can handle it all...When your heart is BROKEN ...well part of it never heals..it is a pain a hole.. like stitches sutured --that can be ripped off at any time and bleed with a pain unknown to many. The Lord clearly Held me in His arms...unbeknownst to me.. thru this time of emotions and troubles and traumas.    Losing a child, is something not everyone will go thru, and I at such a young age. Pile on so many more trials to my trauma   I found out my ex had not paid any bills for several months b4 he left. Then, With him gone I then had my wages garnished.a horrifying embarrassment to me as I worked at a very respectable job in a hospital where my dear Aunt was held a very high profile job for like all of my life and she and my family were well know in the community. uughhhhh. To embarrass me was bad enough-but my fathers family~I could not even keep my shame to myself...I got 2 house cleaning jobs and worked for 2 Dr's part time and I waitress' at a country club for weddings next door to my house, with my full time job while pulling overtime...Oh he also took the car when he left along with my paycheck, and all my money. . .haha . I was in shock and scared - I began paying funeral bills-now I was so overwhelmed at what he blew up in expenses & lack of monthly payments...I was terrified..bank loans...in my name.. the finances OMG -nothing paid for months, my mortgage, my son's funeral, everything... my world came crashing in financially and he cleaned me out.. When out of the blue I get this new neighbor. Nevlyn..a dear sweet old widow. We lived on the North Shore the suburbs of Chicago and it was Winter with tons of snow every day-so we chatted while shoveling our drives morning and night. My beloved Dad lent me money to get an old used VW bug a 5 speed.( just a few hundred $$)Not a great car in 9 inches of Chicago snow but it got me to work which was about 18mi.1 way. One day this dear woman brought me a gift-the bible in the picture above . I had never heard of this bible before and thought maybe she was with some weird religion or something..but she was kind and not pushy. (I had a strict Catholic upbringing-generations of dads family all went to the same Catholic church and school-so it was not like I was a stranger to religion ) In fact Religion was a foundation of my life and childhood. I planned on being a nun all thru childhood until I learned I could be a nurse like my Aunt. I told my friend about this as she has just gone thru a difficult time and I believe she has found her footing thru her `God Whispers'...along with a happier heart and a more comfortable job. God Whispers are when you feel led to do
something for some unknown reason, beyond yourself. When you ignore God Whispers you get Taps on the shoulder from God --Tap, Tap, Tap.   Then, Your gonna get a wack up side the head ,   OK that is just my way of illustrating to you how you should be moved to be in touch with The Lord.
Bringing this story full circle..This `angel' lady neighbor -
I know was sent by God to `help' me find my way back to Jesus...with all the pain and loss..... I had been living life by working and never feeling again..I had not realized that when I NEEDED the LORD ..I did not seek HIM..I just got another job. Lessons learned? MANY..1st:to STOP and be still...really be still. I actually have a wee child chair in my master bathroom and I go in for `bathroom time', filling the tub, brushing my teeth,cleaning drawers,..it can be hours, well not really but my beloved husband often says so..it is my `be still' time..when the noise of the world STOPS and I can `hear' the God WHispers' with out influence from anyone or anything..the aromatherapy in the hot tub fills the air and scented candles...sitting on my little yellow plastic playschool chair....I have learned in the almost 35 years since Angel Nevelyn gave me the bible to`hear'.........YOU to must `listen' ..to your instincts ..or` God Whispers'--(Oh This woman told me after my marriage ended-she said`God is trying to get your attention' She scared the bazookas out of me with this....BUT left me thinking ..That all that had happened that event filled year...I was running...never stopped- for God.?.Actually I was mad..mad at losing my beautiful boy--mad that the Catholic church refused to do his funeral because I was not married in the Catholic church-therefor they did not recognize the marriage and could not recognize his death ??I had friends in high places even contact the Catholic Bishop in Chicago..well that can be another story..Life is filled with stories....But I KNOW that The Lord sent this Angel to bring me back to Him..and she did and then as suddenly as she appeared she was gone... well, 3yrs later and she saw me thru a lot more - I found my true beloved my true life soul mate, had a baby girl then my angel was gone-poof-no forwarding address...I knew she had a son I met him could never find him??? Guardian Angel .
Do you know what else she did? My husband came from a Jewish background and she had a mission to help Jews to understand Jesus Christ and accept him `Jews for Jesus' she
called it. She would gently spend time talking to my boyfriend, then he became my husband..who later became a Christian thru baptism and we married in a church after our court house marriage. (we still embrace his heritage, we just add on to it)

-God is talking to you-your heart tells you this is good or your heart gives your that `bad' feeling--that is GOD--HE carved the commandments in your heart--that's why we get that `icky' feeling --listen to your heart--to God... My friend did and I believe she will of happier heart. I am aware all the time of this..I try to STOP every night-when I finally climb into bed...I sort thru the day---you know hit the rewind button and see what I can do better for tomorrow....then thank the Lord for all the Blessings I have ...YES I thank Him for the spilled Dr Pepper in the spider man cup and for the smoking Rosemary that I harvested and was drying in the oven but on a wee bit too hi and engulfed the house in smoke and the broken footed vacuum and lamp that ended its life.... NOTE:No one has ever been hurt in my `day to day' activites. Incredible as that is..only me.I have many..that has always been my way..haha ..the hard way. kidding..Actually I was called accident prone as a child --(I never understood what the words meant)   now that I am soo much older and have grown kids I `getit'- but it was just the way I was.   Oh no one was hurt in the Smoking Rosemary drama EXCEPT our poor dog Peanut. I believe he suffered emotional stress...he ran out the open back door and stood in the back yard shaking.....and he is deaf???I guess the smoke alarms have a vibrational tone In my kitchen area there are like 3 smoke alarms,1 laundry room,1 living room, 1foyer, 1hallway, 1 up the stairway- they all went off...it was loud-  I have him a dentabone..and he stayed in his house all night. Thank goodness my husband wqas out of town.
Other lessons: God sends Angels to us to cross our path when we least except it and they are who you least expect. Be kind to all who enter your life--actually I think you know that you all have Angels already in your lives...
but I bet you think about some people, for some you lose touch with them, they touched your life, they were kind, left a positive effect, even if for a short time?You should ask yourself Hmmm what happened? They could have been an angel to cross your path OR were YOU too quick to let go of someone??? ASK yourself!!!! I have . There are times WE get too caught up in OUR own selves and
we do not see what is around us. Who do WE think WE are?? Like WE are SO SPECIAL WE can let an ANGEL go out of our lives??
I have tried never let go of an Angel friend without trying to leave an opening.That is people you have shared deeply-helped thru-special bond. Lots of friends do come & go in life & that is expected. But there is a difference and you wil know it.
Some come and stay a while...
Some come and quickly go...
BUT all leave footprints on our hearts.....
that's something I have had it written on the front page of all my bibles for decades...
not sure of author.

~~~~~~~~well that enough soul searching for now~~~~~~
Listen for your God Whispers in your ear... Before they lead to God tap's on the shoulder, then they become wacks upside the head .....get the idea

BLESSING TO ALL WHO READ THIS

buddies & friends

2011-05-02T01:46:00.000-07:00

Best buddies
This is Joli's loft bed-suddenly one day
Chocloate Chip jumps up & scares the

heck out of Joli and just sits with him?

~What the??~ this became a regular thing~ Jolimon would be in a deep

sleep and out of nowhere ~boing~
Chip is up on Joli's bed freaking poor Joli out of a sound sleep.... I mean how would you like that? Friend or Foe?
Guess what Chip left his trademark
3 beaners!!! Hmmm... I mean it is soo
cute but what is it all about???
{{bunny bugs}}

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books and confusion

2011-05-02T01:39:00.000-07:00

http://bunniesthreads.blogspot.com/

Above, This is my alternate/second site, I decided to do my reading/book reviews over there. I'll see how it goes (I am conflicted)

I don't really want to have it all on this site`bunny/arts' here, book reviews on the other. In case I get `strangers' to look at the book blog-which we is supposed to happen. The publisher's encourage us to surf each others book blogs, often best written reviews are voted on, so seeing what others have can guide writer's or seeing a review makes you want to read the book or not. I would rather they not read thru all of Chocolate Chips private life, so I will do this other book blog like a split personality-Chip will have just a small part over there Jolli too.

so....I will give it a try.

hoops

2011-04-15T17:58:00.000-07:00

Ta da- He is back..and this his one of Chips favorite treats...nom

Forgivness

2011-02-05T19:37:00.000-08:00

All is forgiven.. One thing I have learned about having a Mini Rex is that when you `offend' them~and that can happen daily~thru-out the day... and usually does in some minor way. But I digress....
What you have to do --Is get down--- floor level with them-look them in the eye, IF they don't give your the `butt' ..and plead for their forgiveness... over and over-tell them you are sorry and did not mean to do what ever you did will never do again... HONEST ... I swear this is what you have to do!you may be forgiven right away-you may get the `butt'-- you might get the half butt and they slightly turn the head indicating maybe- I am going to think about it-come back later' you get the idea.. It could be days where he avoids you and loudly thumps when you are around to let you know his displeasure... I have had it all...
Like I clipped Chips nails and cleaned his ears and combed him And he is really really mad.

2 days ago it was raining, turned to freezing sleet--dear husband let the dog and Chip out side- I was upstairs sewing tutu's for the girls before dinner. Guess what? He sat down ate and watched TV snoozed for over 4 hrs when I came down I could not find Chocolate Chip ? I Looked All over, Dear Husband was sound asleep, I have flashlight-looking under sofas-beds--I am frantic-the dog is fine, I shake the husband!!! after 20 some minutes---it occurs-not again--he did this before--left Chip on the deck---OMG!!!!!
are you kidding

HE WAS IN THE COLD SLEETING RAIN!!! I WAS SOOOO MAD!!! HOW CAN SOMEONE BE SO STUP % D... AUUGHHHHHHH.. CHIP was so wet... I made him fluff him with the hair dryer . Then we let him go to his to his favorite spot under our bed, after he got all his favorite foods. OMG!!! auughhhhh what a night....

Well here here is with his bunny, such a sweet little man.
{{{bunny hugs}}}}

unhappy

2011-01-18T04:00:00.000-08:00

Chip had his nails cut today and will not come out for a picture. Plus I also brushed him out and cleaned out his private area. He is VERY VERY mad at me.
He was Sooooo mad he ran to his CAGE!!! and sat under the shelf peering out at me with bulging eyes...that's mad.. REALLY REALLY MAD !! He never ever goes in his cage...never ever, ever, never-since he was brought home and decided as a young bunny that HE was meant to be
free range -thats is how mad he is.
Oh, I also trimmed his lower teeth too.... really really mad...
I even offered him oatmeal flakes in a wee dish and he snubbed me. Auughh!!! I am in really hot water.... with a Mini Rex you have to ask for forgiveness the books' say. Tell him "I am sorry" - Ask him to forgive you. "Please your highness I beg you" and when I have suffered enough of his wrath perhaps he will look kindly upon me and forgive me?? until then .. My husband comes in their door from work and he can see the delima and ..well we have been down this road before.
So what does the `Hero husband' do?Well, rush to get Fresh Cilantro -some chips- some oatmeal flakes his real favorites!! Chip was still in his corner but heard the clink in the dish for parsley. Chocolate Chip knows the specific `clink' for each dish.
The applesauce dish is different that the pineapple dish or fresh apple and the parsley dish is different is different than the chip dish as is the oatmeal dish. And we `clink' them so He knows wherever he is.. he can `hear' what is being served. Silly? He will come running IF he is in the mood. So it left him to think while we cleaned up.
Yes. 10 minutes later vacuuming and wiping the floor a Blur of fur ~ZOOmed ~~~ by and yes Chip was very happy ..... but still not with me. Maybe tomorrow?
{{{bunny hugs}}}

2011-01-16T19:37:00.001-08:00

I am very fast~~ZOOM~~

Chocolate Chip out...have a `hoppy' day

exhausted

2011-01-16T19:03:00.000-08:00

"I am very tired of having my personal and private areas `exposed".... poor Chip
In the spirit of sharing bunny care I have always kept bunny journals with art work and medical notes, even prices of almost everything. Quite cute looking back, this was
all before computers-so it is in book form, complete with color drawings that looks like each bunny and each little dog we had at the time.
Each medical delima is spelled out and how it is cared for....what to do..what to watch for...medications...foods, food to avoid when sick.
Well...that was years of care and love with my mini dutch bunnies and the many vets that helped-even 1 university.
That is why I share Chips photos photos and stories.
Maybe some one else with a bunny will see something and get an idea for their bunny that will help them or read a story from someones blog... That is really how we learn the littlest bit of info one person has may help another bunny person... I have lived in the midwest-the east coast-the south
and the Vets have been very kind for the `most' part and willing to work me and Learn..but alot of good that does.Not a single one knew about bunnies in any area I lived-rural, city, no matter.. I came in having more info than trained Vets.
1 had a brother who HAD a bunny and he my Vet went to his brother for help and we had a good relationship via this...and the Vet was learning alot he said-I has 3 bunnies and had a litter of which we kept 2 gave away the others the family & 4H. Point Is Blogging is a really good way to share ideas - foods-medicines-creative living with bunnies-loving bunnies-
I have come a LONG way on my own if I has a computer & access to this back then WOW!! I had no bunny magazines-no blogs-no Vets-no bunny community- I had raised bunnies when I was a kid rural backyard in the '60s. no info. This time I went to the bookstores & library for my children so they ad whatever was avail-and they knew everything that was out there on caring-maintence-medical etc on bunnies/rabbits. I do all the nails-teeth-ears-bottom-fur issues myself same for or dogs.

Thats how I began bunny blogs, when I was getting a Mini Rex I looked for others to see what info I could find out on this `new' creature.
I've had bunnies since I was a small child, so did all my cousins.
(I have a large family, my grandma and grandpa both came from families of 12 - 13 children and when they married all their siblings and children moved to property my great grandpa bought-500 acre farm and were within a mile or 2 of each other) So I grew up knowing all my cousins and 2nd cousins and saw them all the time ..we all went to the same Catholic school that the family help build. No one heard of this bunny - Mini Rex aka the Velveteen Rabbit.
What I found out was that this bunny was/is pretty new to the American Market. Makes sense, or we would have know something. We all had bunnies for pets NOT for shows or anything like that. Chocolate Chip happens to have
a pedigree - we giggled at that...we got him from a kind of a rescue that had some newborns with no mother-we had the pick of the liter but I was torn...she had already lost 2...how many more would she lose...what to do??? my husband would not let me take them all??? as I was turning to leave she said did I want to take a look at a 6 mo old? what??
They were keeping him for breeding -but he was not old enough yet-but if I wanted a Mini Rex he is full pedigree.    (like I cared about that) 1 thing she said he hates his ears touched-he freaks out ....and his ears are a bit large for show judging...??? like 1/4 or something odd...The poor bun was climbing the wall of his wee cage like a crazed bun when she took him out he climbed on top of her head--
he seemed a bit Looney -hahha. I took him and he was a bit squirrly - but he had a tiny cage with nothing in it cages on all sides up down -sided-by-by-side and across the way soooo many cages with bunnies- I could not count(small the cages I read books bigger-Not typical cages) in fact I was almost not able to breathe after a while the atmosphere was so bad??). SHe began to go down in price on the bun. I was just concerned about what kind of treatment-sooo many rabbits there?? OMG....I had gotten all my bunnies as wee ones... Could I handle an odd squirrly possibly looney and a possibly mistreated Mini rex male??? I already knew I would take him.... even tho I wanted the wee one. Aauughh. She agreed to keep a baby rather than breed him and we got him for the price of the baby-I had prepaid for a baby before I got there......thats how I got the pick of the liter. So off we went. A stop a Dunkin Donut to Celebrate! Oops..Guess what he did?? he ate thru the travel carrier..it was an airline carrier..he ate a hole in it...Quite the man..he had pellets and timothy, we were in there just a few minutes for coffee and carry out. Then to the pet store for the required new supplies, then home to set it up. We were not thinking we were coming home with a bunny that day rather choosing a baby. We had the big cage all set up with toys and blankies so there was an area prepared. So We were ok, But ..it turned out he was NOT happy in a cage of any size. This cage was one we had for our twin bunnies. But typically you would use for a medium size dog, we fashioned it with a 2nd story shelf that they loved to hop up onto lined with fleece-hanging colored blocks and bells all remade for this new family member. The point is from where he came this is 5star!! He was funny.. He was feeling ~~~free~~~ he spent the 1st night jumping out...as we gave him an extended little area attached to the cage with his `potty' & play area outside of the cage ... that's where he jumped up and over. So I cut a big box in half and stuck his little head out of that and jumped. Then we put phone books on it and he tried again...he was quite the guy....anything to get out...he found a favorite spot and kept jumping until he found a spot without a book I even put bells on the books so I could hear them when he would make a break...auughh...I would wake and find books off our bookshelves-here and there???? how odd I would think? I never had a bunny do that so I never put it together until I actually saw Chocolate Chip stand up at a bookshelf taking a book off-making piles, eating his favorites. Silly bunny!
After breaking out and eating his way out....we decided to just leave a little access opening and `bunny proof' the house- cords-rooms closed off etc..and ~~poof~~ the newly named : Chocolate Chip would be free range
no more cage living.
This is the blog I really enjoyed-great photos of bunny living-toys-bunny troubles and favorite blogs
  http://littleredbunny.blogspot.com/ Flynn a mini rex

what a bunny
{{{bunngHugs)))

2011-01-16T01:25:00.000-08:00

This is Chocolate Chip in his outdoor potty `world' chinning His area.
The top photo is clear, he in `ready' mode for tinkle
and the middle photo is where he likes to back up for beaners...such a good boy.

These were before snow, he really likes the snow now he hides tinkle in the snow.

cute chip & jol Buddies /sudden deathh of cousins wife

2011-01-16T00:58:00.000-08:00

I am getting over the flu so as I drag pictures out of the camera you can see Chip when he 1st decided to
check put the deck and decided to follow Jollimon the dog out. Cute as he creeps out further on the deck.
The top photo is his bush he likes to take branches off of. Chip has that side of the deck. Jolli is supposed to go down in the yard. We flush the deck with hot bleach water after Chip is done and his `buisness' goes into the bushes and under the decking. Husband has a hi pressure washer thing for what gets stuck because the hoses are disconnected with the freezing temp... (I am lo tech) so I am using a big plastic handle tub from the laundry rooms after each time Chip is out....(I do not think he likes the wet deck...but the sun has been drying it and had been melting the ice so..) he has a towel when he comes in to absorb his feet...I rather he not be in wet and clean... oh well, I mean I don't want a toilet on the deck?

well, must go my cousin just sent me a message her brothers wife suddenly died ,we did not expect it, she had a tumor but we thought they could do something and she had much more time, she is very young .He is a long distance truck driver with no insurance to cover the 4 mo of medical ICU and now funeral. She went into a coma all very suddenly. Family will try help work it out but he is worried he will lose his truck. I just went thru this with my dad's sudden death....the surge of pain, emotions, sudden finances to figure out funeral expenses in the thousands...that my husband and I had to deal with, pay for...we were reeling..besides siting in ER as your precious daddy dies and your stroke his hand and talk to him and sit at his side as you instruct the staff to get a priest to have the last rites done and you have your 9 yr old say his good by to Poppy and clasp his hand his `proper hand shake' that the gentleman always greeted him with and said goodbye with.
You sat as the Damn heart monitor kept track of what was going on....when he was taken off the Dr said he did not know how long it would take???? BUT it was quite a bit longer than anyone thought...
I kissed his face and stroked it and told him how much I loved him and what a great daddy he was...and that I was not ready to lose him....he smiled.... He left with a smile. His heart beat slower and slower.
But Lord I have sat with dying beloveds- for hours knowing they were dying, I have lost my baby son.... so many family members, beloved bunnies X more than I will count,beloved beagle dog, oh I have lost I always said that just knowing them was enough--but as I get older it just gets sadder... but sometimes the pain is oh so deep and painful you wonder how your mind can get past it. I mean these were such wonderful people. What I do know is that I am thankful
I was raised in a family where they raised all with a sturdy
foundation of religion. My G. grandparents & all the growing
children helped to build the Catholic church. Financially & physically. My favorite Great Uncle was the first person to attend- the school he walked every day something like 8miles (maybe more)and from then on every child attended
this Catholic school & church. They were married, confirmed
had their first communion's all at this church by a big beautiful Lake in a charming small village. I has a short
round, cheerful nun who was the principal, nuns for all my
teachers. The discipline!!!! Every day we walked across to church. I LOVED IT. The aura inside that beautiful church...
the stained glass windows every single window~real stained glass...I loved it..my family knew the priests many came over to my grandparents for dinner. To me it was as good as the Pope. I always thought I would become a nun so Ialways be in that beloved environment. The Point is that My Dad's family thankfully gave me the foundation Spiritually to live my life...or at least it was a foundation to pull me back on track when I got lost. It stays with you forever.

heres how we do it

2011-01-14T22:56:00.000-08:00

This is Chocolate Chip coming in and going out onto the deck on our back yard.

So adorable~having fun in the snow every day silly bunny! The deck is really snow

with about 3inches of ice over it, the dog is freaked and he won't go out in fact he watches

Chip from the door...it's very funny..well not to my heating bill as the door sits open..oh well

we have to work on this?

It is just a freaky snow/ice storm so we must enjoy it!! and endure it. Depends on your point of view.

fun in the snow

2011-01-14T21:46:00.000-08:00

Chocolate Chip Loves the Snow!!! Living in the South, snow is not something that he often gets to have but what fun! We are from the Midwest so we are used to cold and snow and lots of snow. I was surprised to see how easily he took to the cold and the snow. He kept lining up at the back door and doing his new special`pose' for going out side ~~even in the subzero temps ~ Chippy was not deterred...quite the brave house bunny. He would go out for his `potty' taking his sweet time, come back in then be ready to go back out 15-20 minutes later. Even our dog, who is a seasoned midwestern guy zipped in.
Explorer bun....

2011-01-14T18:57:00.000-08:00

this is our Chippy's little area of` ` turmoil ' boxes,books and blocks..... quite frankly

it is this little area of his in the house that makes me crazy~~~what to do~what to do??

Every day he has a mess and if I try to make order Chip looks at me like I have committed the crime of the century- when I move 1 thing and he spends the rests of the day showing me where HIS things Should be!.... SO, AS Much as I THINK he would like his things tidy clean and in order...(and, well

we DO need to clean AND clean I will, even if Chip will stomp,thump,and get mad I am a house cleaner

who has a free range `crazy' mini Rex house bunny so hahaha so we need to dust and vacuum daily.... I accept your timothy all over the fireplace Chippy...love you

vitamin C a treat

2011-01-14T02:23:00.000-08:00

Chocolate Chip goes Crazy for a Vitamin C . He thinks they are the biggest treat, This day he stood

on his wee chair and was snooping thru his treat dishes on the side table and he was able to get this one specific item off!

He was also able to beat it about until-- surprise!! to both of us- the cap came flying off

and rolling out tons of tablets all over the floor to Chocolate Chip's delight!!! Oh and to much to my dismay!! What a day. (try to scoop all of them away from a crazed bunny who thinks these are a favorite treat -auughhhhhh)

a bunny and his private area

2011-01-14T01:39:00.000-08:00

This is Chocolate Chip in his `private potty' area as you can see he has a box of timothy and a nice bunny litter box -- he was easily trained for that blue box potty box and went tinkle in the hay box he used both with in the 1st 2 days. BUT..,.somewhere along the way he decided that he rather sit where you see him...backing up into this corner to tinkle- it all rather tidy, as we had wax paper down and paper towels there to catch pellets, hay - spills... ( like he figured it out already? rather than jump into the box just back up? hmmm? ) it has been like this for a few months. I can't complain because now
Guess what he does? He began following the dog outside! YES and now he sits at the door and has a `pose' ~yes `POSE' ~ A SPECIFIC `pose' is what this crazy bunny will do indicate that he wants to go `potty' out on the outside deck. He has a special spot kinda under table then he moves over to eat a branch from a bush and leave a big pile of his `chocolate chips' ....I have never had a bunny train himself to go outside before. Chip is just Too funny !!
~~ This is the life of a Free Range Bunny in our House... a little give a take : >)

Oh this is about the only time he gets near the cage, if you look close-you can see this is cardboard around a big cage that was our attempt to give him some privacy..... and he has fleece blankets a fleece lined shelf, colored toys hanging from the top, pellets are all he come here for. He gets fresh food from the kitchen. Right outside this little house area we have special dishes lined up on the kitchen floor for applesauce, pineapple, some apple/celery. He used to come in and do a bunny flop and rest in the there but now has SO many other places in the house to hide that this has no purpose. There is a little blue kennel cab in the living room also, I keep it there for him for safety if he needs a place to go, we put papaya tablets in there, every so often so he goes in checks it out, it is by his favorite living room sleeping spot.
have a nice day

me and my blankie

2010-12-06T03:01:00.000-08:00

Chocolate Chip always finds a blankie this time up on the sofa....that is the cutest face.....don't you just want to grab him and give him a big squeeze?? well he does not like that-it has to be `his' idea or forget it... he has to come to you...silly bunny..in our house..he adores my husband (probably because he does not do the grooming-nails clipping-cleaning ears..he is just the fun guy with treats) so I get to send cyber
((((((hugs and kisses))))) to that silly cute bunny
have a fun bunny day

chocolate chip & snowmen

2010-12-06T02:46:00.000-08:00

Chocolate Chip once again finds a favorite piece of paper to munch on while perched on the sofa, while in the background a gathering if wee snowmen & nutcrackers collect by a handmade German feather tree I made. Not a care in his world.. Actually Chip began trailing Jolli the dog outside & his `new' thing is he now `insists' he `go' outside every few hours to use a special corner of the deck for his private `potty' he will even go to the darn door and scratch it... then zoom back in the house & I have to leave a strawberry & honey hoop treat in his dish & he takes it & does 3 loops around the living room after he is done. He actually makes the dog feel bad because the dog will come back in when it is too cold & the bunny is still out in his corner doing his business...then the dog watches from the door & slowly goes back out & in & out like he is being shamed by the bunny to do more...it has gotten very funny, I think the bunny is re training the poor 13 year old dog. But hey- less papers to clean up so...
I have never seen anything like this...I HAVE had bunnies for most of my life~ never seen anything like this. funny little guy.

Have a happy day

disapproving bunny

2010-10-08T18:13:00.000-07:00

`brothers' Chocolate Chip in a quiet mood eating his chips and basil while his `brother' watches ( more than likely an attempt to swoop in an take some chips) this would be a VERY bad choice of things to do, because Chip does not take lightly to anyone `removing' his chips... disapproving bunny

where's my Crasin?

2010-10-05T19:01:00.000-07:00

I need a Crasin !!! Where is my Crasin??? yes .. Crasins all over the carpet....mine all mine....
ahhh, crasins forever....

2010-10-03T13:56:00.001-07:00

What? Yes, I am on the sofa and I am waiting for treats, What is the problem here?

what to do with this bunny's chair..

2010-10-03T13:54:00.000-07:00

Well the time has come to replace Chocolate Chips wicker..I have begun, using a bunny favorite treat a
`grass matt' it is a bit messy. When done The silly bunny Loves it, hr thinks he has a new chair to take apart, if I put it togetherr nice & pretty secure, he comes along & pulls the `wicker' out piece by piece.....

Wicker Chair Re-do

2010-09-23T14:14:00.000-07:00

Chocolate Chip has his own little chair & is `re-styling' it ...??

He enjoys this `activity' and seems to have quite a flair for decorating....or so he thinks- there is always quite a mess from this `artist' ..the debris field itself is interesting...He LOVES it... wee bits of wicker & bunny grass mats all over... He will drag this chair all over the living room in his quest to ~ deconstruct~ oops
I mean re-style his chair.. we will keep you posted with current photos as his decorating comes along. ((HUGS))

bunny flop

2010-09-23T13:31:00.000-07:00

after keeping up on all the current reading trends ...& decorating ...ooh- well, I need to take a wee nap..

we can talk more later... chip out

golly have't we all felt like this? but who has the courage of a bunny to JUST bunny flop
and say
`I am tired and that is it for now..done..not another word..no.no. I said nope.'

fuzzy butt

2010-09-23T13:07:00.000-07:00

"HMMMmm I wonder what is back here?"
Chocolate Chip fuzzy butt

it's my party

2010-09-23T10:21:00.000-07:00

One dark & stormy night Chocolate chip found this pretty little box on a lonely step.
"Hmmm" he thought," such a pretty cardboard box, no one would mind if I play for a few minutes..
"It's my party & I can eat the pretty paper.. uh oh, is someone coming?"

ART ANGELS

2010-09-15T16:56:00.000-07:00

I want to introduce to to some wonderful art angels...
http://www.keleekatillac.com/ kelee katillac designer ~ who creates `sacred spaces'..
you must see her blog for the room makeover --for the stunning room make for Collette a cancer patient. The following blogs artist's have art work included in the room.. ( i love their work) you must check them out ..such wonderful beautiful work

http://lavenderhillstudio.blogspot.com/ Penny Carlson-mosiac artist

http://www.thepaintedgarden.net/ Erin Hougton and; her dog Bentley of the Painted Garden

(((angel hugs))

nom a nom a nom a nom

2010-09-06T18:05:00.000-07:00

basil is yummy--nom a nom

paper is yummy?

Dear sweet Chocolate chip loves to jump up on the sofa next to me, I usually have a wee dish for a papaya snack or a strawberry/honey hoop treat that he loves, this time he decided he would rather have a piece of my paper. He LOVES papers & books. I often think of taking him to a used book store in our village and I wonder what would happen if Chip would be able to have a few minutes to `chose' a few books.....heehee I think he would be SO HAPPY.
He is potty trained, whats the harm? hmm

Do have a lovely day

favorite things

2010-09-06T16:59:00.000-07:00

Chocolate Chip & some of his favorite play toys. It is a lazy Labor day weekend. Basil to be harvested we ordered grass mats & new treats for bunny...can not wait.

2010-07-24T08:06:00.000-07:00

uh oh

Look carefully at each of these photos. The common thread they share is that my Bunny

Chocolate Chip has become a bit of a `un librarian' ..... haha (is that a word??) We had no Idea what was going on for weeks, books all over the house. No one had any idea it was the bunny pulling books off . Every morning you would wake up and `a pile of papers & books' would be waiting..... Mystery, I believe in Angels & the books that were taken out were always bunny books or prayer books. If you told me it was the bunny doing this..... until he was caught red handed..... well... this bunny LOVES munching on paper... and he LOVES having his own paperback... so in photos if it looks like the floor is `cluttered with papers or little books' that is his little area... and he loves it oh he has a phone book thrown in the mix to munch on.

crazy bunny.

I have taken some papers & folded them and put them on the shelf for him to munch to make snowflakes for Christmas... He likes different thickness, so I am giving that a try?

brothers

2010-07-24T06:49:00.000-07:00

Brothers, these 2 play together-ignore each other- love each other- sniff each other-kiss each other-chase the bunny even will circle the dog over & over again & again then off they run

....the only problem they have is that they both love cheerios & tostitos chips ...and have a problem sharing ... It really is not a problem the bunny just looks away if he decides it is `ok' that the dog can have it. Now the dog has his own & a much larger bowl. If the bunny is not feeling like it he will let you know...so back off.... In this photo the wee brown cup of snack chips belongs to the mini rex bunny Chocolate Chip along with a cup of his beloved fresh Basil.

the treat seat

2010-07-24T06:10:00.000-07:00

this is the treat seat, Chocolate Chip, our bunny will hop in this wee chair & special treats are

always waiting...

basil & tostitos

2010-07-24T02:14:00.000-07:00

We have had so much rain... this southern heat & humidity is so bad they have had warnings on the news.It just seems early that the high temps & big rains have hit so early this year. This week we have had 97 degree days again, and that's not adding other factors..

now.... I know one little fellow you will NOT find complaining about the weather .. the above picture gentleman....yes...once again..let me-- introduce: Chocolate Chip... He is a Velveteen Rabbit=A Mini Rex The bunny from the story book. Yes he is soft. sooo soft you can't keep your

hands off him...BUT... Mini Rex's are funny they are royalty and decide when they want to be touched. So he has to kind of come to you. Chocolate Chip will hop up on a sofa next to you. The cutest, is he has a wee child's chair that he will hop into-when he is in it he will wait for a papaya treat or cheerios a nose rub. It is adorable.

He was named Chocolate Chip, partly for his color it is called `chocolate'. Look at him & it looks like he was sprinkled with chocolate chips.

We called him a terrorist at 1st, when he broke out of his cage every day & night. Eventually, we decided that he was going to really hurt himself breaking out of the cage. so we gave up & left it open & bunny proofed the house. What an experience......free range....meaning, he has a cage but goes there for water & to use his `potty box', eats pellets, then runs very, very, very, very, fast to other parts of the house, mainly the living room. He has specific areas & `we' have `agreed' to. kind of .. Chocolate Chip likes to hide under the sofa along the wall & under my husbands big desk. So,once we figured out his `spots' I made quilted & back up fleece blankets & set them in his little areas & tried to `work' out an `understanding' with him ...you know the CAGE or the blankets kinda things... well it took a bit but we we eventually came to a `potty trained' understanding with each other (more or less)

......So the reason he is totally fine with the weather is that HE LOVES BASIL & parsley & I planted 12 basil plants for him & the have been growing wonderfully with with hot rainy weather. Every day we just take a few steps out the front door with a scissors & snip ... Lucky Chocolate Chip has fresh Basil & his snack ` chips' Tostitos ....in a cool house. Oh yes he has a bowl of fresh Timothy nearby. I tried a tomato yesterday, he should have liked that? well I did... vine ripe yum ... His other yummy is papaya. and apples He LOVES apples. He is off carrots this week.. the last few weeks he was off parsley? he is like that. I think it is the stores down here & how the taste varies....or can be yuck day to day. hm mm

charitable quilters

2010-06-27T12:13:00.000-07:00

Quilters are a wonderful bunch of people, who you'll find do quilting mostly for people other than themselves. So I would define that as CHARITABLE. From waaayyy back to the early farm days. I know my grannies on the farms made rag rugs & patchwork quilts out of need & gave to any neighbor that was in need in any way, be it food clothes, help bringing in their crops, illness ...a helping hand was their by my family even though they could not afford it themselves, that was the way.
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At quiltaid.com.au a wonderful quilt is made by~12 designers each making a quilt unique square that I find almost defines them. Sewn together making a beautiful quilt for the charity. It is GORGEOUS. You can also click on each designer & purchase their square & make their square part of the proceeds go to the charity. For more information you can click the link. It brings awareness to a charity, and you discover many amazing wonderfully creative women!!!!

have a great day

another bite won't hurt

2010-06-19T16:17:00.000-07:00

just one more bite and it will be the last..... i promise ..... then I will eat the all craisins off the floor ..... I promise... CHOCOLATE CHIP

middle of the night snack

2010-06-19T11:31:00.000-07:00

what a racket I woke to at 3 am...what on earth could it be I thought??? this is what it was...
I grab a bat from behind a door and creep thru the house and what do I find? Dear beloved Chocolate Chip...in the midst of a ` CRASIN craving' deciding to help himself.... auughhhh!!! Usually we have a line of Craisins lined up on the coffee table and he stands up thru out the day and helps himself. It is very cute. Nearby is a tupper bin with more~God forbid we run out. We also discovered recently he LOVES CHIPS... But specific brands. that's the other dish in the picture. note it also is empty. Well, all that clatter & look how he sits with the look of `no problem ' in the world.......Hmmmmmm. wish a snack could do that for us all... :>)

naughty bunny

keep it simple is just fun

2010-05-20T23:41:00.000-07:00

http://keephomesimple.blogspot.com/2010/08/trix-on-stix.html
this site is so cute

Chocolate Chip Loves loves cheerios and has to watch his sugar intake...rather we have to watch his sugar
intake but I really like this

Bubbles & light stights ... oh well

2010-05-20T22:56:00.000-07:00

So I had the dreaded Dr appt with my cardio ...and I this low potassium thing that is depressing.

My husband had to hurry to get to work so I had little time to `feed' my frustrations beyond him stopping at the drive thru for prescriptions...so next door was a `dollar' store & I went in & got thru maybe 3 aisles. That was enough time to get bubble's (my grandma always had a jar of bubbles to blow) I have a bag with every size & shape of wand I can find I am always on the look out for another. I am aways `creating' a new bubble soultion my son & I can be found in the back yard on many weird weather days making bubbles. the bigger the better. I also get those lite sticks that glow in the night. These are things that I never has as a kid. The dollar store has them.

So I get in & out & my husband will not be late for work. I guess this will be my `release'. oh well.

apple applique

2010-04-30T13:20:00.000-07:00

This is a tribute to my childhood, my grandparents had an apple orchard,it was in our backyards. My grandpa grafted apple trees and `created' some of the most gorgeous & delicious apples, my grandma & I picked apples & made apple `everything', mostly warm apple sauce...

..I have many, mnay wonderful memories of them, now that I have lost my dad in such a sudden way I feel that I have lost not kust `my way' but my `threads' to that side of my life. I have moved from where I grew up & they raised me so I close my eyes to remember. So theses will be my MOVING Pictures of memories....OK?

I will have this

applique house in comfort PJ's

2010-04-30T12:55:00.000-07:00

this is my dream house :) all sleeper pajamies from my babies-worn in places to bare threads

I began it by hand, I have cut all the pieces out from soft, worn sleepers & shirts & baby clothes.. but I have a bit of an arm disability and Iam not sure if I will be able to applique & quilt like I usedd to & want to...hmmm I can go to the sewing machine & go vroommm. what should I do?

(I had a tumor removed and the surgery was worse than anticipated & they had to go deeper it was wrapped arounf nerved & muscle so they had to sever them in the process, so getting back ability was nill. I have had more surgery since to aliveate pain but they said I would never get back ability.) I never adjusted to it I just go about my merry way and pretty much do what I always have done...just slower & maybe I run into roadblocks when I reliaze it is not what it was...auughh so I do it over & over & over until I get to what I what ...more like what it was or...what is accetable...

I was once really good as an artist, crochet, knitting, sewing, crafting, even a woodworker yes I was an excellect and skilled crafter at tiny wood pieces..I shall put some photos up later. but now my hand shakes so ...not sure ....

what do you think...

and should I make a wall hanging a pillow a blanket hmmm

chocolate chip & dad

2010-04-24T13:14:00.000-07:00

Chip and my fireman dad

2010-04-09T16:11:00.000-07:00

Chocolate Chip with some of his my favorite play things, in this photo to the far right is circa 1964 my dad in his fire fighting gear in the far right to the left is a tree he dres a few months before he died.
That was a sketch design I had been thinking about that we had been taking about & he came over & I gave him my art tools & he took them home & he came back with the most BEAUTIFUL trees...... I shall miss him forever.....

2010-04-09T16:08:00.000-07:00

recovery

2010-04-09T13:58:00.000-07:00

I am too tired to do anything, low potassium, I have have been on pills & food -uck & redone labs several times-but level still has not changed?? day of surgery exact same # ?? making me nuts. We got up before the sun drove forever because we live kinda in the country & the hospitals are over an hour away...so long morning drive & NO COFFEE-- AUGHHH, beautiful hospital hospital and my dr's have their own wing gorgeous (thinking---this is going to REALLY cost me!!) they take me to another floor for prep an hr later they begin freaking out because my potassium is really lo & they have to stop & delay surgery to pump me with potassium...ughhhh...staff was really lovely.. at 1 point 3 different people asking questions at once & doing tests-ekg's-blood-chart work... finally wheel me to OR by them I was frezing & they give me warm blankets. BUT no one tells you they will SHAVE you in your private area that would have been nice to know ahead of time. geez. then they kinda strip the gown back & put a surgical blacket with 2 holes over you-it has sticky stape around the holes & they wash you with betadine & it is FREEZING . Then they stick this on you & you are strapped to the OP table with cameras over you & waiting until the surgeon comes. you have to be still -can not move. they have you marked for the pulse point on your artery with marker, so you feel like you have to rub your nose.... :).. then it seems like 2 hr's..... then ...it goes very fast when he comes in.. He has a wonderful presence-so the rooms aura takes on a good feeling.
He takes control..then things begin clicking fast it seems. .... I could not keeep track of what happened...he press's amazingly hard on the artery in my groin area ...auuughhhh, then gives the 1st shot of lidocaine to numb the pain-auughhhhhh...and LORD whats next you think
OH MY GOD...It gets worse... what the in name of Zeus are they doing? they are pressing & I feel liquid-o God it's my blood running down my leg from them shoving the catheter in.....They talk me thru & explain ... they even get toweling to asorb the blood...aughh.. ouchhh.. I can feel it down to my toes & up to my collar bone. the flippin lidocaine did little I want to say But I am to freakin polite & I am gripping my fists & holding the siderails & my breaths-actually I am pretty sure that I am going to pass out soon..but I can't speak because I am in so much pain I can't even tell them. My head is swirling-I can hear them.
I am having a rt & lt done & they are shoving a port in my rt groin that is about 7-10 inches long & it is thick in diameter...kind of like ..hmmm like the pop button in a turkey, when its done cooking it pops & you pull it out? right... that's whats this is - only a bigger version -ok? because then the surgeon will thread the catheter in thru this. The hope is he wants to do both in the same side. They prepped the right & left side to be safe that's why the gown has both right & left exposed they prepped both..

they check the cameras, & shoot Benadryl in the IV, & I feel all sorts of things swirl thru my body, the they begin the dye......weird....they watch the cameras..which are over my head-you CAN NOT watch ...They are talking I feel awful... this is a horrible experience...I want it over... I wonder if this is like an allergic reaction??? i can 't breathe very well... I am doing my focus meditation breathing...concentrate..I do my prayer ` Our Father who Art in Heaven ' over & over to focus....... then its over..... the surgeon comes over says all is looks good... he will see in recovery in a bit.. They nurses finish up? I still have things inside I can see the wall of monitors now...auughhhh.... my heart-the wires ..thru me.....auughhh .. they are pulling the catheters out but leaving the port in & plugging it & I can't move for several hours.
Fine. who would want to. I am in such pain. but its over.
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the problem is I have this low potassium and I have had low thyroid fopr many years. I may have an adrenal problem.. possibly addisons? but for now I am just very tired alot an have to figure out how to navigate where I am....
I always have my buddies

not feeling well

2010-04-09T13:18:00.000-07:00

heart monitor & women

2010-03-20T01:30:00.000-07:00

heart monitor for women
I am having a left & right heart catheterization on friday --in 7 days.

sadness

2010-03-13T20:24:00.000-08:00

step by step ...I am in a daze..I guess I am in a fog- I have little idea of what went on yesterday.But I clearly was `in my right mind' at each monent ..when I got up I made coffee, knew to do each task-clean & bleach the floors & wipe the stairs down while the coffe brews & vacume, round up the laundry, check the dog & bunny change bunny papers & give pellets, bla bla, bleach the bath room floors & then I can have coffee, house is ready. I can sit down for a few minutes..this has taken like an hr and half to 2 hrs. so it is not rocket science-this I know...I know I am having a problem `grasping' my dads death... he was a huge person in my life...& I did not expect this, it was double bad since my mom is satan... so I am just baby stepping...at the moment...an can not see forward or backward.......I won a Cinderberry contest & it had not arrived I went to the mail every day -could not understand--I had not worns my glasses & gave the wrong address.o missed did the address. thats' stress...My head hurts so bad It feels' like it is going to split open...we had out daughter over with her 2 kids for her 30th birthday...-I swear to GOD....we had the 2 little girls here both under3 our son 10 my beloved made dinner & I called my daughter the wrong name several times ??? why is that??? I called her my sisters name???as I said it ??I thought..hmmI have Not seen my sister in 14 years & she is an truly AWFul person...we never got along..was I just thinking about my mom & sister & preoccupied? what?aauughh how rude..I felt awful.. no one may reliaze how horrible it was but me...no one knows her like I do...uck.t shook me to my core.
I need to contact Cinderberry-to let het know. I just figured it out. It either got sent back or is sitting at the post office. I am soooo tired. this is a horrible dark dark hell...people who don't believe in God should really fear...because I can't imagine what hell & that life --with out God & Jesus and the Lord....what is the point???? I could never NEVER survive...
At least my dad is with the Lord & his family, in his paradise, no evil, no sin. That makes me happy & sad because it is hard to grasp as I look at his drawings of his beautiful trees........

my dad died

2010-03-10T08:45:00.000-08:00

my dad died -sudden massive heart attack.... my husband & son got to the hospital just ahead of me... My husband told the Dr I was on my way & the Dr kept CPR going .... he had me on the phone as my dear neighbor raced to hospital none of us had been to or heard of this hospital it was 45 min away maybe more-it seemed forever... as we found the hospital signs & they guided us in -right to the er door- 5or6 people left the room as my husband met me at the er door just steps away-dads room/curtain was right behind & the Dr began speaking to me explaining to me that he had been deprived of oxygen & his heart had sustained such extensive damage??? I was thinking how does he know? I asked what more can you do? he just looked at me? my mom was no where near- on the other side of the room-like she was done with dad, already? the Dr went on the explain that dad still has heart beats left if I want to be with him...... there is still time...his eyes were open but looking in the opposite direction. No one was there. So I said to get my son & I went over to dad & began talking. I said I was Not ready for this. I told him that he was the best daddy ever.I said for my son came in & I explained that poppy was going to be leaving to be with Jesus & the Angels so we are saying good by. He took poppy's hand in the way poppy taught him a gentleman shakes hands & one last time shook hands then case to him face & kissed him & told him he loved him & have a safe journey. My husband said his good bye's & I had them give him last rites & we held hands & prayed. my mother left. we stayed talking to dad until his heart beat its last beat, and then some...... his eyes had a sparkle right until the end. we sat with him for a while..
I remember the pastor helping removing his 2 pieces of jewerly -mom went for his wedding ring & wrangled it off-it seemed wrong, so..roughI said tto wait for the nurses but she went at it...the pastor helped to remove his medic alert neclace & I took that because mom has left....my husband & I stood staring ...just the disbelief..looking around..I picked up his bag of personal items & set it back down , up-down, up-down, hands shaking, someone said to just put it in the garbage, I held it over & back out, for some reason held it close then took it looked around the room & ....began trying to leave me dad....I heard my husband taking instructions about how to arrange transport for the body to a funeral home & my mom being way to loud about getting finally getting an apt??
we made it to the parking lot & somehow my husband got lost getting back to their house.....& things just kept getting worse if thats possible.......
we found out my mother was over 60,000 in credit card debt & refused to pay for the funeral
so my husband & I made & sat at the funeral home in shock & made all the arrangements and when we were done my daughter called & told us my mom had bagged all dads things & taken to the dump & made arrangements to rent his room....???? they slept at opposite ends of the house..
there van was co signed by my husband so when dad died ---we became responsible...auuughhh
so we went & got the van...she has not drove in years & year now have a stupid van & insurance to pay for. plus $3000 funeral. We are changing funeral homes, the one she chose is cash or check. since we are paying, we are not liquid - so we found a lovely one in town a few blocks away that takes charge, for maybe 2,000 plus. She is mad as hatter. now she `hates' us & disowns all of us...wrote a hateful long letter & called the sheriff on us-we stole the van-won't let her take money out of the house -abuse .........Sheriff...spoke to us ran the van & said it is in our name- dad put us on the house title because we lent them HUGE amounts of money they could not pay back approx $40,000 he felt bad, behind our back he put us on the house title. She is trying to take money out against the house & needs our names. Her neighbor said to charge us with abuse-she wrote in this letter to us --why? we did nothing-never did a thing but help-and pay-they bills-now that dad is gone I can leave this crazy on her own. she refused dad a priest. we had to have a special service to have dad blessed with family for his funeral & we paid for it & a 2nd the this crazy ole bat & her crazy southern neighbors totaling 2. ---his grand kids-greatgrandkids-daughter-soninlaw-all had to secret a special earlier Catholic service- were the funeral director had to keep the crazy woman & her loud people out. I am focusing on stay in in `love' staying positive-not going over to the dark side--helping dad to pass over in love & respect... he led & kind & loving life & deserves that. He may have married some one that is crazy or mean or money hungry...but his family had a respectful & decent Catholic history and he shall leave the same way. I set up a place on our sofa with dads personal effects, the same spot where he would sit. A coffee mug, He was a coffee maniac.. his pipe-she handed that to me- a cap ...I have the bag from the emergency room with his clothes & in his pants was his handkerchief-pocketknife-on his belt a leather strap with keys.. I set it all up on the end table belt,found a old pair of sunglasses so if his spirit-should wander around they can sit here & find peace...until they pass on to heaven...since she has tossed all of him out at his home & it is hateful & full of crazy action. My home is full of Love & prayer & peace.
In memory of my dad 1933-2010 smokey

rain

2010-02-24T06:55:00.000-08:00

cold -rainy day another headache. I dont have the energy to take the medication.
Chocolate Chip has a new trick. He began jumping up on the sofa! Whats that about?
at 1st he jumped up an looked around & right back down. Then as the evening went on he would come back & stayed longer. I gave him a crasin, & he looked around, dug the blanket-then took off.
Crazy bunny. Then he did it all evening long AND began to walk the entire length of the sofa & hop to the chair next to it???? whats going on...... dosen't appear to want anything..likes to jump?
wants company? we are right here..hmmm

yummm..a box

2010-02-22T20:05:00.000-08:00

Nothing like a good box for a little snack.

sleeping bunny-shhhh

2010-02-22T19:55:00.000-08:00

such a sweetie......chocolate chip, shhhhh....bunny sleeping.

yummm... chunky pineapple

2010-02-22T19:51:00.000-08:00

chocolate chip's new favorite~~ chopped chunky pinneapple ..look at that adorable face.

applique- earth angels -books

2010-02-22T11:21:00.000-08:00

I love to sew, quilt & applique. I draw my own pictures or photograph them. I think about what I want to make & get nervous that I can do it, I research `how to' - `how to iron', `how to sew', `how to applique', `how to use my machine', `what material is best' .... I make myself crazy until I actually START... Sometimes, if I have several things going at once... WELL...I do not know how the human mind works??
I pretty much learned all my sewing, quilting,crochet, embroidery from books & kits. My dear cousin Laurel spent a summer with us when we were kids & she had a knitting-crochet 4H project -I bugged all summer to teach me both. I was maybe 9-10. I must have made her summer the `summer of hell'. BUT-now I am an Excellent Crocheter & Knitter, and I have made everyone a nice crochet blanket. I work with several charity organizations, using my crochet skills I help to make comfortghans & angels for fallen solders families & folks with illness for many years , until just recently when I had the auto accident. I am on on a wee break.I had to rehab myself -I have memory loss -so I have to remind myself of things. I have a bag of crochet squares that I have been not able to do for the last few months due to not remembering how. I look at it all the time & go over the directions until one day it should just `all come back'? I cherish My beloved cousin Laurel, not for that. What we became to each other as adults is more important. We have always been there for each other.. .children, parents, divorce, weight issues, job problems, love, lack of love, spiritual, whatever ..... across the miles.I have moved across the country-3000 miles.She has traveled all the way- by herself with her 2 young kids to - visit. We have always kept in touch & most of all we just understand the other -- NO Judgement .She is a nurse, a loving,kind giving person. She joined the navy so she could go to nursing college. She has never stopped. She has her kids. Then..her dad died on his retirement trip at her home.HeartBreaking. Not long after-her husband lost his job & they were moving back home. He decided to stay with the house while it was on the market & she came back with the kids & moved in her old family house (the house had been packed up everything shipped) to her dismay he just never came ...it was terrible .. -she returned to nursing and school work & her children has been in school for the last I can'tkeep track of the years getting higher education degrees. SHE IS AMAZING. Her children have both done well, daughter in college, going for medical education, son graduates this year. She is my hero- she has done it! raised her kids thru school... by herself..... AND taken along her brothers kids most of the time ... but I guess that is another story. I have been thinking about it she should write about survival..because thats what it was..it was really bad... and she did ..survive..he sent no money..he made it terrible..lawyers across the country...plane fare-court costs..he was satan...she kept it all from the kids.. the stress I can not believe .... then living with her MOM auughhhhhh.... I would DIE.... what a life...she should be SAINTED She has her up's & downs like do I want to live today ??? why me??? I wish we could be closer ...I think she is an earth angel who works so hard & she think no one notices. Thats what an earth angel is.....
One who feel so much pain....they wonder why....why there is so much pain & why do I feel it so much..... yet she gives all the time never thinking of stopping....I do the same....to the last drop of blood.....cut from the same cloth. thats a nice feeling to know someone so much the same.

I Love books. But I don't read as much since the accident - I listen to everyone. I read everything. I don't know what I have done more: embroidery,quilting, applique, patchwork,needlepoint... painting, woodworking . Crochet would have to be put in a different area because I have done so much of it for charity. I have worked day & night when I had specific things needed, or when I was helping a friends charity.. I can't calculate . As I look around my home I see all the quilting & embroidery & applique & I know how much more is `in the works' hahaahaa. Back to books, My 1st books were from my good friend Barbara, a woman I babysat for & whom to this day I have remained good friends with.( She is very ill, is '03 she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer stage4 & has battled it fiercely....) began getting me my 1st sewing books-the Better Homes & Garden & the books like that, where I learned crafts & stitches. I did not have a local library. We lived rural, you would have to `pay' to use the library. Who could do that? Those were exactly the ones that could NOT pay to us the damn library. how stupid. So the books I was given were like gold. I have them all... still refer to them as old as they are.

pain day and Crasins rule

2010-02-18T06:04:00.000-08:00

Brr.....another cold day. I have been dealing with severe back & neck pain. I have had a very high pain tolerance (childhood accidents-another story I'll share later) so I avoid drugs & can't use alcohol. Stupid huh? I don't know..... I have some medical knowledge, we have most of my medical records. Not allot you can do with back & neck. My Dr last said he thought neck surgery ....
We were in a car crash last year, and out of that I got an excellent neurologist. He treats me for chronic migraines which he thinks can help deal with the neck & back pain keeping control. Well the head pain began last night, I have to take the blue pill. It helps, but makes me sick. no difference.
Chocolate chip ran out of his favorite pellets !!!!! I don't know how this happened I guess we thought we had another jar in the pantry.....auuughhhh
he is very particular...and you can NOT fool him with the wrong food. Don't even try. One time my Beloved tried-he thought he could save a little by getting a less expensive brand of timothy & pellets... Chocolate Chip just REFUSED to eat it...so in this experiment..to `save' money... we ended up with several 5lb bags of cheap pellets -- if you read the label really are low protein -- which is NOT good for the MINI REX.. the Mini Rex should have %16 %18 percent protein pellet & all the timothy
they want. The Pellet Chocolate Chip refused said 14 percent & 15percent, you could even see the difference. One was very skinny & all the pellets broken into to tiny bits, the other was a fatter pellet and not as many broken bits, both needed to be sifted because they were very dusty. This is very bad for a bunny, you don't want them to breathe in this dust, so you need to sift the pellet. Then I sat them out to see what he would eat. I put a few of Crasins in the middle to lure him. he ate the higher protein & left the skinny broken ones. Next, I tried to mix them with the good pellets, to see if he will eat it. NO. Screw the Cheap-broken pellets.
Memo~Crasins RULE~!!!!!HAVE A great day..

Lisa Leonard designs % belladella

2010-02-16T12:09:00.000-08:00

http://belladellasfarm.blogspot.com/, has an opportunity for a Lisa Leonard item.
I ADORE her Necklaces..... Go back and read BY BLOG AND YOU WILL SEE...
I just LOVE the entire design, I Love the dangling charm Plus the added jewel my favorite's are the : `itty bitty hearts', & `from up here' I love `from up here' so much I have sat with credit card in hand & actually almost bought it..... yikes. we don't have that kind of disposable income to just sit around on my neck. silly girl. But, it taunts me..... I think it around my neck, hanging, playing with the charms & jewels, hearing them glide back & forth as I feel them in my hands....aauuughhhh.

Valentines day

2010-02-16T08:27:00.000-08:00

Photo's above Of Chocolate Chip... He likes RED...he took the envelope off the table while snooping for `crasins' and this was his late nite Valentine party.

A single rose from my beloved with THE most perfect card. Something that sound like I would have written. beautiful.

loser

2010-02-16T00:03:00.000-08:00

Auuughhhhh.....loser. who wants to hear that? aughhhh. another contest blown! I don't know why I bother. I was a child I lived next door to my grandma, well, actually my grandparents were my only neighbors. Grandma bought lottery tickets,this was back in the early 1960's. She would buy them for all the grandkids, their were a total of 6 of us kids she would put them in cards,birthday,whatever,holiday. Everyone would win something at least $10 ...except for me. Yep. Until grandma finally just kept my tickets herself -I guess it was just too embarrasing when all the cousins would be telling about their winnings...so she just would still buy mine but keep it.. then by golly it would win ! Swear to GOD!. 1st time she did it was $10. I truly mean that. I have a life long legacy of this. Losing! well so there it is. contests over my name not any of the `winning names' I just want to win some fabric....but truth be known:I cant get out to get fabric.
I can't get `that' fabric of `that' quality by me. I have not actually every even touched that fabric, nor could I afford it. so I shall try for these occasional contests...because I don't know ..you'd think sooner or later wouldn't I ... ? hhm ...I mean ..I guess I could really could be that unlucky...
my life has kinda been that way......hmm. ...accidents...injuries....since a very young age...hmm well hahha I have survived so it'd made me stronger if not lucky. So I WILL keep trying.. and at 51 you and I both know that I have passed the point of me ever being lucky, but maybe every once in a while ...like the stars in the heavens have a set alignment every so often a beautiful event happens~ a shooting star falls from its place and changes the course...

Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber giveaway

2010-02-13T12:20:00.000-08:00

So,I have NEVER EVER had a Jelly ROll. I just recently found out what this even was. I tried to paste a picture here,it did not work so I took a picture of my email. I hope that is ok? You think so? For entry you have to write about it in your facebook & /or blog. I don't do facebook, I am not that computer savy-I just dont have the time & I dont really get it all. So to stay to my word I am writing about it in my blog. Now these jelly rolls are really expensive. My Lord, I went to a fabric store by me & well I live rural so that was 30 miles & they are small & dont have alot & I guess I was expecting more of a selection like on the internet. Duh to me ! they had just 2, and I was SO EXcited I picked 1 up as if I was going to buy it, I wanted to-I would have-I intended to,BUT it was $75.00!!!!!!! my hands started sweating & shaking.......I put it down and my ears even began to get hot and my neck. I think I was near ready to pass out. I was new to this jelly roll stuff & had not seen a price. I Have not bought bought fabric on the internet so I have not looked at the prices......I am not in that league.....I buy on sale..with the store coupon.... even then...I ...need to be `creative' in order to sew. You know. Times are hard,we try to be careful. I am 51, We homeschool our youngest 10, my parents are in their late 70's & for the last 10 years we have financially taken on alot to help them (30,000 plus) medicare does little,dad had several strokes-lost vision 1 eye needing several surgergies.... years of dr & hosp appts.....I can't go on it's too painful & it wont get our money back. My folks cant pay & well....They have a house to live in because of us. life goes on.....If the saying ~what goes around comes around~ is true then we will always be ok... as we have always taken care of others .But I digress. Back to Jelly roll s

I have never used fabric like this-it is WONDERFUL~texture of the fabric is something. Not like the sale fabric I am used to. I UNDERSTAND i guess why the prices are a bit higher...... ouch... yes I said that... Now I have not used it so.... I dont know how it really is- how it sew-how it washes-how it hold up... But I would LOVE to have the Opportunity to have it in my hands. It looks wonderful.

''We're giving away a Sent With Love (by Deb Strain) Jelly Roll and a L'Amour (by Sandy Gervais) Jelly Roll to two lucky winners -- one by Twitter/Facebook and one by blog! ''

Friday another snow

2010-02-12T17:02:00.000-08:00

another odd snow for the Carolina's. It is just lovely !!!

flower afghan

2010-02-12T11:51:00.000-08:00

This is all crocheted all the same flower & I assembled in the lattace format.

Chocolate Chip & Crushed Pineapple Yumm

2010-02-12T11:36:00.000-08:00

Crochet squares

2010-02-12T07:58:00.001-08:00

These are what I am working on, I like doing crochet flowers. I always have a crochet bag ready & waiting. To take in the car, to take to bed, to sit on the sofa, ready & waiting.
I work on what my eye & brain and hands can handle.
I was in a bad auto accident that caused me `traumatic brain injury' just over a year ago~ along with back, neck, arm and brain confusion. So it depends on how I am feeling. My back & neck have been in pain .. so I turned to crochet.

I had to step away from my sewing until I can re-focus my thoughts on each progect. So I picked up my crochet hook. Since I ALWAYS have a bag ready there is not really too much to think about. I do have directions written out step by step for each little square.. Mostly I do the granny sq & I can do that with out thinking. The flower made goes right into a granny square. For each flower I have re-written the pattern in a `simple' format so it won't confuse me & each time I go to make it hopefully it will be simple -step by step ok. So I wont be reduced to tears.

I mostly have crocheted for charity. Making angels & squares & assembling comfortghans. But I was in a very bad car crash a year ago & it slowed me down, causing me to not be able to be as helpful in my charity organizations due to injuries. I sustained `traumatic brain injury', neck-arm,back,hand injury...~it was 5 car accident -I was driving our 3mo old SUV.. We were on a family outing to the SC zoo. I saw it all coming~ the accident. I saw the 1st car STOP. It was all

so fast. Seconds. She actually looked around- stopped- then took off. then Boom boom boom

I grabbed the steering wheel with both handsfrom the underside and lowered my head into it & put both feet on the brakes as hard as I could, then saw darkness & heard a loud boom & felt burning & smoke.then nothing.. I was taken to a hospital but I dont remember ever seeing a dr.

I remember being in the ambulance.

A lot has come back- but it comes & goes...... kind of like a stoke patient--at times I just can't come up with the right words -I can see it in my head but can not bring it to my mouth. I can be talking or writing or sewing & suddenly I can't remember my address or phone # or how to spell or what stitch is next.....simple ~stupid.....so things just come to a total HALT. That's my world.(Today I had to go to my purse & look in my wallet to check my house # to be sure of my address) I cant tell when it will come & go. I have med's Lots and I am forever Thankful that nothing worse happened. Our SUV was TOTALED ! no one else was even hurt!!!! all other cars drove away.the woman who caused it left-was a hit & run....she drove away Figures.. But... we all had the same insurance co. anyway.I digress. back to sewing that was just an explanation as to why I transition over to crochet .....explaining my` brain stall'

I keep a little notepad on me all the time, to write notes & to look up what I forget.

beanie problems & ruby eyes

2010-02-12T07:46:00.000-08:00

HMMMM.....a picture tells the story... ... caught in the act. These beanie's belong in the wooden wagon. Not in Chocolate Chips possession ! or being dragged around the master bedroom at 3am!

Oh, By the way we have red eye off the camera Chcolate Chip is a chocolate broken mini rex with brown eyes that in certian light are ruby. We play with the camera and lights... but it always ruby.

what ya up to ?

2010-02-09T11:46:00.000-08:00

So hows your day goin? everyone is home today, this is nice. It is a cold, rainy day, so we will have movies & popcorn & family time. If you notice anything in my `tone' it might be because I `might' have been on a search mission that the family did not appreciate earlier....I think there might be photos ....I have a bit of an obsession with some of these little beanie things ..they make me `crazy'.
well..I guess I keep some of the Fam up all during the wee hours of the night.....
and I kinda left these beanies scattered all over the bedroom floor.....at 2am...3am...3:30am..4am...
until....I smelled coffee being brewed at 4:30am uh oh....... I hid under the bed forwhile & took a nap.

tree patchwork

2010-02-09T10:26:00.000-08:00

Here is where I am at on this ...It is my favorite .....trees...now I am stuck
not sure what to do next ? so I am walking away...

happy dance

2010-02-09T08:01:00.000-08:00

We are doing the happy dance for many things that make us happy! here are a few:

Chocolate Chip loves to eat...... timothy... and ...cheerios... as you can see in these photos :)

he also loves to eat cardboard annd magazines & paper & pellets & Crasins & yougart drops & watching movies & pinneapple chunks ..and sleeping under our bed!

we are having an rain/ice storm today stay safe

have a chocolate chippy day

Snow & Ice

2010-02-01T06:56:00.000-08:00

Its monday & our wee village & surrounding towns have been `closed' down since Friday. Stores closed, medical, everything. Today most school still closed due to `black ice'. A weekend

of family, movies & popcorn and naps. - - I crocheted a few squares while watching the Grammy awards-I really wanted to see Michael Jacksons children: Bless them! how wonderful they were-they look & SOUND like Michael! I sobbed-in sorrow for their loss .....such a huge talent Michael Jackson will always represent-His children such elegant, poised, loving,children on their fathers behalf. took my breath away. a sight I will think about often. He left a legacy behind in many ways beyond music...Talk about using life to the fullest. ( and golly so many haters were after him all the time- I dont know how he did it - it would have crushed anyone of us having bad things said about us ? uughhh..so terrible for him -- yet he went on. )

Makes me think that we should all rise about the little things & do more. Well, I will digest it for awhile. The Michael Jackson legacy & the his beautiful, poised children.

Have a save day!

IT's SNOWING

2010-01-29T19:44:00.001-08:00

It's SNOWING! !!!! ALOT...MORE TO COME YIPEE...
We are in the Carolina's so this is not `snow' country...my family is from the midwest & we are VERY used to snow. I miss it. So I LOVE to pull out all the snow gear. When it snows I wake the family & we gear up & make snowmen & dont miss & snowflake. It make stay only a few hours & a few days...or weeks can't tell in the South but don't want to let any child of mine grow up missing snow. When it's snowing in the Carolina's you can bet you money on finding us up & out in the quiet of the falling snow somewhere in our yard making snow angels, snow men, snowfort....having snowfun......

have a safe snow day!!

sick & cold

2010-01-27T01:54:00.000-08:00

house is sooo cold ?? beloved has been sick for weeks, been to dr 3 Xs been on 3 meds for viral-bactrial,-steroids cough-prednisone....works 8-12 hr days... anyway find out at 3am that either the furnace is out or the thermostat is...he gets up & goes to a 24 hr walmart....cross our fingers...

mean time Choc Chip is running circles around Jolli in the living room? playing ? or cold? I think just messing with Jolli.. Plugging in an electric heater for now..

applique & patchwork bunny pillow

2010-01-26T09:58:00.000-08:00

This is just a little bunny friend I made. This looks just like 1 of our bunnies Professor Baby.
Today it is really COLD...at 6 am it was 33 ..hi toady is to be maybe 43. brrrrr.
catch ya later...

Morning Latte

2010-01-26T09:38:00.000-08:00

needed - coffee it just makes the
morning workor maybe it makes
my brain work ~~whatever~~
this is my LATTE. HEY
what is Chocolate Chip doin?
Scoot... scram..thats mine..
STEP back away from the Latte and
no one will get hurt..........

Rainy days

2010-01-25T01:59:00.000-08:00

Rainy Sunday. I do love a gloomy day every now & then. I feel like nothing is `expected' of me.

I always have my `house' in order, before I go to bed I actually clean & vacuum the floors & stairs & gather laundry & do it if I have a load, make sure tables & counters are all clear & ready to go. Prepare things for the next day medicines & Vitamins for everyone & Chocolate Chips potty box & food, even a special snack area we have set up to keep him occupied via toy & food. I do all this because I am ALWAYS the last to bed AND ... My dad was a fireman~ 18 of his family also police-firemen.I was `trained' that emergencies happen at any time~ and did Dad was called to fires during work~during dinner~during the darkest time of the night. It did not matter what was happening. So I just grew up learning to be prepared. He would come back from the fires & put all his fire gear in the stairs to the basement. It was easy to quick & easy to access. His long heavy fire coat, the big heavy fire helmet with the ID number, the tall rubber boots... . For some reason I got up to hear about the fire. ...I learned ~~ a lot~~ always always clean the lint from your clothes dryer....that was the #1 house fire...he would tell me how a dad was lost, how a family lost their house , family pet, how they went back for a family pet & lost their life as the fire trucks pulled up....well I have a life time of fire stories-not for now-BUT they wired me to get my act together: before I go to bed GET MY CHORES DONE. BEFORE I LEAVE MY HOUSE: GET MY CHORES DONE. DON'T PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW !

Well. you get it... so add all this up...a life time of this ....and well I am ready for rainy days in bed. yessssssssssssssssss it is not a BIG deal to shuffle to the kitchen and brew a fresh hot pot of gourmet coffee~~~yummmm....while it brews..let Jolli out for his morning tinkle, scan the house, Chocolate Chip will usually follow me out & nose nudge my ankle, Chip will have a drink & eat & go potty & Jollimon also. Both are set for a bit. Check Chocolate Chips area-to tidy up-tho he never,well 95% of he time he is not in his `area'. He eats & uses his potty boxes & will hide under his shelf if he gets in trouble or every so often he bunny flops and will be found sleeping on his upper shelf or under his shelf...but soooo rarely it is more of a dust bunny catcher. He has soo many `House Bunny' places that he can be found, we even have special quilts in those places for him..

Well back to Rainy Latte in Bed. I think I will surf around for that beautiful material with the roses on white and dream that I know someone that might make me a quilt. ( no one in my family quilts)

HAVE A LOVELY SAFE RAINY DAY

Chocolate Chips area~ check~ check~ok~ get my favorite bunny jumbo coffee mug out fix up a luscious LATTE shuffle back to bed and see whats on tv

ahhhh.. the house is quiet

looking for something

2010-01-24T07:44:00.000-08:00

I saw a really great bunny quilt today. `The Bunny Patch' an adorable quilt http://bloomcreek.blogspot.com/ made by Vicki Bellino at Bloom Creek who made it for her friend Anne Sutton http://bunnyhillblog.com/2010/01/23/american-patchwork-vicki-me I LOVE LOVE the rose on white material. I have been surfing all over trying to find it and cant. It says 2 sisters Aviary but thats comes up as as panel. I really want to get the rose material. It is so peaceful. My grandmas mothers name is Rose. Grandma lived next door to me & she grew roses all along her house. When I see that material it just send a signal of `comfort'. I must have it. I know I need to make a quilt with it.

inspiration my colors for quilting

2010-01-19T14:33:00.000-08:00

NEED I SAY MORE? this is where I draw my inspiration.
Now where I get material is another thing. I saw some yummy material that was my colors and had soft pink & medium pinks with apples in a quilt. I have to go back & find the site. my problem is by the time I see it the material is no longer around or really expensive.

ILLuminate with Lisa Leonard

2010-01-19T03:30:00.000-08:00

I just love this site
http://www.lisaleonardonline.com/
Lisa Leonard makes the most adorable...Beautiful jewerly..Go over to her site and take a look. I have Emailed everyone her link.
Everyone who knows me knows that I am an a photographer-I do Nature.
Outdoors-Animals are my most natural `gift'. I grew up very rural & was outside all the time-I guess I just became `tuned' in to nature & animals. I had a way with these things-all flora & fauna. I read alot as a child & somehow I began drawing & was good at it. I drew what I saw. The Same with a camera, tho I felt a camera was like cheating for the longest time. But I was in a bad auto accident a year ago I I had a bad head injury & along with my arm & neck & back injury-- I see that we dont have to `fight' to make life so hard.....its hard enough. Once in a while we need o allow things to be easy. camera get photos at a moment in time-they same it and we can go back anytime and remember it. Drawings & quilting convey art in different mediums. I Love quilting...You can convey art in many ways & provide comfort.
I love it.
My grandma had promised to make me a quilt of my favorite comfort colors..(? raspberrys- blues-- yellows --I blended with whites I think.. She lived on the farm up in the North woods, & I was to bring `scraps' .. I was going to have my very own QUILT.... I dreamed about it. A quilt meant LOVE. made by hands. Bound in layers. Made with the colors God created. You pull it over you to Comfort you & warm you & HUG you when maybe no one else can. In the ~quiet~ of the darkness when you are alone in your thoughts...you have a comfort of a hug from a quilt to see your thru till the light appears in either the day or your heart again.....because BOTH will.
but until they do ..you have the lovely beauty & comfort of a quilt. AND IF YOU ARE SUPER SUPER LUCKY Your life can be ILLUMINATED with the silky softness of a Lisa Leonard necklace.

((((hugs)))
chocolate chip & me

Snowy Forest trees - Applique - Quilt - phase 1

2010-01-17T04:27:00.000-08:00

I just began this, I love trees. The cold weather & being closed up inspires this. I dug thru my fabric & came up with this so far.

Bunnies & Bears

2010-01-17T03:14:00.000-08:00

oh..hi there .. I was just going thru this pile of bears... I dont see the point of them really...... just a review.... checking things out...

nothing to see here..move along....

chocolate chip