Bunny Time!

I'm totally exhausted tonight--Teddy of all people went on this weird no sleep rampage and came out of his room about fifteen times and I swear I didn't sleep all night!

So because my brain is fried, I'll just show a couple of Dr. Hoppy pics!

Here's a Hoppy portrait--look at his weird glowing alien bunny eye!

And this is kind of cute--when he's tired from hopping around he just crashes underneath his cage.
One of his favorite hangouts is by the family room fireplace:
That's all I've got, folks! Please join the phiesta at Candid Carrie's and get in on some foto fun!

Boring Stuff...

We got a call from our realtor tonight that there will be a showing tomorrow morning--finally--it's been like two weeks! But of course that means we are in full-blown cleaning mode. I ran to the grocery store to I get some flowers and so far I've done a few arrangements. I've done so much flower arranging lately that I'm getting pretty good at it! Tonight I did some "experimental" type arrangements! Here's one of them:Kind of kooky?

And here is a bonus pic of Dr. Hoppy.

He loves to sprawl around the house in this position! He is getting so big I might have to get him another cage. Stop growing, Dr. Hoppy!!

I apologize for this disjointed post--must get back to cleaning. Please cross your fingers for a great showing--I can't take much more of this!! And please join my pal, Candid Carrie, for her phreaky phriday foto phrenzy!!

Real or Stuffed?

Pickle's new thing is piling her stuffed animals on top of Dr. Hoppy. Luckily he (she? we still don't know...) is a good sport and doesn't seem to mind. It's kind of hard to tell which one is the toy, isn't it?
Gooser and Pickle just love this rabbit! He hops around the house and reminds me a lot of a dog--he's actually a lot less obnoxious than my dogs!

I don't know if you can tell in these pics--but this bunny is ginormous. He's still a baby so who knows how big he will still grow? He makes a nice pillow for Pickle though!

Dirty Bunny

I haven't done a Dr. Hoppy update in awhile...

Point blank--this bunny is just like having a dog or a cat. He wants to be pet constantly (and still purrs a lot). We let him hop around in the family room while we're watching TV in the evenings and he has figured out how to jump up on the sofa with me. If I try to put him down, he'll hop right back up! He's a stalker bunny!

He has also developed the strange habit of nibbling on my hair. He's relentless--I'm going to have to start wearing my hair in a pony tail to keep him away.

The other weird thing he does is sneak into the fireplace and sniff around (when there's no fire going, of course) and now my snowy white bunny is all covered in soot. I don't know how well this will show up in the pics--but he's all dingy and grey and I don't know how to clean him. Can you bathe bunnies? I'm guessing no!Another funny thing is that Don--who was against getting the bunny in the first place--is really into him! I caught him snuggling with Dr. Hoppy the other day and snapped a pic.
Oh, he also likes pretzels. Specifically pretzels from homemade Chex mix! Do I have an unusual bunny on my hands or is this normal bunny behavior??

Bunny Love!

I know I said I was going to post a pic of my giant clown painting--but I will do that tomorrow. I want to do a little bunny talk today!

This is a cute story--I was holding the bunny the other night while I was watching t.v.--and he started purring!!! Purring like a cat! I thought I was hearing things--but he was seriously purring.

So I Googled it and found out that bunnies do purr "when extremely happy." Awwwww!

Isn't that cool? It made me feel great to know that the bunny is happy--but also I learned an interesting new fact!

Now a few bunny pics...
You can't see the bunny too well here--but it showcases my hair which has faded to a nice shade of pink!!
Tomorrow--the giant clown!!

Happy Halloween!!!

OMG--I totally forgot to write my blog because I'm so wrapped up in Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab--is anyone else watching this show?? I watched last season and was completely sucked in by the patients and their treatment. It's a frustrating show in a way because you're really rooting for them to get better--but some of them are so bad off (like Jeff Conaway--remember him from Grease and Taxi? He was SO cute and I used to have the biggest crush on him. Well, he's a mess now--all kinds of drugs and semi-incoherent) that you just know they're not going to be able to kick it.

Anyway,this season is shaping up to be even better than last--not only is Jeff Conaway back--but his insane girlfriend is there too. Then there's Gary Busey who's as crazy as a loon, the drummer from Guns 'N Roses (who consumed 100 Valium followed by a bottle of "Jagermeister" and then some heroin--and lived to tell about it!) and the third place winner from the first American Idol. Oh, and Rodney King of the L.A. riots fame.
Okay, I've totally gone on a tangent--but if you're not watching, please start--I need to discuss it with someone.

So on to Halloween. We carved pumpkins tonight and it was more fun than I remember it being in the past! It seems like I used to be exhausted when the carving was done with my fingers aching from the scraping and the cutting--not this time! It was much more civilized. I made a little party of it with some cheese and crackers, chips and (the highly addictive) "Lil' Smokies." I also made homemade fudge (addictive too).

Here's Gooser ready to get his carve on!

Patrick working on his pumpkin:
Teddy with his "text-speak" pumpkin
Here's a couple "after" shots. I'll take more pics of them in their full candle-lit glory tomorrow.
Can you guess who the bat one belongs to?
A few more Halloween-related items...My friend sent me these adorable chocolates as a Halloween surprise. Aren't they cute!?! I screamed with delight when I saw the eyeball ones! They look almost too good to eat--but I will eat them anyway.
And here's a random pic of the Gooser eating a Frankenstein cookie.
Oh, and I was BOOed by Anissa and Kelly and Tenakim !
Isn't that cute? Thanks Anissa and Kelly and Tena!

Finally....bunny pic(s) of the day!

Gooser kisses Dr. Hoppy:
Dr. Hoppy wearing his/her witch costume!
Dr. Hoppy says: "Happy Halloween!!!"

Sugar Skulls

Awhile back, I ordered all the stuff necessary to make sugar skulls for a Day f the Dead celebration. The kids and I attempted to make them a few weeks ago thinking it would be a "trial run" before we made the "good" ones that we would use as decorations around the house. But we never got around to doing it again, so I guess we're stuck with what we made--and they weren't very good!

As with so many things in life--making these sugar skulls was not as easy as it looked. There was a lot of mixing of sugar and water and something called meringue powder which was--as you can probably imagine--sticky!!

The basic premise seemed simple--mix the concoction and press it into the skull molds, then gently ease out of the mold.

They. Wouldn't. Come. Out

I think we spent at least an hour tinkering with the sugar to water ratio to get it sticky enough to bind together, but not so sticky that would cling to the mold.Somehow,we managed to get some kind of a system going and we churned out some skulls and "candled" them in the oven so they were slightly hard and ready to decorate.

Now the "fun" started!

You know how decorating cookies always sounds like a fun idea, but it's harder than you remember and your hands are screaming in pain from squeezing the frosting and you're covered in sugar? Decorating the skulls was just like that.

Only worse.

And stickier!
I exaggerate--it was kind of fun once we got the swing of it--and we made some halfway decent ones for our first time.
I like Gooser's minimalist skull:
And Patrick's happy one:
And I think Don wins the prize for most artistic!
I can't remember who did this one--but it's pretty good too!
So the plan was to make them again, but we just haven't and I doubt we will before November first! Of course, by next year we'll have forgotten what we're doing and will be back to Square One again...

Bunny of the Day pic:

Me and the bunnster.

Oh, here's one more!

Mo' Bunny

Please forgive me--this is going to be another blog about the bunny! I can't stop taking pics of it. Hopefully the novelty will wear off soon and my blog won't be completely bunny every day. Just humor me one more time!

Look at it! I think this might be the cutest bunny to ever hop the planet.

Pickle just adores the bunny. Here she is hugging it. All the kids are totally into Dr.Hoppy--here's Teddy cuddling with it.This is a weird action shot--the bunny was doing its crazy playing hop!

Okay--one more. Thanks for tolerating my non-stop bunny talk. I promise tomorrow my blog will be about something else. I think...probably!

Introducing...

Dr. Hoppy!! Pickle calls all bunnies "hoppys" so I knew it was inevitable that the bunny would be called Hoppy no matter what we named it--and we added the Dr. portion for a touch of class!Cute, right?? He/she (I'm going to say it's a she!) almost looks like a stuffed animal in this pic!

We were away for the weekend (and, by the way, I apologize for not making the blog-rounds--I have to catch up!) so when we got back, Teddy and I went to buy the cage stuff and got it all set up, then we went to pick up the bunny.

Pickle just about freaked out when we brought the bunny home. She was practically short-circuiting--like "Bunny in house. Does not compute!" She can NOT get enough of it! And Gooser is so cute--he drew some pictures to hang by the bunny's cage so she has something to look at.

Thanks to everyone for your help with which bunny to choose--the lop was the overwhelming favorite and I'm so glad we got that one! Her personality is super sweet and, if she's hopping around, she'll hop right up into your lap! I really think we got a really good one!

It was a little dicey for awhile, because Don had said it was okay to get the bunny, but then he started changing his tune and saying it wasn't a good idea--but then he came around again. I think he likes her!

Some more pics...Here is her cage:

And one of her eating lettuce:
And scratching her ear--awwww!
Right now we're down in the family room and she's just hopping around. This is so much fun!

If anyone has bunny advice--lay it on me!!