Hi Tessie!!!

Oh my gosh! When did July happen? Goodness.

I have been sooooo busy getting my new classroom together. This week I should finish up until August and then I will need to start curriculum planning. I haven’t been on Binkybunny a ton because I have no life outside of my classroom! I have been checking in on everyone though. I miss you guys!

I can’t believe it’s July! I still don’t have a job after 1.5 months of looking. Also my bf leaves on deployment this month. Ugh. Let’s not do July yet!

July? Already? Wasn’t yesterday Christmas?

Lol LEL. I know what you mean!
I posted a comment earlier, I guess it didn’t post. Anyway, maybe I’ll keep up with the thread this month? lol

July is here? Holy cow! Just a few more days and I can finally relax. It will be hectic until then though.

It IS July 1st, and I believe that means that it is Canada day? Happy Canada Day to all of my Canadian BB friends!

Already July 2nd here, so I’ve had a whole extra day of “holy crap it’s July” my bank already has a Christmas tree set up….

I refuse to think about Christmas yet. The tree can stay in it’s box where it belongs for awhile longer!

I’m with you Aeyja, it’s the 2nd of July here too. The anniversary of my mum’s passing. No need to be sad for me – it doesn’t hurt so much anymore (5 years), cause my memories now bring me happiness, but I have to admit – I still miss her, talking to her – sharing stuff. Though I have to laugh, she would be furious that I got Henry! All that bunny FLUFF throughout my house – good grief!!! LOL! She was a clean freak and suffered from sinus, so Henry’s fluff everywhere would have driven her crazy, ha ha ha…..

Kate (Kbana)! Where have you been??? I missed you and was a little (lot) excited to see you back, woo-hoo!

Oh yes Moxie, you gotta keep up. Hope this doesn’t sound too weird (but it’s me, so I’m sure it will….Lol!), I always check the chat thread first when I log into BB, ha ha ha…. I love it!

Anniversaries of the loved ones’ passings are hard, even years later. My dad passed away the day before Thanksgiving back in 2000 and it still hurts. Spent 7 1/2 months beside him as he slowly left us. After visitation night at the funeral home we were getting ready to leave. My son (then 6 years old), stopped us and said he needed a moment with his Papaw. I watched as he went to the casket, stood on his tiptoes, blew a kiss to my father and said goodbye. Absolutely the sweetest and saddest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.

Sorry to hear about your mum AndHenry, but it’s good that memories of her make you smile now I’m looking forward to getting to that stage with my best friend who passed away two months ago.

That’s how I feel too JackRabbit, I actually went and became *that* customer and complained! Of course they just smiled at me and said “Well it’s a conversation point isn’t it! Have you got a savings scheme set up for Christmas yet?”

Thanks Aeyja – your reply to JR just made me laugh! Ha ha ha ha……
I’m sorry to hear about your friend too. I can only say it hurts less as time goes by – but you never really ‘get over’ it. It just ‘hurts’ less…..

My mum just ‘left me’ JR – my biggest regret was not being able to say ‘I love you, thank you, I’m SORRY and good bye’. Bugga, I’m crying….. I really thought (convinced myself) this year would be easier… Ok, I’ve taken a deep breath and I’ve stopped crying. All good now. And I feel better….

AH, I don’t think there is any easy way. My hubby’s dad passed suddenly so he didn’t get to say goodbye either.

We do talk and laugh about the good times now too. I even let Kieko “borrow” my dad’s birthday since we don’t know exactly what day she was born. I still have one of my dad’s old shirts (one of those big plaid old man shirts — ugly as sin but he used to wear it all the time!) so if I ever need a hug I can just put it on!

I have my friend’s onesie (in my profile pic) which, as creepy as this may come across, still smells like her. Apart from when I took that picture I haven’t been able to wear it yet coz it’s all still a bit sensitive, so for now it’s waiting upstairs until the time is right

Aeyja, I know exactly what you mean! No matter how many times my dad’s shirt was washed, it always (and still does faintly) smell like he did right after a bath. I remember when my father-in-law passed, a bunch of people from their church came and “took over” caring for the family. One of the ladies found his dirty clothes in the closet floor and washed them — my mother-in-law was so upset because those were he clothes he was wearing the day he died (heart attack) and they still smelled like him.

Oh JR! Your poor mother in law…… My heart just breaks (his clothes being washed) for her! That must be awful – thinking your doing someone a favour and that happens….

Anyhow, lets get happy! My hubby just left for work – YAY!!!!!! ha ha ha ha…….

Edit to ADD – He asked what I was doing this arvo? I said LOT’S! I have bunny butt pic’s to post on LEL’s new bunny butt thread, forum’s to read, and lot’s to say…..  Busy busy!

AH’s hubby just left for work! Yay!! Nope, sorry, didn’t have the same effect for me!

How ’bout .. . It’s 11:30 PM and I should go to bed because I have to work tomorrow! Yay! Nope, still nothing.

OK, let’s try this . . . thinking about bunny butts (BUNNIES!) and kangaroos in AH’s front yard (KANGAROOS!) . YAY!! Yep, that did the trick!!

That does the trick for me every time toooooo!
But, I have to say – my hubby leaving for work is and will always be right up there for me! Ha ha ha ha ha…..
Seriously, I’m the girl in this relationship – I thought I was supposed ‘nag’? NOPE!

Oh goodness.  My aunt passed 6 years ago in May. I finally got this for her (just today!)  I’ve been wanting something in memory of her forever and finally designed this.

It is her monogram and the two little birdies on the tail of the ‘a’ are the two of us having a chat like old times.   I don’t know if missing a loved one ever gets easier…no matter how long it has been.  Andi, glad you are able to enjoy and cherish the happy memories. Aeyja, I would be keeping that onesie too! Awesome that you have something to keep.

Maybe I’ll get a bunny butt tattoo next…that is sure to cheer us all up no?

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Speaking of kangaroos. There is the cutest little wallaby joey at the zoo that the zookeepers are having to hand-raise. They found her on the ground one morning. Apparently she fell out of the pouch. She was still little, not hair yet. Now she is bigger and she’s so cute and fuzzy! The zookeepers carry her around in a baby sling. So precious!

Seriously? The first day of July isn’t even over yet and this is already on the 2nd page!

Oh Kate – that is the most awesome memorial ever! Good on you! And how wonderful you shared it with us – you cheered me up on the inside, thank you! And if you got Al’s butt tattooed on the other arm, that would make ALL of us super happy!!! So I think you should definitely do it! Ha ha ha! (STILL a bit annoyed though….. I still have to get out of explorer and log in to chrome to see your picture’s – WHY?) Lol…. Never a problem, it’s always worth it!

Oh LBJ, you can’t just tell us that and not have a picture to share…..Can you get a picture??? I’ve never seen a wallaby that young it hasn’t got any hair yet. I would love to spend my day walking around with a baby wallaby in a sling – they are so lucky!

And yep – page 2! ha ha ha ha ha – I just love US!

PS – Lovin the avatar LBJ! (I almost didn’t recognize you?) LOL! Funny how you recognize the picture before any words….

Kbana, that’s beautiful! I want to get a sunflower tattoo for my friend, but they seem to be quite difficult to do without looking like giant yellow or black blobs

My youngest son had this tattoo done on his upper outside arm when he turned 18 (4 years ago) in respect of my mum and my grandma (he was very close to them both too).

‘Lorraine’ is our middle name including myself and my daughter (so 4 generations). And my daughter is going to have Lorraine as her daughter’s middle name if and when she has one…..

Edit to ADD – my son also had roses tattooed on his lower forearm Aeyja, my favourite flower along with part of a verse from a Bryan Adam’s song we all love as a family. His tattoo is almost completely coloured – he hopes to get the last of it finished (coloured) in August this year. The sunflower sounds beautiful – so yes, you want it to look beautiful too.

I don’t know if I could ever get a tattoo, I’m too scared of needles.
If I ever did, it would say “J.D.” in really pretty letters, and maybe some hearts next to it. And it would not be somewhere noticible.
My Dad, 1 of my brothers, and my niece and 2 nephews initials are all J.D. , so it would kinda represent all of them.
(but then I’d feel bad and have to do something for my other family members… maybe I’ll just do our last name if I ever get one… )

(Oh and 2 pages already! I can’t wait to see how many pages we have one the last day/1st day of august. I just remembered that next month (august) is my dog and Moxie’s birthday! And today is my best friend’s birthday, so I need to remember to call her. )

Andi, I love the name tattoo! I share a middle name with my grandmother and my mother as well so that is very close to my heart.  If I ever had a daughter I would want to use it as her first name actually…but my husband hates boy names for girls and our middle name is Reed.

Oh well. Sigh.

Aeyja, of course I had to score Pinterest and find some non-blobby sunflowers for you. You find the right artist and anything is possible.

I hate needles too but tattoos don’t feel like needles. Hard to explain but more like someone is using your skin as a scratch board? Ha! Then more like a road rash or bad rug burn after they are done and healing.   The pain doesn’t last long. After a few days they are normally just tender depending on where they are located. I have a large tattoo on my foot/ankle and that one was harder since I had to wear shoes…plus it was so big and detailed it took 9 hours to do…the one on my arm took 30 minutes! Much better! haha!

And Andi, Al’s butt as a tattoo! How could anything be cuter?! ha ha! Now..where to put it? LOL!

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I share a middle name with my Grandmother. It’s special to me because I was an infant when she died, so I never really met her.
But anyway, I like that first sunflower tattoo, although that would be WAY too big for me…

I want a bunny butt tattoo!!!!

I am so mad right now. 

So I tell my mom to trim about an inch off my hair. What does she do? Cuts like 6 inches off!!

Hahaha and sorry about that Moxie. My mom used to cut my hair when I was younger and we’d constantly fight about it. I prefer my hair long but she hated that. Mostly because it would get tangled up in the vacuum brush (before Dysons came out).

Also Kbana that’s a beautiful tattoo, it’s well done too!

oh Moxie that stinks! Coming from someone who just can’t seem to grow her hair out again no matter how hard I try I feel your pain.

Thanks Justwildbeat! I love my artist. He’s done all my work (or I should say he’s redone all my work I stupidly got done in my early 20’s.) haha

I’m not really mad anymore, it’s just my sister was laughing at what happened, so I was getting mad, because it didn’t help the situation. >.<

MM I can totally relate.  My Mom used to do hair.  When I was a kid I was forever so mad.  Cut it like Kristy McNichols from that show Family.  Grrrr.  and all kinds of other dumb stuff.  I like my hair long.  When she came to visit I warned everyone not to let her cut their hair lol. 

Kbana that top left sunflower looks like the wind is blowing it.  Very good artist work.  Thats a beautiful one with the birds too. 

Got a 3 wheel bike for 125.00 yesterday.  All rainy next few days so won’t be able to work on it.  Changing 2 tubes waxing and doing aluminum wheel wax/cleaning.  OH well my legs sore.  Knee had surgery on hurts.  Back sensitive.  Walked home 2x yesterday and to store and to get bike as well.  Just got up from nap.  Need a day off anyways.  I am so happy about bike.  I really missed my pink one. 

Storm off our coast rain storm nothing serious.  So rainy for few days.  Thats ok.  Bike is covered I got a tarp for it.  

roses going good.  Got 1 white rose off it.  1 green bud still on it.  Wrote up report today so If I find out who doing this I can have office handle this. Since I bringing them indoors at nite they been ok. 

Oh lol.  went to pet  store in melbourne yesterday.  Only one carries the nice willow chew balls Cotton loves.  I bought everyone they had.  8.  That should last him a while.  Won’t have to go back for a couple of months.  I got him some hay n carefresh too not just chews.  Also got him a big carrot shaped timothy wrapped thing to chew.  He chewed  the rope off it last nite.  Thats what its for chew away while we sleep

Me too Kbana. I haven’t gotten my hair cut (besides trimming of the ends) for eight years, and it won’t get past shoulder length! Rawr!

Um, my hair grows so fast . . . I get it cut every three weeks. The girl who cuts my hair makes my appointments every January for the whole year.

Jackrabbit, feel free to mail me any extra hair next time you get a cut then. I’ll resort to gluing it on my head…I’m not ashamed of being desperate.

Reminds me, need to make an appointment for mine…

Thanks Kbana, I like the last two! I would get it quite a bit smaller though

I had to go and get mine cut yesterday because I want to grow it out from a pixie to a bob… and it’s REALLY awkward

Kbana, would love to! You know, the grass is always greener . . .! I’ve had people tell me I’m lucky to have thick hair that grows fast. I don’t feel so lucky when it’s 95 degrees outside and I feel like I’m wearing a wool hat! Also don’t feel so lucky paying for haircuts so often.

I haven’t cut my hair in probably 4 years(now a few hours), so I was shocked to see me waist length hair get drastically shorter. I almost died lol.

My hair just falls out all over the floor, sink, bed, couch, car, and it goes down the shower drain too. =\

Andi – They didn’t have a picture of her when she was pink. There was just a cute doe-eyed picture in the newspaper where she was all fuzzy and then she was on the news too.

Wish my hair would grow more slowly, took the scissors to it again the other night… A couple of glasses of wine for fortitude, a pony tail and the dress makers scissors… I have to laugh when people come up and ask where I had it done so they can go there. I usually hack a good 12 inches off each time.

Oh Roberta, that’s too brave for me! I’ll snip a piece or two between haircuts but that’s all. Next haircut I always hear “I see you’ve been helping again”!

Wine with scissors?! Haven’t Andi and I taught you anything about drinking and making decisions?!?!

Edit: I can’t believe I did that! Haven’t HAZEL, Andi and I taught you anything about drinking and making decisions! (Can’t forget a night out drinking and Bubbles!)(At least Hazel got something cute and furry . . . we only got husbands)

Why are there so many alcoholics on BB? All this drinking and then making bad decisions.

I can’t take much more of this. No water running in the house. My husband is at it again, in the basement cutting pipes. No, I’m still not even remotely close to having a real bathroom. Do you guys remember the toilet in the middle of the basement? Yeah, it’s still like that over a year later.

I have to work at an event tomorrow and I’m just not feeling it. My anxiety is bothering me again. I can’t go to sleep and then I can’t get up in the morning because I’m so tired. Wow, I complain a lot on here. o_O But I guess this is the only place to do it. My husband sure as heck doesn’t care.

Mmmm alcohol…lol! I try to avoid decisions when drinking… can lead to odd choices. lol!

I can’t get it straight without the wine….

Posted By JackRabbit on 7/02/2014 10:30 PM

Oh Roberta, that’s too brave for me! I’ll snip a piece or two between haircuts but that’s all. Next haircut I always hear “I see you’ve been helping again”!

Wine with scissors?! Haven’t Andi and I taught you anything about drinking and making decisions?!?!

Edit: I can’t believe I did that! Haven’t HAZEL, Andi and I taught you anything about drinking and making decisions! (Can’t forget a night out drinking and Bubbles!)(At least Hazel got something cute and furry . . . we only got husbands)

LOL JackRabbit! So you’re telling me your husbands aren’t cute and furry?!

Speaking of Bubbles, he’s done it again. I think I’m ready to make drinking a regular thing, just to cope with him. So some of you know that he hurt his leg a few weeks ago. He’s still on cage rest most of the time. Monday morning, I went into his room for some ferret maintenance. I let him out while I cleaned his litter box, then it was time to rinse his food bowl so playing it SAFE, I thought locking him up while I was gone would be the smart thing to do… We have two hooks to lock the door on his NIC cage, I only locked the bottom one since I would be back in less than a minute. So 30 seconds later I get back, and what do I see? Bubbles stuck in the door, trying to squeeze out above the lower hook. I freaked out and ran over there but he had already made it out on his own. He looked okay, I was ready to breath a sigh of relieve, when he started choking and finally threw up. Then, his face turned red, his fur puffed up and he raced around the room in a wild panic. Then he collapsed and became pretty much unresponsive. At that point I thought he must be dying. He came around eventually, and is back to normal now.

How many lives do ferrets have?

Hazel — I would have probably started to panic horribly. I’m glad he seems to be okay though.

Roberta — I wish my hair grew that fast! You must be eating really healthy to get your hair to grow so fast, though some people’s hair naturally grows quicker than others.

LBJ – Wow, no running water, a toilet in the middle of the basement, anxiety, and can’t sleep. Sounds like you could use a little wine! Just don’t make any decisions tho — don’t want to drive by your house and find you turning that toilet into a yard planter!

Hazel — No matter how cute the husbands are, it’s just not the same! Glad Bubbles is Ok. I’m afraid he’s earning his name — you may have to wrap him in bubble-wrap to keep him safe!

Lol, maybe his name SHOULD be short for bubble-wrap!

I’m the worst after a ‘few’ wines toooo many! I’m one of those “I love you” types, ha ha ha! My hubby is worse! He even tells the cabbie (taxi driver) that he loves him too (maybe hoping for a cheaper cab fare???) LOL! By the way Hazel, my hubby WAS cute when I met him, but after 16 years of marriage (typical, he let himself go and lost his hair – dam!), I’d need those few drinks if I was to let him pick me up now – ha ha ha hah ha!

And funnier…. when my son first got his hairdressing apprenticeship, I thought I’d be the good mum and grow my hair (mostly my fringe – which I always had) for when he started to learn to cut. Then when my fringe grew to below my chin I wouldn’t let him cut it – ha ha ha ha ha!
Even though he cuts my hair now, it got too long and ratty (like how LBJ described with hers above) I hate it being cut at ‘home’ – hair everywhere!!! He doesn’t offer the same service of cleaning up after when he doesn’t get paid – DOH!

Somebody just shoot me if I ever consider letting my son cut my hair! I went with him to get his haircut yesterday. He needed a “looking for a job” haircut and apparently he has no idea what that it because he was convinced he was leaving the shop with a mohawk. How do you convince a man-child that just because you CAN does not mean you SHOULD?!?!?

Haha, I don’t drink. Not really, anyway. I will occasionally have a glass of wine to appease people. They don’t understand why I don’t drink. But I actually did want a toilet planter in the front yard just to piss the neighbors off. My husband won’t let me though.

Andi – My hair is like that because of hormones. My husband can’t stand it. My hair is everywhere. You’d think I was one of the rabbits. Their hair gets everywhere too.

OMG, I hate rude people. This group (family) came to my table at the event I was at today and they tried to clean me out of “free” stuff. Yes, I was giving things away (mostly to kids) and these people ran up and just started grabbing. Talk about rude! Save some for other people guys!

When my son went for his first hairdressing ‘INTERVIEW’ his hair was dyed an orange colour??? Horrid! With his hair so ridiculous I knew he had no chance of being successful, but thought it would be some ‘interview’ experience and I’d get his hair fixed for the next one.
But bugga me! He got a call back for the next day – I rang a local hairdresser and begged her to get him in late that afternoon to recolour his hair back to normal, hoping they wouldn’t remember his hair from the day before – they did! And were impressed he made the effort – he got the job! WOW!
So, don’t give up just yet JR…… but in the meantime, remember ‘smacking’ (children) worked for me! Lol…..

So is mine LBJ – I’m guessing menopause (FOR ME)??? For everything I’m starting to suffer (hot flushes, etc.) I didn’t think to bring ‘hair’ into the equation till I watched an article and as they described the symptoms of poor hair quality due to hormones and/or menopause it clicked! My ‘thick’ hair is no longer….. well, it is – but down the drain! DAM!
I used to love being a girl…. NOT anymore!

LB, try this stuff…

http://www.amazon.com/DS-Laboratories-Stimulating-Shampoo-Conditioner/dp/B005LNMHZM/ref=sr_1_1?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1404443914&sr=1-1&keywords=DS+labs

It really is fantastic. I’ve been using it for almost a year now and the difference it has made in my hair is incredible. I had really damaged it due to hormones, stress and whatnot. It was half its thickness and falling out like crazy. After about 2 months I had all of my thickness back, wasn’t losing hair in the shower or in my brush nearly as much, and it even grew 2 inches! (That is a lot for me)

I have referred several friends as well and they all have seen results. You can buy it on Amazon just as cheap as my stylist’s discount too!

What I use for my hair is all natural henna powder made into a paste (sort of like a mud pack for your hair, though it does color it red if you leave it in too long, can use cassia as well for the health benefits without the red), deep conditioning (take a good quality conditioner, put it on your head and wrap your hair in saran wrap and go to bed – rinse it in the morning) and argan oil leave-in conditioner. Makes it shinier and it doesn’t fall out all over the place so much (I shed worse than a rabbit sometimes lol partner says my hair gets into EVERYTHING) and not as frizzy/all over the place either.

Good one Kate! How do I buy it from Australia (without the shipping fee costing me more than the product)??? ha ha! Guess what I’m doing this afternoon??? Lol!
I tend to ‘give it a miss’ when I come across an advertised product that promises this and that, only indulging when someone I ‘know’ recommends it after having a good experience themselves. I am definitely going to see if I can purchase the shampoo and conditioner for myself – thank you!

PS – I hate the thought that I may end up losing more hair than my hubby!!!

Edit to ADD – I tried something like that Stickerbunny, but it left my roots oily – I was told ‘another’ symptom of menopause?  And my face is now also oily, and I get the odd  pimple!  it really sucks!

Oh goodness…I’m not sure about getting it to Australia! Hopefully you’ll be able to get it because it is worth it for sure.

Andi – I have a hormone imbalance. I get hot flashes with pins/needles feelings, my hair falls out continuously, and I get overly emotional sometimes. There are other things, but people probably don’t want me to go into TMI territory. LOL

Kbana – That looks interesting. How long does it take? You said 2 months? Do you think that is considered typical? Seems a bit expensive if it doesn’t work since you have to wait so long for results to become apparent.

Henna powders for hair etc have always been available here, I use to buy it in the tub many years back…. Check out the hair products section in your chemist and supermarket…
My health improve considerably once I discovered my food allergy and eliminated the things that make me sick, menopause threw me a few curve balls but can’t say I had too much trouble with the hot flushes etc and the mood issue’s improved with eating properly also.
My hair has always been fine but there is lots of it and I do tend to leave a fair bit around the house but it’s quite natural to lose about 100 strands a day it just stands out more when it’s long and intent on wrapping around everything.
As to my skin I always had combination skin and had oily patches but menopause actually made my skin dry, I use Mokosh now and it is pure olis, ethical and cruelty free, made here in Australia… I love their intensive face oil and the eye and neck serum.

Yep, pins and needles too – though I thought that was my blood flow (clogged arteries??? Ha ha ha) – who knows. I’m blaming everything on it! It’s just HORRIBLE! And emotional??? Just yesterday I flipped out cause the hubby touched me (was having a sensitive skin day, lol!). Not that my skin hurt – I just didn’t want him to ‘touch’ me – ha ha ha ha! And this morning I ripped his head off for something important – if only I could remember what now??? But I DO know it was over something important! Ha ha ha.
I really feel for you LBJ – at least I’m older. To have to suffer in my 20’s would be unbearable, especially for all that you do, 2 jobs, replanting a toilet in your front yard and a hubby to tolerate! Your doing wonderfully – treat yourself to the shampoo and conditioner! (I am – when I find it in Oz???).

Edit to Add – My sense of humour is the only thing that is DRY about me Roberta. When I wear makeup (not often anymore), I have to take a tissue to ‘blot’ my skin after a few hours – it’s awful! (and yes, I use Revlon ‘oil free’ matt makeup). I think that’s what the problem is? Everyone who suffers a hormonal imbalance regardless of why – the symptoms can be the same or SO different…..  I had no idea about my hair till I saw the Dr Oz show by chance one afternoon and went WOW that’s me! My hair is so bad (can’t believe I’m telling you guys this), but after I cook I check for long strands of blondish hair – they’re mine! Eeewwwww! It even grosses me out, and it’s MY hair!

I saw results in the first month but I think it is more typical to see results in 2 months. Really though my hair doubled in thickness (it didn’t get much thicker that what I naturally used to have, it just went back to being healthy and thick instead of thin and falling out.) Does that make sense? If your hair is already its normal thickness it might not do much except for making it healthier. If your hair is thinning or acting differently than normal this stuff should help bring it back.

I’m 32. But I have been dealing with this since I was 23-ish. It’s been so long now, it’s hard to remember. LOL
Yep, pins and needles. My blood flow is just fine. I’ve been told it is just a type of hot flash that people can get. The pain associated with it isn’t nearly as bad as it once was. I have progressed more into feeling overly warm recently. The added stress certainly doesn’t help though. Why am I working 2 jobs again?

Kbana – Okay, thanks for the info. I will check it out.

AndHenry – Depends what you were using. For henna, you need PURE henna, just the herbal powder, nothing else (or cassia, if you don’t want the red tint). Many of the “henna” products sold commercially are actually mixed with so much it’s really bad for your hair. And you want body art quality, to make sure it’s not cheap and yucky stuff. If you’re not dyeing the hair and just using it for health benefits, mix with water, not citrus and it should have the consistency of thickish wet mud. For argan oil, a little goes a long way or your hair will be an oily mess (mine is a little past my shoulders and very thick and a tiny 4oz bottle has lasted me months). And for deep conditioning, you just wanna use a conditioner that’s not too heavy and washes out well. My mom has destroyed her hair with chemical dyes + menopause + humidity + sun damage and she’s starting to get hers back to a better quality with argan treatments and she’s going to try the henna treatments soon as well.

My partner has had oily skin/scalp issues and what works well for him is organic jojoba oils. It’s actually a wax that mimics your skin’s natural oil, so it tells your body it’s produced enough. Used in massage for people with pimples/acne/oily skin that can’t use the regular oils. Great moisturizer too.

For the product Kbana listed, you could try asking one of the beauty stores near you if either they could get it in or if they know anywhere that might sell it. There is an online store called CosmeticsNow that ships in Australia and seems to carry it.

Found it!!

http://www.biovea.com/au/product_detail.aspx?PID=3994&OS=201&mid=159&cp=2&NAME=REVITA-SHAMPOO-COR-CONDITIONER-HAIR-LOSS-TREATMENT-VALUE-PACK-180ml-Bottles

Money $$$$ that’s why! The things we do for money – why I always try to encourage getting a job in a field that you enjoy – or at the very least, work with people you like. My hubby hates his job, but the guys are good fun and he’s been there for 17 years. I left my 2 favourite jobs cause all the good guys left and were replaced by ‘nasty’ people! (the money wasn’t worth it in the end – back to budget cooking, YUM – NOT!).
I’ll try the shampoo and conditioner LBJ and let you know if your happy to wait? I know it sounds expensive, but if it works (I hate spending even a dollar on something that doesn’t work, why I’m so hesitant and am a great ‘word of mouth’ purchaser – thanks Kate!), it may be $40 well spent?
And you’ll never confuse hot flushes – you wake up with a pillow full of sweat and be freezing cold with all the covers on with your feet hanging out the end of the bed cause they are hot – very attractive! Did I say this before? I USED to like being a girl – NOT anymore!

SO cool – thanks Stickerbunny! I am going to look into those products too. Serious, if I can find something to assist with my oily skin, watch out – I’m gonna send you a HUG!!! The tried and promised products I’ve tried and the money I’ve wasted over the last few years – why I am so sceptical when no one I know has ‘tried’ it. I’ll let you know how I go.

By the way guys, sorry about my siggy below! Amanda made me a new one and silly me hasn’t been able to get it working properly yet. But your all gonna love it when it’s up and working (eventually?) ha ha ha…..

Haha Andi, you’ll get it. I left some tips in my siggy thread for you.
I am completely ok with needles, but I do get hot flashes occasionally at night. So annoying.

I just placed my order Kate – thank you for the Aussie site! I got it in the pack for $49 with FREE shipping. I’ll let you know how I go LBJ. I have to tell you, I’m a little excited! he he he he…. fingers crossed everyone!
And Amanda, I am so sorry your suffering the hot flashes too – lets hope they stay ‘occasional’ for the longest time! Cause they turn from annoying to dreadful! Speaking of dreadful (ha ha ha), I better get up and make Henry’s dinner. If it’s not made when the sun goes down, he stalks me!

AH – Yeah my ex tried every product on the market for his oily skin too. Even prescription stuff! I never knew about jojoba with him, so not sure if it would have helped. But, my current guy is 42 and has had oily issues his whole life – uses harsh soaps made with lye because it is the only thing that won’t break him out, can’t even kiss me if I have used lip balm or lotion, etc. And the jojoba was good enough to not break him out and dry up some of the back acne he had. So, hopefully it can work for you. We mixed it with tea tree oil for the extra anti-bacterial properties, since that is supposed to help prevent acne.

I have the opposite issue to oily… my skin is so dry I am always oiling it to avoid looking like a shedding snake lol

I try to stay natural and cruelty free too, so finding good products is such a hassle. I tend to avoid expensive products too, unless I know they work. I love samples though. My cousin is one of those extreme couponer people so she has shelves and shelves of samples and stuff…

Wow, I got to bed and I miss all this? lol

That is not so bad Andi! I am excited to hear what you think about it. Bunny ears crossed!
I used to have really oily skin too, and so much acne that I had to go on acutane in my early 20’s. Ugh. Dangerous stuff…blood tests every 2 weeks to monitor kidney function. Yikes! But it worked for the most part. Now I control my skin with oil cleansing. Believe it or not I’ve found that oil removes oil. There are several recipes online for different skin types. I have found a drugstore product that works for me but some people make their own. I am not surprised that the Jojoba worked.

yesterday evening I learned that you can not outrun a haboob. luckily this one wasn’t anywhere near the size of the july 2011 one.

Andi – Yeah, I get hot and then cold at night. I’m not much of a sweater, but I never really was. I will sweat, but I typically don’t have beads of sweat running down my face. I just feel damp. LOL
Let me know how the shampoo works! I’m very interested to see if Kbana’s case is what you would call typical results. If so, then I will try it too.

Mike – Wow, looks freaky on the horizon. It doesn’t look like you got hit by a wall of dust though. That would have been dangerous if you couldn’t see where you were going. Do you have a Go Pro? I wanted to get one of those.

So I have to go to a family reunion on Sunday. We were TOLD that we had to go and I have known about it for months. But…. I really just don’t want to go. We have to drive all the way there (in another town) and it’s going to be close to 100 degrees and I won’t know anyone there. I mean, really, I don’t know who the heck any of these people are. They are on my husband’s maternal grandmother’s side of the family.

LBJ – your case sounds similar to mine. I had to have a hysterectomy when I was 21 (so that’s when I went through menopause) I have been on Hormone Replacements since then, but I still have hot flashes and moodiness sometimes. But the hair thing! I’ve never had ‘thick’ hair, but between hormones and psych meds, I have a lovely thinnish patch right on top where my hair naturally parts. The doctor has put me on prenatal vitamins which are helping it look and feel healthier, but its not helping it regrow/fill back in. I’m only 31 and REALLY don’t want to be bald before 35! ha! When my husband vacuums, he picks up more of my hair than the bunnies! so sad

Now I really can’t wait for Andi to get the shampoo and conditioner and love it so everyone else can try it! haha! I was just washing my hair tonight and thinking again about what a drastic change my hair has gone through in the last year!

wow LHM that is some riding.  Looks like a nice trail but tricky too.  Dust storm yikes.  You did good

Ladies i can relate.  I had henna for hair. A lot.  My hubby gave it to me for a dowry wedding gift.  i used the last of it last year.  Make a paste and sleep in it.  Rinse in morning.  

I am on 3 month b.c. pills so I don’t suffer the sweats etc but every 3 months.  I like that.  Hair doesn’t fall out so much now.  Dr. raised my synthroid level.  I use the aragon oil on my hair too.  In Florida too hot for makeup plus making wudu before prayer 5x a day kind of defeats the makeup.  It washes off.   The only safe time to wear makeup in Florida is in the winter.  It doesn’t melt and sweat off then.  lol

My hair isn’t falling out so much since I am taking vitamin c and synthroid.  MY hair always grew fast and was a nice thickness.  My nails were so soft and hair falling out til Dr. raised my synthroid    I normally have to shave 3-4 times a week hair grows so fast.  Have a forest on my legs if I don’t shave often lol.  When I needed my synthroid raised it was growing very slow shave once a week or so.  Nails were constantly bending and needing cutting.  Now all is much better. 

lol fussing at hubby for something important but don’t remember what lol.  Yep I can totally relate.  Hubby can totally relate lol.  Poor fellows.   May God grant them patience.  Us too. 

I’m looking at the newspaper article that was posted online just now about my event today. It will be in tomorrow’s paper. I’m laughing because it has stuff in it that is SO not what I said.

Man, am I glad 4th of July is over. You know that skunk smell rabbits give off if they get really upset? That’s how my house smelled all through the fireworks. :s

Yep sounds about right LBJ   newspapers and media are known for that.  My son and ex experienced that too.  They get away with it cuz people don’t normally call them on it.  

Oh skunky rabbit smell.  The fireworks don’t bother cotton.  When we first moved here they did.  Then hubby came and said come to the dock you can see the fireworks the city puts on from there.  I took Cotton and went.  I wasn’t leaving him alone all scared.  After that they don’t bother him anymore.  

The really loud ones the illegal ones he pops his ears up but thats about it.  Glad he doesn’t get scared anymore. 

Was wondering how everyone’s bunnies did.  We been getting lots of rain every evening.  So everything was a go for fireworks.

Tessie – We were cleaning up all the trash leftover from the city’s fireworks show.

I swear, this guy did not understand what I was saying. He was asking about what is in fireworks and why it is important to keep the debris from getting into the water. I tried explaining it to him, but he didn’t even have a recorder with him. He was making chicken scratches in a notebook that I couldn’t even read. So apparently he tried to paraphrase things in the article and it just doesn’t sound right. o_O

If anyone wants to read it, I can PM you the link.

Bunnytowne – So Cotton is desensitized then? Mine doesn’t seem to care about the fireworks too much. I still think it’s because Leopold (being deaf) does not react. Wooly sees that he is calm, so he sees there is no reason to be upset either.

Sea World sets off fireworks every night at 9:50 in the summer and we can hear them from our apartment, so I think Pippin is pretty desensitized. We weren’t home for fireworks so I sure hope he was okay. Seemed fine by the time we got home, but since we were stuck in traffic for 2+ hours (it’s normally a 15-20 minute drive!), I can’t say for sure.

I attempted another butt brushing last night. After several attempts (he seems to be even MORE averse to be picked up, despite all my attempts to get him used to it with gentle lifting and treats and petting), I finally got him secured enough to start brushing. That worked for a minute or so until I needed to move him a little to get a better angle, and then he was off again. I was scratched and angry enough to let it be at that point. But he did take a raisin and nose rubbing, so I guess he didn’t hate me for it. Although he still doesn’t seem to like me much. When I first got him he was curious and liked to come see what I was going when I was on the couch or on the floor, but mostly he ignores me now. Unless I’m feeding him. Sigh.

The fireworks didn’t seem to bother my bunnies. We can actually walk out into our street and watch them through a space between the trees. Used to be able to see them from our patio but the trees have gotten too tall. No way would I fight the crowd here to go to the park and see them “up close”. My son was right there though — it’s been years since I braved it, but it is pretty cool to be able to lay back and watch somewhat overhead.

I don’t think my bunnies even heard the fireworks. But they may just be desensitized, because like most of you, I vacuum (Hoover?) a ton.

I don’t really know because I’ve been gone for the past three days. But on the 2nd(?) we had a really bad thunderstorm, and Moxie was terrified.
What have I missed?

Posted By JackRabbit on 7/03/2014 8:58 AM

Hazel — No matter how cute the husbands are, it’s just not the same! Glad Bubbles is Ok. I’m afraid he’s earning his name — you may have to wrap him in bubble-wrap to keep him safe!

That’s hilarious! You’re so right! Maybe we cursed him when we picked that name…  It’s funny you said that, Hubby just said a few days ago that we should get him one of those big inflatable balls to live in and stay safe, like in the movie “Bubble Boy”!

Hazel, for some reason I’m also picturing a little orange life jacket for him too!

JackRabbit— I think Bubbles would look adorable in a little orange life jacket. You should consider it Hazel.

I guess there’s nothing keeping us from taking him to the pet store and trying on some life jackets…

HA HA HAH HA! If you find one let me know!!!

Well, at least my boss wasn’t upset with the newspaper article. I was a little worried, but I guess it isn’t the first time something like that happened. Gosh, I feel like I didn’t get anything done today. Just putting stuff away and organizing. Nothing major.

They make doggie life jackets. I don’t think the smallest size is small enough for a ferret though.

It’s settled then. Bubbles needs a life jacket!

BB hasn’t been working for me all day(until right now, it’s 12:38 in the afternoon), I was starting to get worried!

Moxie – I’ve been in a tizzy! Never realized how addictive BB is . . .!

Tessie you are so funny   Lets all clap Tessie got on BB finally  Yeah BB let her in.  

Gosh I am hungry.  Fixing to go raid the fridge.  Been having tacos.  I just love tacos.  I make my own sauce.  The stuff you buy is way too salty.  I love the crispy shells.  Thats for supper tho.  Oh I have some bananas.  Yes. and nectarines pineapple blueberries.  I know Cotton will come a running too.   Now that he sees just fine and can’t fool me no more into thinking he can’t.  Rascal

Yes he is desenitized to the fireworks.  Good thing.

Trying to get back into exercise.  Took my DVD to the clubhouse but didn’t bring my reading glasses.  I kept hitting buttons but couldn’t find the right one again.  Will call a friend or go and remember my glasses this time. lol.  Couldn’t read the buttons without them so I just came home and exercised here.  Need a new DVD player.  I cannot fast forward on this one.  The one at clubhouse I think you can it has dvd and vcr player so it must forward.  When I ride my bike to get milk I may stop and get dvd player. 

Oh ladies with long hair.  You may already now this.  When hair gets tangled it works better to start combing or brushing from the bottom up.  You can get tangles out better and not pull all your hair out and doesn’t hurt that way.  My neice and grandneice saw me doing my hair that way and asked why.  I told her.  So now Sofi the young girl said oh thank you cuz her mom did it from top to bottom which hurt and pulled.  Now from bottom to top doesn’t hurt and doesn’t pull her hair out.  So just a helpful hint in case a few people didn’t already know this. Since we had spoke of hair earlier.   Mine quit falling out now       that my synthroid has had enuf time to start working now.  I had thick hair.  Well y’all have seen my hair in pictures now n again.  It is 2 inches past my shoulders now.  Grows real fast.  Anyhoo. 

Posted By JackRabbit on 7/07/2014 8:28 PM

It’s settled then. Bubbles needs a life jacket!

I’ll see what I can do!

I know you guys don’t watch the World Cup, but dang, you missed out today. Germany beat Brazil 7-1. I’m glad Germany won, but at some point I just felt so bad for Brazil, they are the host country after all. What a massacre…

OMG, I thought I was going to die when BB was down!

So the bathroom in the basement isn’t any closer to being done. I’ve been looking at decorating ideas though. My husband bought me this squirrel picture for Christmas. The squirrel is super cute, but how does one have a forest themed bathroom without it looking too kiddie? I’ve been searching online, but no luck so far. I think the biggest problem is going to be color. The vanity is white with a dark gray granite top. The floor will be tile, probably another shade of gray. Mr. Squirrel is a brown line sketch on a bright white canvas.

I also spotted this shower curtain. I love it, but I don’t have anything to match it either.
http://www.shopthomaspaul.com/72_Octopus_Vineyard_Shower_Curtain_p/sc617.htm

Posted By Hazel on 7/08/2014 8:32 PM

I know you guys don’t watch the World Cup, but dang, you missed out today. Germany beat Brazil 7-1. I’m glad Germany won, but at some point I just felt so bad for Brazil, they are the host country after all. What a massacre…

I felt pretty bad for Brazil. At least they managed to get one in, to save the tiniest bit of face.

With that shower curtain, you could tie it all together with rugs/towels – blue, gray, and brown ones. When we did our renovations, we used cream and white as the neutrals (your grays), a colorful shower curtain (purple, green, tan, cream — sounds awful but it’s zigzag/mexican kindof print), matching purple towels, tan rugs, and green “accessories”. Looked like it came out of a magazine.

It looks like a cool shower curtain.

I never noticed how addictive BB was until it went down either… Well, now we all know, so don’t go down again BB website!!! Lol…

woohoo! we got some rain last night,, 2nd one of the year

Congrats on the rain! Its nice to get rain when you really need it.
LBJ10 I agree with JackRabbit towels and bathmats and accessories in the same colors will pull the look together without it being too themed and matchy. You could do the same thing if you chose the nature theme using your picture you talked about. I love stuff like that. I hope it turns out well!
I am currently painting my kitchen cabinets with chalk paint distressing and waxing it sure is a lot of work, but it goes better with the new painted island we had installed awhile back. Its black. I am using a color called old white to do the rest of the kitchen. I just have the lowers to finish now.

Rain is good ! Keep those dust storms down!

I find it very difficult to not get annoyed with people sometimes. Someones pet was sick, in pain and near death and they couldn’t afford to even have it put to sleep to save it the suffering. And what do they do? Go out and get a new one right away, of course. Cause, if the new one needs vet care they can totally not afford it at all. This right after having to brow beat my mom into calling the vet because her dog is not able to eat much at all she’s in so much pain and she wanted to wait a whole month until it was more convenient to have it looked at. I basically told her to get the poor pup to the vet and I would pay for it. She then asked me well what if she dies in a few months after spending all that money? Like a dog being old is a reason to stop giving it vet care…

That is horrible StickerBunny, I would be annoyed too.

Oh my, Stickerbunny. That’s awful. I can’t remember. Is this someone who you have talked about before? I seem to think there was someone who were upset with because they wouldn’t take care of their animals properly.

So what could I put with the squirrel picture? I can’t seem to find anything to keep with the theme. You know, like acorns or something. LOL

I love the octopus shower curtain! I think my husband might be thinking WTH. Then again, he doesn’t like the squirrel “staring” at him either. =p

No. I unfortunately keep running into people who won’t. It’s frustrating! And often enough they are OK spending money on alcohol, or clothes or whatever else they don’t actually need. But, the vet, even to put an animal down who is suffering? “Too expensive” …

Since the squirrel is brown, you could go with earthy colors, but a little design for pizazz. Maybe a brown, green, gray shower curtain (match the brown from the squirrel). You could even throw in some darker purple/eggplant color. If you really want to see what colors look good together, get a paint swatch book from any paint store. Personally, for a bathroom, I pick out the shower curtain I like and work around it.

Stickerbunny – I know exactly what you mean. Makes me nuts.

I’m right with you Stickerbunny! I could elaborate – but won’t!
I hope JR doesn’t mind me using her as an example (?), but when she found out Henry was illegal she was super concerned that I couldn’t access vet care (meaning, what am I doing with a bunny if I can’t access vet care for him???). Once I assured her that not only have I had him neutered, vaccinated along with a health check and assurances that he was now their patient and I could return with him anytime fear free of being ‘dobbed’ in, I’m know she sighed with relief (I love how BBer’s love my bunny too). And I don’t want to discuss the money I have spent on 4 dog’s over 16 years….. but you do it!
I will admit, we hesitated taking our 15yo poodle Molly (who we knew was dying of old age) to the vet in case we didn’t come home with him – but we took him cause we had to be assured at the very least he wasn’t in pain. We came home with him along with pain relief – he passed away next to our bed a week later. As devastating the loss, I take comfort everyday that we (paid $) did that for him and god forbid IF we had of come home without him, the cost would have insignificant.
To this day I have a little ‘secret’ saving’s account that I deposit a few dollars into each fortnight, and we have the emergency credit card – that we actually got (didn’t have one till….) Molly snapped his shoulder as a ‘puppy’ and our choice was surgery or have him put down. He was a puppy – no life, so surgery it was. We still have that same credit card to this day.

I still buy my wine (ha ha ha ha – I budget every week, lol!), but never have any of my pets been considered as any less as myself or my human family. I can’t stand pain or poor quality of life – I hope karma pays me back….. and when my time comes it will be pain free.

PS – I did get Henry AFTER Molly passed, but it was over 2 years later. It hurt so much, I did the ‘NO more pets’ thing, ‘I can’t go through another loss’. Thankfully the hurt eased and we gave Henry a wonderful home.

AH – don’t mind at all. I knew you would bend over backward for Henry (aka Dam Bunny! — that’s ok, I have a sweet little “Dammit Marlee” and an “Oh Bunny What Have You Done Now” Moshi!). My biggest concern was access in an emergency when I found out about the stupid QLD no bunny law. I can’t imagine any worse feeling than having a sick pet and having nowhere to turn, and I was worried for *you* and “our” Henry! (I mean seriously, Henry ranks right up there with a ferret we all know and love as far as the antics go!)

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Thanks JR!
And there was a time when I adored Bubble’s more – but since he hurt his leg and has to be ‘bubble wrapped’, I decided Henry was less destructive (to himself!) ha haha ha…. Ooops! Sorry Hazel! Lol! 
  
Hey LBJ, any chance you can take a pic and post the squirrel picture for me/us. I am NO expert, but love interior design – I’d love to throw my 2 cents in, but as much as I try to imagine it – I can’t. I wonder if I see the picture I may be able to make a suggestion??? I already have some idea’s, but without knowing what the actual picture is, I worry my ideas may seem super dumb. OR, once I see the pic, I may have a totally different take on what I was thinking….

WOW.

So I’ve been coming on here for days and I was like WHY IS NO ONE TALKING IN THE MONTHLY CHAT? …..

…. Thanks for reminding me that it was July and everyone was now over here……
The stress must be really getting to me, 9 days have already gone by and I JUST noticed this…

Ha ha ha ha…. that is funny TL! Good on you!

I’d love to see the pic of the squirrel too, I agree with some colors like brown, gray, eggplant purple, and other colors like that, but it would be helpful to see the pic.

TL that is funny

STickerbunny I am with you on  stupid people

AH – I guess Henry is more the demolition man than self-destructive! Maybe wrap your books, bed, cokes, dog food, nightshirts, etc in bubble wrap to keep them safe?!?

You know Henry would just find the bubble wrap fun to eat though, JR !

Yeah, your right Stickerbunny. He’d probably like the popping … . Yum, popcorn! Wait, mom, where’s the butter?!?!

I love to pop bubblewrap!

I love butter!

(Not really, but it fit so well! Sleep-deprived again and feeling punchy. . . !)

Punchy? Never heard that expression before…

Here’s the squirrel. It’s still wrapped in the plastic and everything. I just have no where to put it.

Originally, I wanted blue in the bathroom. I kinda still do since, you know, blue and gray look nice together. That’s why I liked that octopus shower curtain. The squirrel just doesn’t fit in with the color scheme. He’s just reddish brown on a white background.

EDIT to add: Keep in mind he would be staring at you while you’re in the bathroom. LOL

Punchy is when you’re so tired that even stupid/corny things seem funny (really funny, but usually only to you!). Kindof like punch drunk but from being tired instead of hit in the head!

LBJ – “technically”, the picture itself doesn’t have to match the color scheme, but would look nice if you had a picture frame that had your blue and gray with a maybe a touch of copper (fleck? edging? or even something tie it all together with a double or triple matte in the frame?). I bet Andi could even tell you how to make something like that.

It would be a fat frame. The picture is printed on canvas and has a wooden frame underneath.

Hmm, I was expecting a pic of a live squirrel, this is much harder to work with lol.
And yes, I might have a SMALL problem with a squirrel staring at me the first few times, but you’d get used to it, Just don’t make eye contact, lol.

Maybe the walls are tan, and you have red accents, with maybe some green in there?

Perhaps it should be a woodland theme in the bedroom that will eventually be down there. And the adjoining bathroom (the bathroom currently being built) can have the ocean theme? Would that be too much? LOL

Where’s AndHenry? I was expecting her input on this.

I was wondering the same thing — would love to hear AH’s ideas. (Knowing her, she’s over on Moxie’s bunny stealing thread telling me to back off and trying to say the bunnies I’m stealing are already hers!. . . . Luv you AH, but you must share!!!!)

Ha ha ha ha JR – I’m just writing my list first before I commit to a post! So many bunny’s, so little time….. LOL!

Sorry LBJ, the night before last I was up late with Blair not feeling well – yesterday I seriously considered having a ‘nanny nap’ I was soooo tired, lol!
Anyhow, that picture is so easy to work with. If it had all different shades of colour that can make it tricky, but having a white background and the one colour – a neutral reddy brown, I reckon you can use that against any colour scheme, especially if you stick with the softer tones like the grey that you mentioned. Even shades of blue will work well and compliment the reddy brown. And the most important thing to remember, a picture is an accessory and may be replaced in years to come, where as a bathroom suite and tile can last decades, so it’s always best to do the bathroom fixtures and tiles in what you know you will like into the future, then you can compliment it with your squirrel picture (as a contrast colour) with simular coloured towels, bath mat, soaps, etc., and with the shower curtain, get one with a touch of the reddy brown colour – not the whole curtain as it may be to rich/much for the room. And as for framing your print, a cost effective way is to hang the print (make sure you are happy with the placement, cause even though it is removable, it won’t be easy…), and buy some architrave and frame the outside of it directly into the wall. Before doing that, take the print to a paint shop, get them to colour match it and paint the timber/framing before attaching it to the wall. And any paint you have left over you can paint other stuff for the room, like a tissue box, a towel stand – but don’t go to crazy (like I have been known to do…. LOL!), you just want to compliment the room with a splash of this colour – to make it look like it was deliberate and not like you had a can of paint leftover and decided to use it ALL! Ha ha ha ha.
I bought a skinny framed cheap full length mirror – and it looked cheap! So I painted some architrave the same colour as the border and attached it to the wall (with 45 degree angle – looks classy) to plump/fatten it up and it now looks like an expensive mirror – all up it cost me $25 including the mirror).
In our lounge room (which is STILL under construction, ha ha ha), I chose to paint the walls a beige colour (neutral) and am accessorizing in a greeny/blue.
So, the walls are a mid beige, the trims and my old hard furniture (tv unit and shelves) I painted white, the 3 seater lounge is brown, and the carpet a light beige. I’m now going to have my 2 (24yo) single lounge chairs recovered in a greeny/blue fabric and have cushions made (from the same fabric) for the brown lounge. Then I will colour match some paint and paint the two small end tables (next to the lounge) a simular green/blue colour. And when I get sick of this colour scheme – I will keep all my key pieces, and just change the accessories (the cheap/easy stuff). Why I’m suggesting, do your bathroom the way you want/planned to and just use the picture like an accessory – don’t do your bathroom up around one picture (unless it’s a very very expensive heirloom piece!) Lol!
So much for my ‘brief” suggestion….. LOL! Told you I loved interior design, ha ha ha. BUT keep in mind, I’m no expert! I just found after years of experimenting, wasting a lot of money and then trying to save money – this is working for me. Hope this helps LBJ.

Edit to ADD – If you don’t want the squirrel ‘watching’ you (good one Moxie!) but a strip of carefully cut black tape across it eyes – it will also make a joke/laughing point!  I do silly stuff like that too…..

Oh, I forgot to add….. Henry would POP the bubble wrap and then EAT it to hide the evidence! I can honestly imagine Henry pooping with a POP and blaming the dog’s! LOL!

AH – architrave? Can you post a picture of something you used it on?

I’m pretty good with colors and bathrooms, but the rest of the house? Forget it! When we did our renovations (12 years ago?), I had every room, ceiling, interior door, trim, etc painted creamy white. Blinds on every window — still no curtains! Even with all of hubby’s drawings, the only pictures on the walls are two paintings my son did in 3rd grade (had them framed — one is a kangaroo!!!). Other than that, I bought two baskets that pull the teal out of my bedroom comforter and that’s about it! Bathrooms look great tho!

Somewhere in my house is a Stewart Moskowitz framed print of pastel rabbits on rollerskates. Got it 30 years ago and this is the first place I’ve lived that it hasn’t been hung. Would be perfect in my bunny room! Hubby has hidden it somewhere . . .

Architrave – the trim used around your windows.
And we use the term skirting boards – I think you guys say base boards??? Anyhow, just took a pic of the mirror I mentioned above – will post it as soon as the hubby uploads it to the computer for me…… waiting waiting waiting!

Do you know how hard it is to take a pic of a mirror without getting yourself in it????  LOL!

Anyhow, the inside frame is the mirror frame – the outside frame is the architrave (window trim). Oh, and see the little gap in the corner (I didn’t till now – DOH!), just fill it with ‘no more gaps’ or filler and paint over it. (and that goes for the nails holes too) – bugga, I really thought I did a good job till I looked at my own picture!  ha ha ha…. It does look good from a ‘distance’!

Hmm… interesting AndHenry. Those are good ideas. I’m going to have to think about this. I have some time though, I suppose. My husband is taking his sweet time.

So, in other news, do you guys remember the turtle that was humping the other turtle? We separated them a few weeks ago. Well, a few days ago, the turtle that had been doing the humping was laying eggs. He is a she!

HUH???? Lol…..

Do I say ‘congratulations’??? ha ha ha ha…..

This is my entry (different mirror). This mirror was old fashioned gold trimmed and the entry table was dated yellow/orange pine – yuck! Painted them both black and bought a red ceramic vase (most expensive part of the project, ha ha ha!). The front door which is opposite, I also painted black tooooo! LOL!  Anyhow, see how I used the red vase as the contrast of colour – that’s what I was trying to explain. And the front door has some frosted glass in it with a ‘red’ flower – why I picked up on the red as the feature colour. The room next door is the lounge that I’m introducing the green/blue colour. So your ensuite (bathroom) can be a different colour/theme to the bedroom cause even if they are adjoining they are seen as two separate rooms. In one and a half years (saving! saving!), I hope to do my kitchen…. not that I will, but I’d love orange gloss cabinets with a painted hot pink, orange, lime green and blue striped splashback with a glass front. Hopefully when that time comes I’ll be sensible and go for something neutral and if I still want to indulge in bright colours I’ll buy an orange toaster!

PS – Look to the left in the picture, you can sorta see the baby gate WITH chicken wire threaded through….. DAM bunny!

My computer is in the shop because I dropped it (did I tell you guys about that?). So I have been coming on here on my iPad which is difficult, so I haven’t been on BB as much as usual. Wow I missed a lot in the chat!

Bugga, Amanda is back – gotta get to Moxie’s thread and steal the bunnies (that I haven’t already stolen from the last thread….) before she gets her hands on them….. LOL!

Edit to ADD – DAM! She beat me to it……

Wow AH! You are good! I would never have thought to use window trim as a picture frame! (Didn’t notice the gap & nail hole until you said something — then I had to go looking!). I like the contrast too. I tend to migrate toward blue/green with tan/beige – has a really clean yet relaxing and soothing feel to me. Next time I have any money that I’m not spending on the buns, you can start to redecorate my house!

AndHenry – That looks really nice. Yeah, I like to do accent colors. I like to paint walls colors too, but my husband hates it. LOL

Regarding the turtle… “she” laid the eggs in the water in her tank (normally they are buried in the ground) and then she ate them. o_O I was picking up little pieces of shell from the rocks on the bottom of the tank. Keep in mind though that there would not have been anything in the eggs anyway. No boys of her kind around. I’m think that the humping was a dominance thing. Perhaps she thought the other turtle was competition for mates (?) or prime egg laying territory (?) or who knows. Strange how much turtles are like rabbits, isn’t it? They are picky when it comes to food, just like rabbits can be.

*sigh* My husband’s aunt isn’t doing well. My mother-in-law called today to say they decided to stop her treatment and put her in hospice care. We aren’t sure how long she has left, but we have seen this coming for a long time now. Anyway, we had plans to take a vacation in about a month. My husband wants to cancel because he’s afraid she will pass away around the time we are supposed to go. We don’t really know for sure, but we only have another 10 days left to cancel our reservations without charge. I can understand why he is thinking this because his parents had to cancel a vacation (which involved plane tickets that were non-transferable) because his uncle (other side of family) died in June. Thoughts?

I don’t want this to sound cold, but if you go on the vacation and she does pass, would you and your husband be able to continue enjoying your vacation and be ok with possibly not going to the funeral? (Don’t know how close your husband is to his aunt or his parents) If so, go. If not, cancel.

Some families would be like “go enjoy yourself while you can, there’s nothing you can do to change a thing here”, while others lean on each other heavily during such times. Personally, I would want my immediate family near but the rest could do whatever they wanted.

Depends on what exactly the plans are for his Aunt. If it’s a he wants to spend time with her before she passes and be there when she gets close / go to the funeral, then cancel. If he has no intentions of going to any of that anyway, I would just go ahead and take the vacation. But, honestly, it’s his family so it should be mostly his decision on if he wants to go or not.

This is the aunt he is probably closest to. She is the only one that lives nearby and his mom invites her to family functions a lot. I know her better than his other aunts. She is the one I see on a fairly regular basis. That being said, I imagine most of her time left will be spent with her family. I’m sure we will go visit her though. We would definitely go to her funeral. This isn’t like his uncle who died in June that I met like twice in 15 years. I questioned why I was required to go, but went anyway out of respect for my husband, his family, and their wishes. Oddly, my sister-in-law didn’t show up.

So yeah, it would be kind of weird if she were to pass away and my husband and I were headed off on vacation. At the same time, it seems silly to cancel when we really don’t know how much time she has left. We will be gone for only 4 days, so it seems that the chances would be in our favor.

If a family member I was close to was that ill, I would personally cancel (unless there was already a ton of money invested). For one, I couldn’t enjoy the vacation because I would be upset/worried. For two, if I was out sunbathing or something when it happened, I would feel pretty awful. So, I can’t blame him at all if he wants to cancel. If he feels strongly about not going, I wouldn’t push it. There will be other vacations, but he only has the one Aunt he’s close to.

I agree with Stickerbunny. If your husband is that close to his aunt, he won’t enjoy the vacation. If you push to go anyway, it will likely come back to bite you one day.

I suppose you guys are right. I did tell him to wait to cancel until we know more. Like I said, the deadline isn’t for another 10 days.

Leaving to go to a week long summer camp tomorrow morning. I’ll be back Saturday. Moxie will be left in my mom’s care, but I couldn’t be more nervous about it! Bun’s are so delicate, they aren’t like a cat or dog. Anyway, I’ll most likely just be stressed the whole week about Moxie.

Don’t have too much fun without me guys!

MM I can relate.  I just don’t go anywheres without cotton and the last time he came he got upset and went off his regular eating.  So we stay home.  I worry about him going off his food if I am away.   I am the worst bunny slave.   I may sleep over at the mosque in a week tho.  He can be cared for for 1 nite by someone else.  Won’t kill him. 

Sticker bunny Yes too bad about the trip and the Aunt.  Not a good situation to be in. 

Oh I glued some more flowers on my headband got super glue on my fingers.  All over.  Only 2 fingers escaped glue.  Spent the morning peeling it off.  Little specks all over.  Tried to read on my Nook.  So distracted by peeling the glue.  Blowing the specks away.  Got on Littles (laptop) kept making errors due to glue.  Peeled n peeled was kind of fun actually once it started coming off.  Much better now.  Not annoying anymore got it all peeled off.  

Finger nail polish remover is good for super glue removal, if you ever spill it over yourself again.

Hubby is on a weeks holiday and we went shopping (the mid year sales – woo hoo!) today. You know that emergency credit card that I keep on hand??? Everyone, keep your finger’s crossed I have no sick animal’s for a couple of months – I bought a cordless Dyson ‘animal’ vacuum cleaner! Even on special it cost more than I ever thought I’d spend on a vacuum ever! Oh well, it’s done now. It better be bloody fantastic! Something I did notice (chuckle) it had an attachment that you could purchase separately to vacuum your pets (YAY!), but at an extra $100 I walked away from it….. (maybe an idea for my birthday???) he he he he…..
Now I’m exhausted and my feet hurt. I’m so not used to walking around the shops for a ‘whole’ day anymore (oh, and we did the grocery shop too). Again (I mentioned this last time the hubby and I went shopping), the hubby wanted to stop for lunch – no chance, keep moving! He drank a thickshake! LOL!

Would love to know how well the cordless one works. We got the corded one and love it. Also got the vac attachment for pets at half price — its pretty worthless unless you have a dog that enjoys the noise and being vac’d. The attachment would never work on a bunny, its just too bulky.

I was looking at the pet vacuums, but I noticed the ones I was looking at still had the smaller tubes running from the brush to the main tube and that is what always clogs up at my house (hay+ever shedding rabbit+dust = clogged tubing)… so didn’t like the idea of spending that much money just to be taking the vacuum apart every time I use it still to get that tube cleaned. Does the one you got have that? (most of the upright vacuums in stores here have this type of tube http://www.rcappliancepartsimages.com/dbImages/i/00004923/Vacuum-Hose-2037046–01527348.jpg running up from the brush area to the black tube down at the bottom and it’s such a pain to take it off and clean it all the time)

I don’t use my Dyson on hay any more – hose clog issues. Still love it for fur pickup tho (bunny and dog). We use a contractor grade shop vac with a large diameter hose for bunny areas – picks up hay, litter, poops really well. It will only clog if we try to pick up big piles of hay or litter at once, or if somebunny has buried a toy in what appears to just be a pole of litter! Other than toy pickup, just squeeze the hose a little where the clog is and it clears.

Hm, so it still clogs. OK, no use then lol my bunnies are extremely messy with their hay and it ends up in every room of the house (even though it’s only supposed to be in THEIR room with the hardwood floors) so been trying to find something that can do carpets and hay without clogging up quickly. I have a dirt devil cheapy vac that does fur and dust well enough for me. Shop vacs seem kind of hard to do almost an entire house of carpet with. :s

Yep, I use a shop vac. Even then, sometimes the hose gets clogged with hay.

Still debating our vacation. My husband is going to ask him mom what she thinks. This aunt would be her sister.

In other news, I picked up some large 12×12 ceramic tiles on clearance for the buns. Is ceramic okay? Or do you think it would be too porous? The top is glazed, but the bottom is not. Then again, I bought 4 for only $3 so I suppose I shouldn’t care. LOL

I should clarify — the Dyson hose clogged (but not bad) when using it with the hose only, but I tend to try to suck up alot at once. When using as a carpet sweeper, I don’t remember it clogging but I didn’t pick up long stemmy pieces on the first try. I’m hard on vacuum cleaners tho so take my advice on normal vacs lightly. I’ve burned up a quite a few cheap ones – I inadvertently sucked up a bra with the last one and that was all she wrote for the vac and the bra!

If only someone would invent a power nozzle with a beater bar for my shop vac . . .

A bra? That’s a new one! Worst I suck up into mine are coins – quarter, pennies, etc. I have bad eye sight so anything small in the carpet I can’t even see and it goes into the vacuum. My issue is the buns think anything the other one is eating tastes better (it always tastes better if stolen from someones mouth, right?) so one grabs a mouth of food and the other chases them so the food ends up all over lol maybe I should just try to explain the food is the exact same as is in their litterbox/plate…

Yes, a bra. Apparently my eyesight is worse than yours! In my defense (!), I was vacuuming in my walk-in closet and it must have fallen out of the clothes basket and gotten pushed up under some hanging clothes. One of those “you’ve got to be kidding me moments”.

Haven’t had to deal with food all over the house yet. Mine have definitely figured out about taking food out of each other’s mouths, but none have figured out yet to try to run away with it! Some how, seeing bunnies chasing each other around the house to steal food out of another’s mouth would seem completely normal anymore!

Dinner time “YOINK” is the popular sport in the wildebeest enclosure…. The piece of fennel, parsley or acrrot in someone else’s mouth is always more appertising than the ample portions still in the dish… Subsequently the salad gets spread from one corner to the other.

Stickerbunny Skipper does the same thing to Ian! She’ll eat the food right out of his mouth because it looks yummier.

The buns have been having me in a tizzy lately. Tohka did really great after his neuter and bounced back fairly well. Which was great. =] But then Skipper and Ian decided to be naughty buns. Hugo has always been a bit of a Houdini and escaped from his cage since day one we’ve had him. So we allow him to escape whenever he wants at night and leave the baby gate up for him to make sure he doesn’t go near the other buns. But Ian and Skipper somehow broke out of their cage and knocked down the baby gate before proceeding to attack poor Hugo. Poor little boy had to get stitches because of the lovebirds. The little buns do not seemed bothered at all by the incident now since they get apples and treats as bribes to take their antibiotics. When we were at the vets though, the bf and I found out that the poor vet was so nervous when she did Tohka’s neuter. I guess when they went to pick him up, he screamed out of terror. =/ The vet and the staff were really happy to hear that Tonka was doing great and that we didn’t have to bring him back in since it would just stress him out too much. I love our bunny vet. They are totally awesome and amazing.

Haha what is it with the buns and rude food stealing? I usually end up chasing them down and giving the one chasing their own carrot/hay/piece of lettuce or whatever just so the one being chased can stop and eat. They will chase each other from room to room and forget the rest of the food.

Last night we walked in after I had given them pellets. I give them their food on a normal dinner plate from our regular dishes. Well, Powder had decided he wanted the pellets all to himself. He was in the plate, belly flat, with his two front paws stretched in front and spread out like a human protecting something and munching the few pellets between his paws while Stickers sat staring at him because he had blocked her. It was hilarious. Gave them a salad and they couldn’t decide which one they wanted more, greens or pellets. But, it got him off the plate so she could eat. Lol

Glad the neuter went well. And naughty buns fighting! Hope everyone heals up OK.

The joy of being an Angora Bunny Mummy… There must be some sort of secret bunny celebration that requires adornment… Came home and Piglet was wearing an attractive ensemble of disarticulated cecal poops… Nice dark sticky ones that contrasted so well with his fluffy white fur… I am assuming he was in full ceremonial dress for the holiday… I’ll get the really sticky ones out when they dry rather than risk mushing them into the fur any more. Facepalm** Thankfully Peta the groomer is back on Friday night..

Piglet had crafted an attractive cecal pellet tiara with cecal sparkles stuck at intervals through his fur across the back.

It really sounds lovely. Are they French angoras? If they are, it’s of course the 14 of July they’re celebrating – a tad late, but maybe the preparations took longer than they’d expected =)

Posted By AndHenry on 7/14/2014 1:29 AM
Again (I mentioned this last time the hubby and I went shopping), the hubby wanted to stop for lunch – no chance, keep moving! He drank a thickshake! LOL!

That was a wise decision. If you had stopped for lunch, you might have had a drink or two and ended up with that $100 pet attachment after all!

And I don’t blame you for preferring Henry’s destruction to Bubbles’ SELF destruction, I would too! Oscar covers the destroying part, so I get both!

I am super jealous AndHenry! I love the Dyson so much! I had one growing up and you can see a total difference in vacuuming compared to other vacuums. Especially on carpet, which is what most of the house was. Since I’ve moved out and been on my own I’ve been coveting a Dyson. I keep telling myself one day. XD

Oh Roberta. =/ Maybe Piglet wants to get all dressed up for the hairdresser? Maybe he wants to look all nice and pretty for her when she comes to whack his hair off.

The Dyson is completely unknown here, but it does look awesome! I sweep the floors, then vacuum, because of the hay everywhere.

Bam Roberta how funny.   

OH goodness.  The truth comes out . All this time Mom has told me her father who died when she was 12 also my grandfather was native american.  I would always ask her which tribe.   Well hubby knows some fellow who is native american  He knows how to do geneology etc.  I spoke with him.  Then I asked mom the question the guy needed answers to to start looking into things.  

Wouldn’t you know it.  My very own mother has lied to me all these years.  Her father is   totally french cajun.  Non of her parents spoke english only cajun french.   OMG MOM  whats up with that.  lol  Isn’t that something to find out your parent lied to you all these years.  lol.  Whoa. 

Stickerbunny And the glue  I tried nail polish remover.  It never works for me.  Don’t know why.  Maybe I glued myself with too thick of a layer lol hmm dunno

Rabbits running with a mouthful of food lol.  Poor thing.  

Stickerbunny I can just picture Powder laying over the plate guarding the pellets.  lol.  Those 2 are something.  Your own personal comedy show.  Better than Red Skelton. 

A bra?  lol   The vac my Mom gave me an old Hoover it would suck up dishrags if I wasn’t careful  It would probably suck up a bra too

I am late.  Cotton just came up to say hey where is my cereal. Its been just over an hour.  I take snthroid I have to wait an hour before i can eat.  Got carried away here.   I give him bran flakes or plain corn flakes.  Some unsugared cereal.  I had some corn flakes in a plastic baggie for Cotton.  Hubby ate Cottons cereal a while back.  lol.  I was lookin for it.  Asked hubby.  He said he ate it.  I said Oh you ate Cottons cereal.  He said oh Mr. Cotton I am sorry I didn’t know it was yours  lol.  

Sigh…. tensions in the house have only got worse… Merlin is not used to sharing his space with another guy and is REALLY not used to having another guys scent on me :p today he got up on the bed and peed on my boyfriend.

8 days till neutering….

No no no Hazel! Andi would never spend $100 on a vac pet attachment, even after a few drinks! She would have come home with a ferret! Oh, wait a minute . . . that was you!!!!!

Bunnytowne — I know *exactly* what you mean about being lied to! I found out from my father *on his death bed* that my mother had been married before and he was not my sister’s father! I went nuts — my sister was 44 years old and was just finding out who her father was. Turns out, everyone else in the entire family knew but us. That same day, we found out that my sister also has another half-sister and that I may have a half-sister in Sweden!

Silverpaws — So you’re the one “cheating” with another bun so he pees on your bf instead of you?!?! Love it!

Roberta – But cecals are nice and round and shiny . . . Aren’t you supposed to accessorize with the “extras”?!

JR, no, I’m cheating on Merlin with my boyfriend :p

Did the boyfriend laugh off being peed on by a jealous bun? If he did, he’s a total keeper.

Silverpaws — Ok, then the bf deserved it! How dare he leave his scent on Merlin’s slave!

JR & Bunnytowne – I was pretty upset to learn at the age of 35 (and after being hospitalized for the first time for being in a homicidal manic rage at 29) that my father and grandfather had the same problem, and that my dad took medicine for one of his issues, AND that at the age of 12 a shrink told my mother that I had severe issues that needed to be dealt with by medication and therapy. She didn’t want to believe anything was going on with me and told the doctor I was just telling him what he wanted to hear. I nearly KILLED my husband and a friend because I was out of my mind. I literally had NO memory of going into the kitchen and getting the knives, and was completely confused when I “woke up” to discover myself holding knives in both hands and breathing hard because I had been trying to break down the bedroom door to kill them. So I was pretty ticked off about not being told about the family history, and it taking my mom 6 yrs to fess up about it after I was diagnosed.

But when my friend discovered at his mother’s funeral, that the woman he was burying was not really his mother, but his grandmother, and that the woman he had grown up his entire life knowing as his sister, was really his mother… well, that just took the cake for me. I guess every family has skeletons in the closet.

Silverpaws- I’m with Stickerbunny! If the bf could get over that.. he’s definitely a keeper!

Manic — Ours went farther than I posted . . . My father was totally devoted to his step-father and angry at his father for walking out on him when he was a baby. All we new of his father was a name on his birth certificate because his mother would never talk about him. I was interested for medical history purposes. About a month after my father died, we found out that the man listed on the birth certificate, the man whose name my father carried his whole life, was not his father! I was so angry that I wanted to have the name on his grave changed! People just should not do this to their kids! But it perpetuates . . . My sister’s husband is a recovering alcoholic (25 years without a drink), but even though alcoholism seems to run in the family, they do not want their kids to know (all are 21 and over now).

Reading your story, how awful for you. Just think how much better it would have been for you to know all along. You must have been so scared not knowing why you felt like you did for years. I have a cousin who is bipolar, and just knowing what is going on and how to identify the stage helped him tremendously — so much better than wondering if you’re losing your mind!

I wasn’t really scared so much, but I spent a lot of time annoyed with people who, in hindsight, were just trying to keep me safe from myself. When I’m manic.. well I’m superwoman and am completely oblivious to how annoying I might be,or don’t find things like walking on the city streets at 2am in a shady neighborhood to be at all dangerous, picking up hitchhikers is a perfectly safe thing to do, or being extremely promiscuous and going off to an unknown place with a stranger.

It just depends on how long I’m manic, the longer the episode lasts the more dangerous to myself and others I become. Since I was never medicated, my cycling is very fast, so I spend a lot of time like a yoyo. But growing up, I thought that was normal? I thought everyone thought about killing themselves or had tried. I felt like my parents just wanted to keep me from doing what I wanted to do, and for the life of me I just could NOT keep myself from disobeying them. They would always ask me WHY I did this or that, or WHY I didn’t do what they asked. “I dunno”. Typical teenage answer right? Maybe? I really didn’t know, I just did it. It has caused me a lot of problems, mostly with maintaining relationships, and I’ve hurt a lot of people. But yes… KNOWING what is wrong and being able to make sense of all the things you just couldn’t give an explanation for previously has helped. My husband and I were separated after that incident for 11 months. There was a lot going on that made things very stressful for me and triggered the episode. That was 14 yrs ago. I -still- am haunted by decisions I made when I was manic as a teenager, and traumatized by things I’ve done as an adult.

I find myself seeking constant reassurance from my husband that I am not acting strangely. I work very hard everyday to try and not get too excitable or angry, and to just let things go if I feel like I’m going to go off if I don’t deescalate the situation quickly. I frequently fail and scare people, even those who know me well.

I’m slightly manic now, which is why I’ve babbled so much about this right here for everyone to see. LOL sorry guys!!

No problem. I kinda wondered if that might be how you got your two new buns . . . and then would think “what was I thinking”?! I’ve asked myself that quite a few times, like when I clean up the bunny room and 5 minutes later Moshi has been on a buried treasure hunt in the litterbox, or when Kieko decides she wants out of her condo and shreds all of her hay mats, or when Marlee jumps out the xpen door (and I’ve forgotten to put up the baby gate) and heads into my bedroom when I ‘m running late, or when Kieko chews the front off of my brand new Merrill sandles in 2 seconds flat — while they’re on my feet, or when Kieko gets the first turn in the cottontail cottage because she’s the oldest and she pees all over it, or when . . .!!!!!

Yep… French Angoras Bam…. Piglet is in the second sig pic from the left with his wifebun Pepper, my silver Marten… He’d just had his Summer haircut in the photo so you can’t see the floof… Blossom, his Oops daughter is now looking the spitting image of Daddy Piglet, it took some time for her full floof to develope luckily her sisters though still white have their Mother Peppers short coat… (No more babies BTW, snip was done before the girls arrived.) Blossom is second from the right, she started with a little mohawk and is now a puff ball like her Dad. Luckily the groomer is coming again Friday… Every bunny had manicures last Saturday and we decided during Blossoms butt trim and Piglets neck trim that both really needed a full cut… As they have reverse cycle AC being cold isn’t a concern.

Wow, and here I thought I was the only one with strange family issues. I’m not sure which side is worse, my mom’s or my dad’s. Hmm, maybe my dad’s since his mom (my grandma) was involved in quite the love scandal. I’m talking spouse-swapping here! Then all the lies my grandma told to my dad, saying she almost died from TB when he was a kid and that is why she was gone for so long (said she was in the hospital). It didn’t come out until shortly before she died that she made the whole story up. I also have a half-brother and half-sister that I have never met. My dad gave up his parental rights before I was born. It is the reason my grandma was resentful toward my brother and I. She was angry with my dad. Anyway, the thought runs through my mind every once in awhile that I should try to find them. But it is something I cannot ask my dad about, so I really have no way of doing that.

I don’t think any family is immune to family drama/issues. I’ve not met either of my half-siblings, my dad couldn’t tell the truth if his life depended on it (seriously, he would say “I don’t like pizza” and go in the kitchen a minute later, make a pizza and eat the whole thing). Always one in the family somewhere.

I’m glad you know what the issue is now, manic. Shame they kept it from you.

I have been wanting a new vacuum for ages, and all this talk finally pushed me over the edge. Just ordered a cordless Shark! It has to be better than the POS I am using now. So excited, it gets here next Tuesday!

I have been wanting a new vacuum for ages, and all this talk finally pushed me over the edge. Just ordered a cordless Shark! It has to be better than the POS I am using now. So excited, it gets here next Tuesday!

LBJ – Why can’t you ask him? Just because he gave up parental rights years ago shouldn’t mean he has no interest deep down. My sister’s biological father gave up parental rights knowing my father planned to adopt her. When it all came out I made my mother find him and make sure he didn’t have a problem if my sister wanted to meet him — he didn’t. I offered to take her but in the end she decided not to go. I think she was afraid of what the answer to “the question” would be. She’s also chosen not to meet her half-sister and she only lives an hour away. My father died before I could get any info on my half-sister, but if I could get any info, I’d have to find her. Then again, if I were my sister, I’d be compelled to face the man and ask how he could give me up so easily. In his case, there was nothing to prevent him from being her father. These kind of secrets only hurt people. I actually had the need to ask my father if he was really my biological father as he was dying. All because my mother didn’t want me and my sister to know she had been divorced. My mother and I used to be very close, and I promised my father I’d take care of her before he died. I’m honoring that promise, but the lies have changed my relationship with my mother forever.

Edit: I know that’s alot of baggage to lay out for the world to see, but I’ve got nothing to be ashamed of. I don’t keep deep dark secrets from my son. If one person reads it and decides not to hide something that could hurt someone down the road then I’m happy.

Grats on the Shark

I think I am the odd one out. I have two half-siblings but I have never met them and probably never will. My dad and I do not speak and I haven’t felt any need to get to know that part of my family. But, yes, if you have any way to contact your dad LBJ, why not ask him if it is bothering you? Just because he gave up parental rights doesn’t mean you can’t speak to him if you know who he is. Perhaps he’d be willing to answer your questions.

I can’t ask him because he refuses to talk about it. Plus I don’t think my mom would be too happy. Then again, I don’t know if I would be ready to meet them anyway (that is, if they wanted to meet me). There was a lot of bitterness in the family over this. It is the reason my grandma did not accept my brother and I. We were not her grandchildren in her eyes. Her grandchildren were the ones my dad gave away.

There are other things about my dad that don’t add up, I guess you could say. Things regarding his story about his time in the army.

EDIT: I did not see your post Stickerbunny. My dad did not give up his parental rights for me and my brother. He is still married to my mom. He gave up his parental rights for my half-brother and half-sister who were the products of a previous marriage.

Meh… Stickers is sneezing again. And her nose is soaked from it being runny. Back to the vet again… this will be the 5th time since November…

I think all families have some skeletons . . .it’s just a matter of whether or not someone opens that closet door! In our family, I guess I’m the culprit. Something my sister said made me start asking questions. My aunt and uncle said that everyone suspected that I’d eventually figure it all out but that my sister never would. All those times I held my father’s wedding ring in my hand (it hadn’t fit him in years) and never looked inside at the engraved wedding date until the day he died. Had I seen the date, I would have known he wasn’t my sister’s father. Really creepy . . . I learned how to read palms for a public speaking class (cool subject and no one notices when you wrap yourself around the podium from nerves!). To practice, I read my father’s palm. On the line that shows children, he showed extra — I started teasing him about unknown children! I found out that my grandmother had lost a baby when I pointed out an extra child line on her hand. Decided to stop trying to read palms as soon as my speech was over!

BTW, on the bunnies stealing food subject . . . Tonight it took two of us to keep Moshi from stealing salad from Marlee! He’s gotten to where he’ll eat his really fast then fly over to her bowl and try to push her out of the way or take it out of her mouth! Oooooh bunnnyyyy!

This is the new ‘expensive’ vac. Sorry, I should have thought to post pic’s with my original post – silly me! The idea behind it and why I think it was SO expensive, is that with the stick you use it like a normal vacuum, but without the stick it becomes hand held, with an assortment of attachments. And it is just as if not more powerful then any other corded vacuum, but only runs for 20 minutes before needing to be recharged. We have the corded Dyson (which was a ‘lot’ cheaper and I LOVE!), for when I do the whole house….. This one is for the kitchen/family area (basically wherever Henry is), that I can grab daily and quickly and easily keep Henry’s fur under control. I’m not sure how it would go with Henry’s hay (NO! I haven’t tried it yet – I don’t want to get it dirty ) cause it has such a small dirt/dust catchment in the part where you hold it with your hand. But they called it the ‘animal’ cause apparently it is the best available for collecting animal hair off all surfaces.

And trust me – if I had of had drinks with lunch that day, I would have come home with the pet attachment AND a ferret!!!

By the way, hubby on holidays? He is annoying the absolute crap out of me! I’m taking up drinking fulltime till he goes back to work!  Serious, I thought once 2 (of 3) kids moved out Henry would be my problem child? NO! Still the husband!  The crap he leaves on MY desk, and the MESS everywhere!

Lol tell me about it. Every weekend when my partner is off work the living room looks like a tornado hit it. Gum, gum wrappers, food, dishes etc all over. Wet towels and dirty clothes on my bed too.

That vacuum doesn’t look too bad. No tiny tubes to clog up, just the limited container space. I have a $20 corded one that is a handheld and attaches to a stick to become a stick vacuum, they are so light and easy to empty it isn’t a big deal if you need to do it a few times. Mine doesn’t have any fancy attachments or lots of power though since it was so cheap.

This is why I ‘love’ the chat sooo much – who would have guessed that most of us had/has some family issue…..
After reading everyone’s dilemma’s and thoughts on the subject of mental illness and family, thought I may as well throw mine out there. I actually sat here for a while thinking whether I should disclose this… My mum who I discussed earlier in this thread, died at her own hand due to severe depression. She fought and suffered depression since before I can remember as a young child – I grew up with it being a ‘normal’ part of my life, maybe why ‘I had no idea’ and torment myself all these years later with ‘I should have known’. I HATE that I could of and didn’t do anything – cause I just didn’t pick up that this was the week, this was the day…. I honestly believe (without discussing it with anyone) that she planned it, maybe for weeks??? I have never discussed my mum with anyone, there is still a huge stigma surrounding mental illness and depression.
My dad died in a car accident when I was 7 and because he wasn’t a nice guy along with his family, I have never had anything to do with them – I don’t know them, they are strangers to me. I’m a great believer in ‘you don’t miss what you never had’, and I have no interest 40 years later (I’m 47 in a couple of months) to meet long lost strangers who didn’t care about me when I was a child (when I and my mum ‘needed’ them). I think I mentioned this before – I don’t ‘choose’ too, but I do hold a grudge, I can’t forgive that.
And I’ll throw in when the kid’s father and I divorced, I planned on staying friendly and ‘sharing’ the kids, but he left me high and dry (what a story!) and he never acknowledged the kid’s with a birthday or Christmas card (youngest son was 4 and is now 22). Anyhow, his uncle (ex husband’s brother) made contact with youngest son via facebook, and I told him outright that if he took up the offer to get to know him/them (now that he is a wonderful young man – thanks to all my hard work), that I wouldn’t be able to have the same close relationship that we share now. I know a lot of you, if not all of you will say that I’m wrong, BUT that is how I feel. I’m not choosing to feel this way, this was my first reaction when he told me and it hasn’t waivered since. Again, no one cared when the kids were young and needed them most – why would you care and be interested now? In my ‘moral’ books, it doesn’t work that way. Why should they (the ex’s family) get to share in my kid’s now that all the hard work is done – where were they all when we needed them? For the record, my child support order for 3 kids was $2.14 monthly! Yes, you read that right – two dollars and 14 cents per month! I can’t and won’t tolerate that from any parent under any circumstance – that is SOOOO wrong! And I won’t have people like that in my life and would be devastated if my son chose too.

See guys – I’m away from BB for a few days (you were right JR – the hubby should be banned from taking holidays and distracting me!) and I’m gonna take up a page replying and joining in the topic’s of discussion. Ha ha ha ha ha!

So LBJ, are you and the hubby going on holiday? Sorry I wasn’t on when you were asking….. gee, what a hard one. And for the tiles, I think for the small amount you are using, any are fine. The only problem with the ‘shiny’ surface ones is they can become slippery (if they are the one’s you bought?), but for the small amount to keep the bun’s (my Wooley!) cool, I doubt that would be a problem. And I’m impressed – BARGAIN! Lol….

Hey Nora, let me know how the ‘shark’ vac is? I’ve heard good things about it, but again – didn’t know anyone who actually tried one, so stuck with the Dyson brand (a bit like buying Henry Oxbow, ha ha ha) cause my corded vacuum is sooo good.

One thing I was annoyed about with myself Stickerbunny – I wanted to look for a jojoba skin product to try, but I got so tired by the end of the day and forgot, dam! I will and am still looking to try it – so thanks again for the suggestion. I will let you know when I do and how it goes for me.

And on a personal note to manic…. even though you told me (and others on previous threads) straight out about your condition (but without going into detail like you have now) – it never bothered me in the slightest. You are FUNNY (even when you aren’t/weren’t trying to be), honest (straight forward), and an absolute pleasure! Whatever it is that makes you YOU – the good and the bad, I’ll take it all to be your BB friend! You are one of ‘many’ genuine people I have met on BB – why do you think I became a permanent fixture on BB since I became a member.
And I have to laugh at myself, when I first signed up and realised this was the place for me I just pushed my way in, no intro, didn’t know a thing about bunny’s, annoyed everyone (LOL!) and I now class a lot of BBer’s as my ‘friends’!
(And yes – I still worry I talk tooooo much!) Ha ha ha ha…..

PS – Don’t talk to me about bunny’s ‘pinching’ food! No, I’m not going to mention it….. cause we ALL know!
LOL!!!

Edit to Add – If you read this bam, notice the ‘chewed’ bottom bit of my comforter in the pic above – good grief!

Posted By AndHenry on 7/16/2014 1:20 AM

This is why I ‘love’ the chat sooo much – who would have guessed that most of us had/has some family issue…..

The older I get (ha that sounds ridiculous), the more I realize that I think most families do. I used to be so ashamed of my family. I have an older brother who was in and out of jail and struggled with drug problems. My mother suffers from severe depression (I found out just a year or two ago that she tried to kill herself and had to go the hospital—no one ever told me about it and I still don’t know exactly when it happened, I think maybe when I was in college), my sister moved in with us after college because she was pregnant. But they’re my family and I love them, and I realize now all those times I was jealous of other people’s “normal” families, they probably had their own issues. Plus everyone is doing much better these days, and it is nice to see how we have all overcome so many obstacles.

My thoughts about my family sort of come and go. I don’t know if I will ever act on these thoughts. The unknown makes me rather anxious. So no, no reunions with long lost relatives any time soon. =\

AndHenry – We are planning a short trip (4 days) to Colorado. And yes, they were very cheap tiles. They are glazed, but the surface isn’t slick. It has a texture to it. They are floor tiles, so I imagine the texture is there for a reason.

Manic – I agree with everything AndHenry said. We all love you here!

AH  when I first saw the picture of your vacuum I thought it was part of a pogo stick rofl.    Also I hear you about the uncle later in your sons life.  When my parents divorced my bro only came around to see me n mom 3x.  Abandoned me.  He was mad at mom for divorcing while I was stil lyoung  about                12 13 years old.  So we never really got close.  Even later on in life. Now he is deceased and I dont’ have the chance to get close to him.  Makes me sad

Family secrets.  MM thats terrible someone definitely should have told  you a whole lot sooner.  Those manic rages scare me too. Went thru a phase of breaking the electronics lol I have nearly attacked people too  Its not so bad once you know your diagnosis that way you know the symptons and what to discuss with Dr. when certain symptons are popping up.  Once I asked and accepted my diagnosis things have gotten better.  As has with you too.

oh silverpaws you are cheating on Merlin with boy friend in front of merlin.  Shame on you.  

I would love to have half sisters and brothers.  Unless my Dad took it to his grave I don’t have any that I know of.  I know not from my Mom.  Mom did have a miscarriage.  She also tried to commit suicide by drinking bug poison.  Made her really sick and at hospital too.  Eeeew bug spray

Vacuums.  I have a big rug covers the whole living room.  Got it for Cotton.  Otherwise i do not like carpet or rugs.  I would just rather sweep.  So I do use a vacuum.  I use shop vac or someties I sweep up the hay on the rug.  It is in a small area in front of Cottons cage and where I change his litterboxes.  Tho I still need to vacuum the rug from these hay things.  N the regular what no that gets on rugs. 

Oh Mom said is planning on coming in the fall and bringing me our stuff.    Thats great.  I hope they make it. 

Thanks guys, love ya’ll too!

Ok so.. I wake up this morning and on my way walking down the hall, I can see my hubby’s socked foot and this:  

So I’m thinking, “this can’t be good”.  I come completely around the bend to see him hovering over Bonnie and Bumpy, who he has decided to let them out together.  “But they were licking each other’s faces through the bars!” 

My husband has been thoroughly filled in about bonding, about the horrors of it, about how important it is they be in neutral territory, how they need to be neutered, and pretty much told me, it was gonna be my job to do it (which I already knew).  We talked about strategies, about what tools we would need to be able to separate them without getting injured, I pretty much bore him to death with binkybunny talk.

Yet, here he was, standing in the living room with that duster in his hand, wearing ONLY socks and nothing else.  

Bonnie was startled by me, and hopped away, which Bumpy followed, then there was a slight bit of chasing which basically resembled bunny agility with Bumpy hopping over the duster as the hubby was trying to head Bumpy away from chasing her, and me of course non-stop fussing at how he shouldn’t be doing this, and if he made them hate each other it was gonna be that much harder later. 

After a minute of redirecting Bumpy from the kitchen to the living room towards his pen, he hopped inside his area and we got the door closed before he got back out.  I told him NOT to do that again and that when it was time to bond them, I would be SURE to involve him in the process.  He seemed quite pleased about that and agreed not to do it again, even though he already told me that he wasn’t going to do anything with bonding to begin with.  He’s worse than a child, I swear! 

So Manic, I hope you put the hubby to work since he already had the duster in his hand!

Gah! Spouses can be such a hassle when trying to bond. Sounds like they did OK though, no fighting, so probably no harm done. When I was still getting mine prepared for bonding, my boyfriend forgot to close the baby gate between Powder and Stickers halves of the house … I woke up (he goes to work earlier than I get up and Powder was free roam at the time) to Powder in her area and her thumping and hiding behind a piece of cardboard I had propped against the wall for her to hide behind. Was quite lucky neither of them was aggressive. Sounds like your hubby was too, or he’d have had some bitten up hands/feet if he tried to separate them in socks!

WOO – HOO! YAY! Today is Friday, the last official day of my hubby’s holiday – and he’s gone to visit his parents!!! They are leaving next week to go back to Spain to visit family and he will be back at work, so can’t catch up then. WOO – HOO! YAY! ha ha ha….
I should be running around and cleaning up – NOPE! I’m sitting here doing nothing, enjoying BB and NOT being annoyed!
And why clean up today – I still gotta get through the weekend with him!

And if manic’s hubby is anything like mine, he wouldn’t have known that was a duster, let alone how to use it??? LOL!

I agree bunnytowne! When we looked at the vacuum, it looked so strange – we questioned if it actually worked the way they stated it would??? Ha ha! And if your mum does bring all your stuff – how exciting! It will be like everything is ‘new’ again!!!

Gotta admit, my hubby is pretty handy with the housework. He doesn’t clean things like I would, but I’ve learned just not to look too closely (if I complain then he stops cleaning). When we were trying to bond our buns, he was right there with me — me with my welder’s gloves and colander, him with bare hands (he thinks he’s too manly to wear gloves). Wouldn’t even admit he was wrong when he stuck his hand between two bunnies and got the crap bitten out of his finger! He stuck with us though. The two things that I’ve learned *never* to do would be discussing politics or religion with him! He’s so stubborn that I have a need to poke him — he’s even gotten up at a restaurant and sat at a table by himself over Pres Bush!

Are you serious???? Ha ha ha ha…… That is SO funny JR!

Very serious. I don’t have strong opinions on either subject, but boy he does! His dad was a southern baptist minister and hubby is into everything politics. Where most of our neighbors politely turn away the “missionaries” that go door to door . . . my husband used to invite them in and try to prove to them that they’re wrong! He’s gotten better at it, but there for a while he drove me crazy! I work with a guy who’s political beliefs are exactly the opposite of my hubby’s — I’ve told them both that I’m going to get them together one day, make myself some popcorn, and watch the show!

Save a seat for ME!

My hubby is a Catholic and believes, but luckily he doesn’t push it – cause I don’t believe. We have strong arguments though – he wants to be buried and doesn’t trust me – he’s worried I’ll have him cremated, ha ha hah ha (and honestly, I wouldn’t – I do respect other’s wishes). I said ‘do what you want with me’ (the cheapest) cause I won’t know to care….. LOL!
Politics, ha ha hah ha….. opposites there too! Why we ‘have’ to go out and vote? Our votes crosses the other ones out! But we stop for McDonald’s breakfast on the way home….  
Hey, it keeps the relationship interesting….. ha ha ha!

It would be fun to watch! I’m so mean . . . My old boss (we were also friends) had very strong political views and was an avid NRA supporter. He was harping on something one day, and whatever it was I was tired of hearing about it so I looked him straight in the eye and said that people should not be allowed to own guns. He spit a mouthful of coffee all over his desk and just sat there staring at me like I’d said something obscene. The look on his face was priceless.

My husband and I tend to agree on most political issues. We tend to vote the same way, so I don’t think we need to worry about canceling each other out. LOL We disagree about a lot of other things though. Money and how money is being spent is always a hot issue. How things are done around the house is up for debate. Family things, yeah, that causes some disagreement too.

So I found a snapping turtle today while I was with a group of kids. He was about 5 inches long. Not big, but big enough at that point to want to bite. I picked him up by his rear so he couldn’t get me and so the kids could see him (he was in the grass). They actually asked if they could pet him. I said no. Why? Well, here’s why. Held up a piece of grass to his face. He sliced clean through it with his beak, striking at lightening fast speed. Yep, that would be why you can’t pet him.

Money and spending are two things we have never fought about . . . it’s all mine!!! Both paychecks go into our joint checking account and that’s all he knows. I pay the bills, balance the checkbook, etc. When he needs “lunch money” he gets it out of my wallet. In the 25 years we’ve been married, he’s never questioned a single penny I’ve spent (and he can clearly see how many pairs of shoes I have — you simply cannot neglect your feet!).

AH, you actually sounded like my hubby there for a minute! He says to throw him in a box and stuff him in the ground. I worry that that’s what he’ll do with me — whatever’s cheapest. It’s not the cost, I just don’t want bugs to get in there with me and I don’t want to get wet! I could never be cremated — I’m terrified of fire. Don’t know how, but I would know!!!

GUN’s! Here in Australia gun’s are hard to come by (unless your a criminal) and you can imagine how mortified I was when younger son visited girlfriend’s family in America and went shooting on their property with the ‘men’! NOT happy! Sorry to all my American BB friends – I don’t get the gun thing! And no matter the argument – I never will.

Same here with the money – even though I don’t work anymore, my hubby has NO to access to his account (LOL!) – he has the visa card to pay for his fuel (so he can get to work to earn the money, ha ha ha!) along with emergencies, and ‘I’ pay it fortnightly along with everything else. He wouldn’t have a clue, YET we still argue over money all the time! But it’s always the large amounts (that I can’t HIDE from him), ha ha ha!
For example – we are still paying off my car at an interest rate of 13% – I found an interest free credit card for 2 years and will do a balance transfer and with the saving of interest will have it paid out in just over a year. Great, right? I said I can start planning my new kitchen and use the interest free card again – and we had a huge argument cause he didn’t want to borrow money again regardless that it is ‘interest free’! He wants to save it. WHY? I can have my kitchen and enjoy it at no cost (as long as I pay it off in the 2 years – which I always do, I hate fee’s and interest bills!) as to waiting the 2 years to SAVE for it – and along the way the saving’s gets dipped into…. when I pay a bill, it’s paid! No dipping!

My bf and I canNOT discuss politics at all. He too has pulled the “get up and leave me alone at the table”—I believe it was over the death penalty. When we first started dating he said that if we talked about it I would probably end up pulling him to the dark side, but sadly that has not proven to be true. Not talking about it is the best option because otherwise I end up how I ended up with someone who can subscribe to such a short-sighted, cruel, unworkable worldview…*sigh*

AndHenry – No offense, I really don’t understand it either. And quite frankly, it scares me.

My partner and I don’t argue too much. We disagree on a lot, but as long as he doesn’t push his beliefs on me, I don’t care what he believes. He’s religious, I am not. He’s more conservative than I am as well politically. I am a vegetarian, he eats meat nearly every meal. I buy cruelty free, almost every product he has is a brand that does animal testing. So… we COULD argue a lot but we work around it. lol And money isn’t a big deal, cause neither of us really cares about it beyond “Can we pay our bills? Yes, OK then.” And we’re both huge gamers, so what to do on a weekend is easy enough and if he wants to spend a weekend playing a card game tournament, I don’t nag him cause he’ll let me spend a week binging on the latest RPG release that I just HAVE to complete so I can see how the story goes. We have one issue that causes problems sometimes, but I don’t know if I should say it on this board. ha

He finally picked out a wedding ring he likes though, so we just ordered those after being married for over a month. lol He wanted LOTR ones and I showed people and they were like “I’d kill him” … but I am a nerd so if he wants his wedding ring to have the evil language of Mordor on it, fine by me.

I’m promise you JR (I think….) once your gone – your not gonna know, let alone care! Ha ha ha….. But I do believe it is important to be respectful of someone’s wishes. Question for you – if you don’t want the bugs to eat you, get wet or be burnt, what is poor Doug supposed to do with you??? Lol!
PS – put you in a rain coat (LOL!) and get the pest man to spray your coffin….. that should do??? Ha ha hah ha. My goodness the stuff we talk about, this is way too funny!

And thanks LBJ – I never knew that a turtle could ‘bite’ like that??? Idiot me – if I ever came across one I would ‘pat’ it while gushing ‘isn’t it cute’! Not anymore!

Don’t worry AndHenry, most people figure out that it would be best not to touch them when they approach. They will take a swipe at you even if you’re not trying to touch them. The bigger the snapping turtle, the more “snappy” they are. This, of course, is just when they are out of the water. They are pretty docile when in the water.

Gosh, I remember the big one I had to pull out of the fence last year. She was too big for the hole in the fence. Boy, did she want a piece of me! I managed to lift her from the back of her shell and put her in a plastic tube. Then I carried her around the fence and let her go in the water. The little one I picked up today wasn’t nearly as aggressive, but he had his mouth open ready to strike.

Cool LBJ – I was (AM) mortified! My youngest son shooting a real life gun! What I also found strange (for us Aussie’s) that it was all on hand and NO big deal. WOW!

Stickerbunny! You know you have to tell us now….. what? I’m sure you can word it so we get it without actually saying it…. he he he!
And yer, if that’s the ring your hubby wants – go for it. We went shopping together for our wedding rings but both chose our own. I think it’s more important to have what YOU like on your hand everyday. AND, I bought a new wedding ring last year – my old one had 2 small diamonds and the way they were placed int the ring aggravated my finger. My new ring is a plain simple thin gold band. Love it! And I put my ‘old’ ring on if we go out somewhere fancy (so no, I haven’t worn it since!), ha ha ha!

I do believe in an eye for an eye (sorry Nora) – but why I’M against the death penalty (and always will be) is ‘what about that one innocent person’! No second chances once it’s done. I know prison can be just as horrific – but you can get a second chance (IF your innocent). We don’t have the death penalty here in Australia – actually, our system is an absolute JOKE! I’m even embarrassed by it.

I’m in the US and I don’t get the gun thing. Touchy subject here, but since others gave voiced their opinions, I’ll lay mine out there … I don’t have a problem with someone who has been trained on gun safety and on proper handling, who has no children or any chance of children being in the house, who owns *and uses* a securely locking gun safe, who has never had any violent, rash, or impulsive tendencies, who does not drink or take/use drugs that in any way can affect the mood or mind or ability to think cleary, who can react calmy in all emergencies and any other situations potentially involving use of a firearm, owning a gun. Hopefully that covers it. Sorry folks, just my opinion.

Not religious. For guns. Was for capital punishment with a guilty verdict, now I’m only for it with -absolute proof-. Pro-choice. Hubby and I agree on nearly everything. Cremate me and throw a party for my funeral, invite only those who will “get it”.

I’ll be there manic! Ha ha ha ha ha……
I told the hubby to cremate me – he said ‘no need’! He’ll strike a match and I should light up (having a go at my Friday night drinks – ha ha ha!). Even I found that funny – and cool if it saves him a few bucks! Lol….
And yes – absolute proof! That’s why I would never condone bringing back the death penalty to Australia. I’ve heard of a few Aussie’s that have been incorrectly convicted. But gee, in the next breath – we have a few ‘cruel’ murderer’s who deserve the worst of the worst – but I sometimes wonder if suffering in jail for years and years is better punishment – the death penalty is the easy way out??? I don’t know….
Just this week – it has made the headlines Australia wide (mostly Queensland cause it happened here) a guy was sentenced to ‘life’ for killing his wife. Guess what? He can apply for parole in 15 years???????? WTF! I do believe life should be LIFE! And the big thing – ‘everyone’ assumed his guilt 2 years ago when it happened before it went to trial this year – I did too! The finger nail gouges on his face the morning he reported his wife missing sort of gave it away…..

Lol AH well lets see. Erm. Well, how to word it in a totally G way … lets just say I am asexual (a person who does not experience sexual attraction and/or desire). And he isn’t. Our biggest incompatibility to work through. But, we have managed to figure it out. We were together eight years before marriage and it was the main sticking point for not wanting to go ahead for a while.

Snapping turtles are adorable, but man is it hard to get them to turn loose if they latch on. I grew up in Florida with a pond as a front yard. It had snapping turtles and alligator snapping turtles in it, both of which would sometimes come into the yard and we had dogs so we had to go save them (both dogs and turtle since that encounter would be bad). Not things you want to get your fingers near!

Love it Manic — no indecisiveness there!! I’m with you on alot of it — there’s just enough times when extenuating circumstances make it difficult for me to pick an absolute yes or no.

AH — I hear you, but the mere thought of bugs and getting wet (drowning?!), ugh! I’d also like to be buried in a nice comfy sweatsuit with my slipper socks on (If I’m gonna lay there forever I’d like to be comfortable!) but I doubt that’ll happen!

My gun issues are personal and not political btw. Had a classmate killed while playing with a gun, my grandfather tried to commit suicide when I was 5 (I was there when he shot himself in the head), and I’m a Virginia Tech alum. I just feel like with “heat of the moment”, altered thinking, “I never thought it could happen”, and accidents, the risk is just too high. If my personal experiences were different I might feel differently, with or without laws.

LOL! I sorta thought that Stickerbunny, but no way was I admitting that I was thinking that, ha ha ha hah ha!
Hate to tell you this – but that’s totally normal! Lol! First marriage, (10 years and 3 kids) ended in ‘I’m asleep’! LOL! Second marriage when I was 30, was all good, till mine died (not sure why? Hormones?) then came back to life, but then his died…. (too busy playing games on the net!). Then we spent a lot of time talking about it, but when night/bed time came we were too tired (age sometimes does that to you, ha ha ha). Yep! Perfectly normal! ha ha ha. And seriously, just wait…. not sure when (how long or why) but it will switch over….. we humans just can’t seem to get it right?!?!?! LOL!

Wait a minute . . . Married people are supposed to have, um, what was it again?!?!

Didn’t I say manic was ‘to the point’! Ha ha ha ha…..

Oh, living in Australia where gun’s are not acceptable (unless your a criminal) I find the American gun laws horrifying (personally) – we see your tragedy’s on the our news constantly. BUT I know our farmers have them and I have no issue with that what so ever…. and I think manic’s reasons are for simular reasons. (correct me if I’m wrong manic).

I’m with you JR – a gun is just to easy to cause death on the spur of the moment whatever the reason. Kid’s finding it and shooting themselves or someone else by ‘accident’. Loosing your temper…. it goes on and on. And shot in the wrong place, it’s final! and just too easy.

We’ve only got a couple shotguns and a rifle right now. He sold the 2 handguns we had, because he was afraid of me committing suicide. We both want to get a couple more handguns now though, and stock up on ammo.

I totally understand why people wouldn’t want them, especially when it impacts them directly. I would have thought my hubby would be anti-gun, with his mom ending her own life that way when he was a small boy. Or maybe because it happened when he was so young it didn’t affect him. There are definitely people who should never have access to firearms, but I prefer to at least be able to own one in case it’s needed.

Lol I have never had one to lose, even as a teenager. Life long disinterest. He is 42 and never has lost interest. I don’t see it switching. But we have worked it out.

JR – I understand why you don’t like guns then. My Aunt shot herself while drunk after a break up. And my cousins are totally irresponsible with theirs, it is just an accident waiting to happen. And now they want teachers carrying at school, cause no kid has ever broken into a teachers desk before… scares me more than makes me feel safer.

Yours is 42 – mine is 44 (yes, he is 3 years younger than me). Tell yours to start playing online gaming and you’ll never get ‘tapped’ on the shoulder again, ha ha ha – just having a ‘go’ at my hubby! So pleased you have been able to work it out – a lot don’t/can’t. Good on you! I can see your marriage being successful – so wonderful!

Oh my goodness! That’s just awful about your Aunt – I don’t know what to say…… I am sorry. The worst is, she probably (?) didn’t really mean it…..
Teacher’s??? WTF??? What is this world coming tooooo?

Stickerbunny, I think it’s great that you have found a partner in life where you both are able to adjust to your differences and still be happy together. I think a lot of couples have that as a high priority and don’t know how to cope when that part of their lives changes. Then they find themselves not knowing how else to interact with each other. The last few years for me have been extremely difficult with some drastic change in that department, if we hadn’t spent so many years together forming the deeper bond of our relationship… I don’t think we’d have survived it.

Lol we both play online games a lot. But, we play together and he finds that attractive!

And its ok – she shot herself, but she lived cause she was too drunk to hit what she aimed for. Spent a while in ICU, then therapy… it wasn’t even a permanent breakup, just a temporary separation and they got back together but alcohol and firearms don’t mix well.

Maybe I need to take up online gaming???? LOL! No chance! Ha ha ha ha…..

Oh ok – I just assumed the worst. WOW, how lucky….. Luckily for my hubby (and we both are) when I have one too many – I just get lovey (not the lovey he wants, ha ha ha), just the over friendly, chatty lovey! And I’m a bugga for turning up MY favourite music really loud (so I can’t hear myself sing along) and he hates my music, so that is an instant ‘turn off’ for him! ha ha ha!

And ‘ditto’ manic! In a previous chat thread I acknowledged for a while (long time) I didn’t even like my hubby – but now I enjoy his company, and really believe that he actually ‘cares’ for me and my happiness. The other ‘bit’ is just a bonus when your both up for it! he he he he……

Oh and JR, I’ll make sure ‘Doug’ puts your slipper socks on….. If we are going for comfort, I want my flannelette PJ’s and moccasin slipper’s (yes, the one’s I wear out to the shops!) ha ha hah ha!

And I may not be a vegetarian (sorry guys!) but I do buy everything free range (I actually read the label – wow!) and make sure the eggs for eg., come from chickens that are let out through the day and are ushered back into the barn at night. I believe in ‘quality’ of life.
Ummmm….. do they still test products on animals??? (how ignorant am I?) I thought they didn’t do that any more except for medical research? Gosh, now I have MORE labels to read – bugga! But I will! That is unacceptable! I really thought animal testing was a NO NO! Sigh…….

AH – Yeah, cosmetics and soaps and perfumes are all tested on animals. Cleaning products too. I am not sure how it is regulated in Aussie country though, in parts of Europe they banned animal testing for cosmetics. Over here, they test EVERYTHING and it’s so annoying trying to find anything not tested on them. It’s faster and cheaper for them to get a product to market if they use animals than using alternatives, so they do it for the money. Why on earth we still think it’s OK to pour bleach into an animals eyes when we all know what will happen is beyond me…

Stickerbunny: I’m sorry about your aunt, that’s horrible. I’m so glad she survived and worked things out with her guy.

We used to have several rifles, a shotgun and two handguns but Hubby sold most of them so he could get his motorcycle. Now we just have a little 10/22 and his handgun. He has a carry permit and takes it with him most places. I’ll probably get a permit at some point, whenever we have some extra cash to get another handgun for me. We take gun safety very seriously, we go to the range to practice both shooting and save handling. Also, we don’t have any children in the house nor do we ever plan to. Gotta watch out for Bubbles though…

With that being said, I used to be totally against guns. Hubby changed my mind about it. I know many people aren’t being save with theirs, though. We’ve seen some bad stuff at the range, makes me cringe…

I just found the cutest little lop on Petfinder, about two hours from us. I know Hubby won’t go for it though, Oscar is so mean Hubby doesn’t want another bunny ever. It’s SO cute…

Hazel — just take the hubby out for a few drinks and bring that bunny home!

Posted By JackRabbit on 7/18/2014 4:27 PM

Hazel — just take the hubby out for a few drinks and bring that bunny home!

Good one! Like I said, unfortunately it’s a two hour drive, so he’d probably sober up by the time we got there.

Hazel, well, hubby works doesn’t he? Get the bunny while he’s at work, set it up and then take him out for drinks after work (make sure he doesn’t notice the bunny). Then, when he sobers up in the morning, just explain to him how he thought it was a wonderful idea last night!

Guns with Bubbles? You better buy some extra secure latches with multiple locks.

Or bullet-proof bubblewrap . . .!

You guys are too funny!

I showed the bun to Hubby, he wasn’t impressed. He agrees it looks sweet and all, but he doesn’t want it. I guess I can’t blame him, Oscar can be such a pain. Literally…

Aw yeah… I don’t think if Stickers had been our first bun my guy would have agreed to another one. Luckily, Powder was our first so he thought they were all sweet and well behaved haha

Stickerbunny – I think all turtles are cute. Even if they are trying to bite me. The one I pulled out of the fence was funny because she kept snapping at my hands through the plastic tub (it was clear). She just wasn’t giving up. It wasn’t until I let her go that I realized she was missing a hind foot too.

Wow, all of this talk about guns scares me. They just plain scare me. I don’t want them anywhere near me. It’s a good thing my husband doesn’t like them or understand why people own them (aside for maybe hunting).

JR – Wow, that is a lot of bad experiences adding up. I don’t blame you one bit.

Hazel – I agree. Go get him and then butter your husband up a little with some drinks.

Maybe suggest to hubby that a bunny buddy may improve Oscars demeanor.

Oooh, Roberta’s pulling out the better bonded buddies card from the start! That just might work . ..!

*sigh* What a strange day. Is it unreasonable to expect volunteers to return equipment that they borrow? I mean, shouldn’t they be expected to exercise a certain level of care to make sure things are not lost or damaged?

You’d think volunteers would be more careful, as opposed to someone just being paid to do a “job”.

Posted By Roberta on 7/18/2014 8:31 PM

Maybe suggest to hubby that a bunny buddy may improve Oscars demeanor.

Thanks Roberta. That was actually one of the first things I brought up, unfortunately it didn’t convince him.

Manic – No one damaged anything. I just got a somewhat nasty email regarding the policy. It’s a bit confusing why that would be considered a problem when nothing even happened. It was just the thought of being asked to replace something if the situation were to arise.

Tell me what I missed everybody!!!
I’m back!

So of course, when I was at camp, 2 tornados passed through my town. It was recorded that two touched down? something like that. They were more like funnels, and there was not any damage really, some trees fell though, some minor flooding in town, probably close to 3 feet or more in some places. We live in the more northern states though, (New Hampshire, Maine, Mass. , etc.) so that’s big for us, we normally don’t have storms like that. Luckily, Me, all the other campers, and my family are safe. I don’t think anybody got hurt.

Double post—Deleted.

Hi Moxie! I missed you….. Things did get a bit naughty on the chat while you were away (better you don’t read the last few pages!), ha ha ha!
So scary about the tornado’s – pleased everyone was ok and not much damage.

The new vacuum is the ducks guts Tessie! Seriously, I was a little dubious about all the hype when it was being sold to me, but bugga me – its awesome! Except for the small dust compartment, (which is so easy to empty) I’d happily recommend it to everyone EXCEPT for the price (I still can’t believe I spent that much money!!!). But if it lasts for years and years (forever! ha ha ha!), I’ll get over the price eventually.

Ummmm Hazel – give it to him for his birthday! Ha ha ha – that’s how we got our second dog (15 years ago) and a 3rd after keeping one of their pups. And Henry! My son bought Henry for me for Mother’s day….. what could the hubby say? (lot’s actually – but Henry’s still here…..) LOL!!!

Did you have fun Moxie? I hope you were able to have fun anyway since you were likely worried when you heard about the tornadoes. No one was hurt though, so it’s all good. What sorts of things did you do while you were away?

OMG, we were at the park that is like a block away from our house. I looked over across the open grassy area and four (count them, four) groundhogs sprouted up from the ground and started scampering across the field! It must have been a family, but the youngsters were just as big as mom. So cute!

LOL! For the longest time I thought groundhog’s were a made up animal after watching the movie Groundhog Day about 20+ years ago (you probably don’t even know what movie I’m talking about??? Lol!). Soooo cool LBJ!

PS – Is the groundhog/winter thing real??? Or was that part of the movie made up?

LBJ10—- Yeah, it was pretty good all in all. I got to shoot BEBE guns, (I think that’s how you spell it.), there was lots of AMAZING food, and other activities.
Now I’m going to HAVE to read the last few pages AndHenry!

Bill Murray! Yea Andi.. the groundhog tells us whether or not spring is coming, or if we have a few more weeks of winter left! He’s not always right however….

My friends have a groundhog couple that lives in a hillside on their property. It really is cute to see them pop up with the kids and run across the yard.

LOL AndHenry, why would be they made up creatures? They are actually pretty common throughout the US. I see them on a fairly regular basis where I work. It was just strange seeing them in town like that.

So yes, the groundhog comes out on Groundhog Day and everyone looks to see if he can see his shadow (meaning, is it sunny or cloudy outside). Is is spring just around the corner or do we have more winter to deal with? That’s what everyone wants to know. But as Manic mentioned, the groundhog isn’t always right. The movie is centered around the huge event in Punxsutawney, PA. There are other Groundhog Day groundhogs out there though. My local one though is a stuffed one. =\

Moxie – Were you shooting at targets?

Yeah, we were shooting at paper targets.

Welcome back Moxie! Wow, be be guns — around here they’ve pretty much taken away everything that anyone could potentially do any harm with at camps (be be guns, arrows, etc.). Here you’d be shooting nerf balls and eating with plastic sporks!

BTW, had a blast with your bunny while you were gone (since I stole her)!

this year’s elections in arizona have some great candidate names from which to choose

for the life of me, i just can’t figure out what to do with this next one:

JackRabbit—- Really? I could have done Archery(Bows and Arrows), but I’m horrible at it and didn’t want to. And do you know what nerf stands for? NON EXPANDING RUBBER FOAM. Strange isn’t it?

Ok, how does anyone do anything with nails? Argh. I have been chewing mine til they bleed and not even noticing til the blood starts so I did fake ones (can’t chew acrylic). I CAN’T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT SNAGGING A NAIL! Even taking my skirt off earlier was a hassle. lol

I could never stand acrylic nails. Terrible. And considering all the stuff I have to do with my hands, I would break them off all the time. Didn’t seem worth it. I did get some nice fiberglass ones done for my wedding though. They are thinner, more natural looking.

These were $5 though and I dont really care how they look, as long as I don’t make my fingers bleed all the time lol I already cut them down, maybe if I cut them down a little more they won’t be such a pain…

LOL Mike! You are terrible.

Stickerbunny – Oh, I see, you bought some stick on ones from the store? Those hurt my nails. It’s like they don’t want to stay pushed down flat and I can feel them trying to curl with my nails attached to them. This was a LOOOOOOOOOOONG time ago though. Maybe they are different now?

Wow, this has been such an unproductive weekend. Seriously, I was just bumming around all day today. I had all these plans to do this and that around the house. Nope, got none of it done. =\

No, I got the self-manicure set with the fake acrylics and glue rather than the press ons, it was $5 for 200 acrylic nails and a small bottle of nail glue. I cut them down even more ( really the short length is waaaaay too long) and they aren’t quite as bad now. Just above my finger. Still annoying though, I am used to having no nails! lol

Hello everyone! I’m a new bunny mumma so also new to the forums so do try and be patient if I ask lots of questions ha ha!

I think one of my bunnies (Sapphire) may think she’s a ballerina! Swan lake music comes on when I’m watching You’ve been framed and she starts binkying and well, just dancing about like mad.. As soon as the music stops.. So does she! Ha ha.

Do any of your fur babies ever do this?

Welcome to the forums!
I can’t say that my bun has ever done that…

Thanks!
Sapphire is obviously a fabulous bun!

My phone posted that 3 times, sorry guys!

No probs TMS – we’ve all done that, ha ha ha! And HI!

Well guys, it’s the hubby’s birthday today and I kept my promise! I RE-gifted Henry! I often joked that it annoyed me that Henry would tolerate my hubby, follow him, let the hubby pat him and just liked (loved?) him in general, compared to Henry tolerating me for a craisin! (DAM bunny).
So after Blair and I sang Happy Birthday (out of tune) and I made him a coffee, I picked Henry up (silly bunny went into his house for a drink – got him!) and placed him on the hubby with ‘here’s your present’! LOL! Thinking (stupidly) that I was joking, he asked what else I got him??? I said I didn’t need to cause Henry is the gift that keeps on giving (poops)! Ha ha ha ha…… Sucked in! By the way, I’m passing on my birthday this year….. (ha ha ha!).

We went grocery shopping, etc., and I bought him a cake (serious, I’m getting worse as I get older!) and we grabbed McDonalds as a treat on the way home for lunch, ha ha ha……. and now he’s at work! I’ve really enjoyed my hubby’s birthday today!!! LOL!

AH – you are soooo bad!

That’s great AH! A (not so) free gift idea!

Lol AH, you’re terrible!
I’m helping out at a VBS for children later today. Wish me luck.

Posted By AndHenry on 7/19/2014 7:50 PM

Ummmm Hazel – give it to him for his birthday! Ha ha ha – that’s how we got our second dog (15 years ago) and a 3rd after keeping one of their pups. And Henry! My son bought Henry for me for Mother’s day….. what could the hubby say? (lot’s actually – but Henry’s still here…..) LOL!!!

That is a good idea! Unfortunately we just missed that opportunity.

I haven’t been able to convince Hubby. He feels like we have too many pets already. I don’t know how he can resist that bunny though, there’s even a video of it being totally nice and calm while the rescue lady holds it and feeds it a piece of carrot. And it’s a lop, he loves lops!

Lol AH, that’s awesome!

Good luck MoxieMeadows!

So when the weather is decent sometimes we let Sweetie out to play in our yard always with someone with him. The previous owners had a dog that was a digger, so the fence is ultra secure with over a foot of wire and large rock buried under the ground on all sides. Perfect for containing a bunny. Anyway, we always leave the door cracked so Sweetie can go back inside if he gets scared. This morning I decided to take advantage of the opportunity to clean his litterbox while he was exploring the yard. It took maybe 10 minutes to dump his box into the compost, spray it off with a hose, and refill it. When I went to return it to the house, I found a mourneful looking bunny sitting on the wood floor infront of where his litterbox goes with a puddle of pee and poop on the floor. Silly guy! He could poop or pee anywhere in the lawn, and instead he always insists on coming in to do his business inside!

Stickers was standing around alone so I said “Hi bunny” and Powder came zooming in from the other room, skidded to a halt and loafed down to be pet. lol He’s such an attention hog. Can’t even say hi to another bunny without him wanting in on it!

AH – That sounds like a good birthday lol for you anyway! Hopefully he enjoyed it too.

Hazel I know how you feel! I’ve been trying to convince the bf to let us get another bun. And let Hugo choose his own mate since he doesn’t seem to be keen on Tohka and he hates the Lovebirds. They have these adorable little lionhead girls up at the rescue that is a few hours from us. He keeps shooting me down. =p I know finances are tight so I let it go for now. When we get things at a better stage, I’m hoping they have some lionhead girls Hugo will like.

HouseMiniLops that’s adorably cute and sad. Silly boy doesn’t realize it’s okay.

Stickerbunny that’s too cute! Powder just seems to be a bit of a ham. ;]

School is going to be starting soon and I’m a little apprehensive. After taking last semester off I don’t know what to expect. I have to get good grades so I can transfer to another college and have them hopefully accept me into my program of choice. I’m really worried that I’m going to be choosing another program that I don’t like and have to start from ground one, again with only a year to ago. =/ I’ll be super frustrated if it turns out like that again.

Posted By BunnyBrigade on 7/22/2014 10:06 PM

Hazel I know how you feel! I’ve been trying to convince the bf to let us get another bun. And let Hugo choose his own mate since he doesn’t seem to be keen on Tohka and he hates the Lovebirds. They have these adorable little lionhead girls up at the rescue that is a few hours from us. He keeps shooting me down. =p I know finances are tight so I let it go for now. When we get things at a better stage, I’m hoping they have some lionhead girls Hugo will like.

I’m sorry you have the same problem. I hope your Hubby comes around eventually! That’s too bad he doesn’t like Tohka, they would be so cute together!

I actually got some great news, Hubby offered me a deal concerning this new bunny. Among other things, I’ll have to wait a few weeks to give them a chance to get rid of him, if they don’t, we will go over there and check him out! So excited!! Hubby is the best!

Yay Hazel! Not that I would hope that he won’t find a home. But I hope he doesn’t find a home before you are able to get there to see him!

Call and tell them that you REALLY want him but can’t pick him up for a few weeks . . .

Posted By JackRabbit on 7/23/2014 6:56 PM

Call and tell them that you REALLY want him but can’t pick him up for a few weeks . . .

Not letting them hold him for us is part of the deal, unfortunately. I will write them an email tomorrow to let them know we’re interested and to get some more info on him. We just have to hope nobody snatches him up in the meantime! I’ll let you guys know what they say!

LBJ: Thanks, I hope so too! 

Nobody said anything about *holding* him. Silly Hazel, we all know bunnies don’t like to be held! Was part of the deal not being able to tell them about the deal?!

Haha so bad JR, trying to find a loophole!

Hazel, hope you get him

I just can’t resist a bunny!

Stickers has decided since she’s sick, she wants to sleep with her runny nose pressed against the A/C vent. So, poor Powder has lost his normal sleeping spot (the a/c vent in my room) to his girlfriend. He’s taking it well, but he’s decided pressed against the basket I keep clean clothes in until I am not too lazy to fold them up (shh, I hate doing laundry) is a good place. All my clothes are now decorated with white fur before I even put them on. lol

Stickerbunny, at least you know how your clothes got furry . . . I have a black top that was washed and hung to dry in a room where the bunnies never go. Once dry, the “hang dry” tops go straight into my closet where yhe door stays closed. I went to put the black top on the other day and there was fur on it! Is fur just floating around in the air all the time too?!?!?

JR, depends on how bad your buns shed. Powder is a 24/7 365 shedder and my computer fans get COATED in his fur every day from the air they suck in (and my PC is on a desk, off the floor). lol So, his is in the air apparently.

I know I must be crazy or getting really soft, but it used to bother me to have dog hair on my clothes. Now with bunny fur, I just kinda laugh and go on!

Well, they are our masters, so we can’t get upset with them! lol I actually grew up with dogs and cats so I always have had fur on my clothes. It never bothered me. Getting the bird, it took a little getting used to having poop on my clothes though heh.

Hazel! and JR had the hide to say I was naughty!!!!! Mmmmmmm…….. LOL!
And I’m sure you know this, but the reason I’m passing on my birthday this year is cause I know what the hubby will give me – a 3rd hand BUNNY!
Also, this way I stay a year younger! WOO-HOO!

Henry is the SAME Stickerbunny – fur EVERYWHERE 24/7/365 x’s his life!
And yep, bird crap (that I flick off, ha ha ha) and dog hair too, but it’s nothing compared to Henry’s fluff! I put my ‘clean’ black pants on to go out the other day and they were pre-fluffed! (I gotta start buying white again….). Lol!

How things change . . . In my 20’s I went to work everyday freshly ironed, makeup perfectly done, nails polished to coordinate with my outfit, shoes and purse matched. When I turned 30 and had my son, my clothes were still ironed, did away with nail polish, dropped down to mascara and blush, purse was replaced with diaper bag, and it wasn’t unusual for me to have at least one wet spot where I had cleaned drool, puke, or the occasional residue from a diaper blowout off my clothes. Now, I still use mascara but am lucky if I gave more on my lashes than my eyelid, a spraybottle and the dryer have replaced ironing, my purse looks more like a backpack, I get pedicures that actually do look nice with my sport sandles which I now wear to work (and don’t care what anyone thinks!), and I have bunny fur on my clothes! I don’t consider it “letting myself go”, I consider it “confidence gained from maturity”!

And Hazel, I’m clapping and jumping up and down and giggling like a little girl (ha ha ha) – I’m so excited for you!

PS – Cause since you missed your hubby’s birthday (excuse to get new super cute lop bunny!), I was gonna say, when the hubby asks what you want for your birthday……. he he he he he he he!

Trust me – I know how to get around EVERYTHING! Lol!

AH. you re-gifting Henry reminds me of something my mother used to do ….. she swore that my father didn’t pay any attention to birthday or anniversay cards she gave him. To prove it, after he read the cards, she neatly put the cards back in their envelopes (she never sealed them) and put them in a drawer. The next year, she got them out of the drawer and gave them to him again. This went on for years. When the card or envelope starting looking a little worn, she’d buy a new set!

Just in support of your ‘confidence gained in maturity’ JR, it’s nothing for me to change out of my flannelette pj’s, have a shower and put clean fresh PJ’S back on! LOL! Guess what I’m wearing now as I type this??? Ha ha ha….

PS – Youngest son’s girlfriend questioned me one Sunday if I was going out? WHY I asked??? Cause your dressed in clothes was her reply! I knew I was bad but didn’t realise how bad, ha ha ha! So now, even if I’m not sure if SHE is visiting – I make sure I change out of my pj’s if expecting a visit from my son.

You shouldn’t have told me that JR – guess what I’m gonna start doing??? Oh NO, I can’t! I didn’t even buy him a card this year! LOL!
Told you I’m getting worse as I get older! Ha ha ha…..

Who, but someone with confidence, can where pj’s when having company over and where slippers to go to the store?!?! You are my idol AH!

Here’s the card exchange for me and hubby on our anniversary . . . “You didn’t get me a card did you?” “No” “Good because I didn’t get you one either”. Ooooh, so romantic it gives me goosebumps!!

Taking a bow – thank you, thank you very much! Ha ha ha ha ha ha…….

Oh! By the way….. the hubby said I couldn’t go on BB anymore – cause I don’t own a bunny!
He said he was going to contribute to the site now – ha ha ha ha – I can’t wait to see that! By the way, if a forum leader is reading this can you quickly erase ALL my posts where I referred to my hubby as an idiot!

LOL!

Wouldn’t work. If your hubby starts posting, them mine will want to get on here. I’ve read him some of your posts and he’d tell!

Yep, that’s pretty much how it goes on our anniversary – your doing better than us, you actually remember! The only time and reason why I remember occasions is if I want something!!!

LOL!

NOOOOOOO! Ha ha ha ha…….

No chance my hubby getting on BB – he’d have to give up some online gaming time, not gonna happen!

BTW, for those of you youngins’ and newlyweds, once you reach the age of “confidence gained from maturity”, you are allowed to refer to your significant other as an idiot or whatever other term of endearment you so choose!

lol I am only 27, but I am awful about caring about my appearance. All those pretty fake nails I had on a few days ago… I have two left, cause I banged the others off doing various things (which, then I have to blindly go looking for it so the rabbits don’t end up eating them and my glasses are broken so I can’t look DOWN without them falling off my face). So, I have two fake nails on my right hand and 0 on my left. Doesn’t look weird at all, honestly! I never wear any makeup, my hair is brush it and lets go.. I dyed it a while ago with henna and I am letting it grow out now so it’s half red and half dirty blonde. And I go out quite frequently in my partner’s old shirts that he can’t fit into anymore, because they are comfortable and the same pair of sneakers I have owned for nearly 10 years now. I did buy a flat iron one time but spending an hour trying to straighten my hair just sounded like way too much effort…

And at least you guys remember your anniversaries. My partner has forgotten about 6 years out of 8 and I don’t even care. I know the date we met, but I don’t remember what date we got married. This year our anniversary (we usually celebrate the day we met IRL since it started online) was a month later “Wait, I forgot our anniversary didn’t I?” “Mmhmm” “I’m sorry, wanna go out and celebrate it late?” “Nah, lets play video games”.

AH – Tell the hubby that’s silly, you’re married, so his stuff is yours anyway so you’re allowed on BB! lol