Hopping Through The Forest With Bunny Foo Foo

[holtzchick]

Wow cool I love all the shades of blue on her... Ahhaha good followup caption title to your review... "50 shades of blue"

Yeah I'm not sure I like the new format much either the other one felt so at home and different, this one reminds me of all the other forums out there that I chose not to join for that reason.

Would you ever consider actually showing your hen?

 

[whitelop]

I would consider showing her. But I don't know if she is actually show quality, and I don't know her bloodlines or anything like that. Her new feathers just came in and this is the best she's ever looked! I think she is show quality but that could be my own biased opinion of her! hahaha. I might check it out though, what if I did have a prize winning hen just in my yard?! hahaha.

There are just SO many things in this new format! Its got so many settings and snazzy buttons and things! ahhhh, its overwhelming. Its like my brain has been assaulted with technology.

 

[holtzchick]

It's actually much better on my laptop looking at it on a big screen, but on my ipad, it's SO confusing :/

Imagine she was a show hen... yes... you should check out a hen forum and find out, that would be beyond cool

 

[whitelop]

I posted her picture on my chicken forum to see if anyone thinks she is show quality. Hopefully someone does! hahaha.

I have to share this before I start to clean my house; I'm really glad no one can see me during the day. Sometimes it is not pretty! hahaha. I was just in my kitchen, making some cornbread dancing my brains out and it was not cute. hahaha. I listen to a lot of '50s and '60s music, and I do know how to do the mashed potato and the twist and I am NOT afraid to break those bad boys out! Like on a daily basis. Thinking back on it now, I think the first people I was a nanny for had a nanny cam, I'm sure they got an eye full of my dancing. Their kid liked it though! hahaha. My son dances with me, its too funny!
I can tell y'all about it, because you can't see me. If you saw me you would be like, 'hmmm that girl looks like she is having a stroke, but it looks like its happening as 'the twist?' how strange!'
Ughh...on to the massive overhaul of my house, in preparation of my dad living with us for a while. Have bedroom, they will come. lmao.

BTW, I only got like 2 hours of sleep and I've already had like 3 cups of coffee, so thats why I'm a bit off and nutty today. hahaha. Its going to be a long day!

Oh, does anyone know if you can hand wash silk? I have this silk shoulder wrap thing, with lace edges. I have to take some stuff to the cleaners anyway, but can I hand wash it or is that scary? Should I just take it to the cleaners?

 

[holtzchick]

Oh, does anyone know if you can hand wash silk? I have this silk shoulder wrap thing, with lace edges. I have to take some stuff to the cleaners anyway, but can I hand wash it or is that scary? Should I just take it to the cleaners?

You can hand was silk, just do it in cold water, use a very mild detergent and then put it on a towel when you are done and roll it dry switching from side to side. Like, put it in the towel and roll it like a carpet and then unroll being careful not to wrinkle it. Then just hang dry it.

I'm super nutty when I drink coffee too, only on important days like moving or spring cleaning when I have lots to do do I drink it. UGHHH, Phoenix just bit my iphone cable in half!!!

Happy cleaning!!

 

[whitelop]

With my old phone, I went through 3 chargers in like 2 months, because Foo kept biting mine in half! Cords are her weakness, its the only thing she will chew on!

 

[whitelop]

Oh my goodness, what a long day it has been! I got our storage room cleaned out to make into a bedroom for my dad. So, its now a bedroom! yay! I took a massive box of clothes to goodwill and took some stuff to my in-laws to store in their attic until we find somewhere to put it. The bad thing about our house is...it has no closets. Like ZERO! It has a really strange floor plan because it wasn't originally built like it is today. Hell, they didn't get a bathroom until like the 70s; the outhouse is collapsed out in the field. hahaha. And our tub and sink are PINK, from the 70s. Not to mention I have an avocado green fridge and stove, different companies-same exact color. Its fantastic! I wouldn't trade them for the most high tech energy efficient crap ever!
Wow, so as I ramble on about my house, everyone loses interest! hahaha.

As for Foo, I'm such a bad bunny mom! I totally ran out of greens after lunch today! Can y'all believe that?! I went to feed her dinner and opened the crisper drawer, said a few cuss words to myself and searched high and low in the fridge for something green to feed her! I found some celery and a bit of carrot. She got a sprinkling of pellets and an extra few handfuls of hay. But the hoppy is not happy with mama tonight. She literally shunned me. I walked into the kitchen and went to try to apologize to her and she turned her back on me. I stood there and watched her, she put one ear up, turned her head toward me to see if I was still there and after she saw I was, she turned back around. My jaw hit the floor! I'm pretty sure she is fine without a dinner salad. She has enough hay in her box to last a normal bun until next week, but that lasts until the morning. I'll go first thing tomorrow morning and get her some greens! And laundry detergent for me!

Thats enough now, and for like 3 days! I'm going to enjoy my celestial tea and my celestial choir music and try to put my brain to sleep.

 

[agnesthelion]

Yeah definetely read the nxt two books in the 50 shades series. You will want to know what happens. And yes she is THE worst writer ever. But i just tried to get past that as best I could. And the sex scenes got SOOO repetitive and boring. I always thought...."good grief don't y'all just sit on the couch and watch a movie ever!?!??

Your rooster is beautiful. I don't know anything about them but he looks pretty!

That's great you got your house organized! When does your dad move in? And how long will he live there?

That's funny about your kitchen dancing. I'm a weirdo too. I think staying home with a 4 year old all day makes me act a little goofy we dance and sing and just act totally silly.

Ok, the post limit bothers me because I have long posts sometimes too! And I just tried to type "cute" as the reply on another thread and it told me it was too SHORT! That's frustrating.

 

[whitelop]

Well, my dad pretty much moved in with us like 2 weeks ago. He's been out of town this week working, giving me the time to get his room together. I did! hahaha. It isn't much and kind of looks like a European Hostel room, but its a bed and not the couch! hahaha. I need to get new sheets and new comforter for that bed. Then it won't look so much like a hostel. And I have no idea how long he'll be here, so thats why I made him a room. He's really dysfunctional, thats why he's here. :/

My SIL and I were talking about 50 Shades last night, and we were talking about how its basically Twilight with more sex thrown in. hahahaa. That woman should be ashamed of herself and Stephanie Meyers should be really pissed that she stole her book! I probably will read the second and third one, just because I want to know why Christian is so broken.
How are they going to make a movie about this book? Is it going to be NC17? Or in the XXX theater? And who in the world are they going to get to play Christian? She made him too beautiful! I mean Ana compared him to Adonis! The GOD of beauty and desire! And she said that the Statue of David had nothing on his body?! Who is going to fill those, very attractive yet very emotionally broken shoes?!

I got a few replies for my hen, I need to look into the American Poultry Association more to see if she even qualifies for a show. I might have to get an incubator and hatch out some of her eggs and get her offspring into the shows. I'm still not completely sure how to shows work! haha.

 

[whitelop]

I'm going to apologize for this post right now, I've had a lot of coffee already.

So, I just made another cup of coffee and noticed my chickens on the other side of the pond and called for them to come eat. I stuck my head out the back door with the chicken feed in their cup. My rooster came down the bank of the pond, I yelled to him "what are you going to do, fly? You're a chicken, you don't fly!" So I shook the cup for them to come around the pond. So does this stupid bird try to do? HE TRIES TO FLY ACROSS THE POND! He got like 3 feet out over the mud/water and realized "uh oh. I'm a chicken, I don't fly!" Then he turned back and got into the mud. He's find, just has dirty legs now. But I just watched him and thought, "oh my god, if I have to go get into this mud before my third cup of coffee I'm going to be really mad." It was really funny though! He HAS flown over the pond one time in his life, that was before he maxed out his weight at like 15lbs. His little pretend wings aren't going to carry all that bird over all that water.

Anyways, I was going to take a picture of Foo in her hay box because her butt is so big! But my camera is dead and I have no idea where he put the pack of batteries. When I'm not around he likes to touch stuff and he puts it in places the stuff doesn't belong. It makes me crazy! Man brain is so different from woman brain. I'll find the batteries and get the picture later. Shes always in her hay box and her butt is always going to be big! I just checked all my remotes and everything and nothing uses AA batteries, only AAA. How odd.

I want to say how excited I am for holtzchick! I am so excited about her new bun, I'm going to live vicariously through her, like I did Lisa when she got Archie! hahaha. Its silly I know! But I don't have the room now to get another bun, since my dad moved in and I can't use that room for buns anymore. Its okay though.

Since my son learned how to ride his zebra, he now thinks he can ride everything! hahaha. Its funny to watch. He has this old tonka truck, like the metal kind. He now rides that, his stuffed animals. My husband laid down in the floor to play with him last night and my son sat on the back of his head and tried to push off on the floor, to make him go. LMAO! It was the best thing I've ever seen! Except...for him riding the cat this morning. He is taller than all the cats so he wasn't really sitting on her I don't think, but he was just walking over her while stooping to sit on her. It was hysterical! My cat wasn't very happy, but she's fat so what is she going to do? hahahaaha.
I really need to work with him and the animals. He wasn't hurting her though, he was barely touching her. He's been really good with the dog though and the dog has been really good with him. My son will walk up to the dog, the dog will sit and my son will pet him or feed him a treat, pet him and then walk away. Then the dog will go lay down on his bed in the corner. I put him in the corner so my son can't really get to him to bother him. I've been giving him his glucosimine treats, so hopefully that will help a little.

Now off to take my son to the doctor for his 18 month check up. I can't remember if he gets shots, but I really hope not! Thanks for listening to my random ramblings!

 

[whitelop]

I just got back from taking my son to the doctor. Everything is great with him! He is 33.5 inches tall, weighs 26.25 lbs and has a huge head. lmao. He has reached all of his milestones and she said he is prefect, except he won't eat macaroni and cheese! hahaha.
That leads me to my next story. haha. We got to the doctors office at 10:15 for his 10:30 appointment. We didn't leave until 12. It was a long time to be in the office, when I hadn't eaten anything. Only like 3 cups of coffee.
So after we left, I went to McDonalds. I know, its terrible and I really don't like McDonalds or much fast food, other than like Cook-Out. The girl that took my order was really rude. So into the speaker I told her she needed an attitude adjustment. lol.
As I go up to pay, the guy taking my money barely acknowledges me because he's having the most important conversation in the world with the manager. So I told the manager and the guy that they were both rude and the girl who took my order was rude too! The guy and the manager apologized. I like that guy, he is always really nice but today was just an off day. But I told the manager that all the girls needed an attitude adjustment because they were all *badwords* I think because we live in a semi-small town, we have a difficult time with fast food employees. I have totally boycotted the Wendy's in my area because they can't get my husbands sandwiches right, EVER. Its a chicken sandwich with ONLY cheese. So they give us everything but cheese, everything with cheese, nothing with no cheese. So every time they get it wrong I go in and yell, "ITS JUST CHICKEN, BREAD AND CHEESE! HOW HARD IS THAT?!" they just stare at me blankly.
I have a really hard time with fast food idiots. It really bothers me. When I was a teenager I worked at a fast food restaurant, its local to my area. I was ALWAYS on the drive thru because I requested it and I was the best at conflict resolution. I know it doesn't seem that way because I tend to yell at people often. I just have a low tolerance for BS. lmao. I'm usually the nicest person in the world, until you don't listen to what I have to say when your only job is to listen to what I have to say, then I turn into the Hulk; you won't like me when I'm angry.

ahahahaha. I'm sorry y'all. I just had to get that out! I may be a little hostile today.
But I did find that I really like this emoticon, it makes me happy. :rabbithop :rabbithop

 

[audrinasmommy88]

Hey, I went to the mall again today...Didnt get kicked out this time. But I did have supervision. I went with my husbands best friend to help him pick out a christmas present for his wife. My husband said Im only allowed at the mall if I have supervision. I dont know if he was good supervision, but we didnt get kicked out. Although he did leave me with a crazy old lady in Target that was asking me about a present for her 9 year old grandson. She then proceeded to tell me that he wanted to go to William and Mary then changed his mind. He wants to go to Virginia Tech now to be a historian. Then she picked up a gorilla stuffed animal and started making gorilla noises. Every few seconds my husbands friend would walk by and I had to try desperately not to laugh. And we had to jump another old lady's car. I told him I should've left him alone with her since he didn't save me from the other woman hahaha

 

[agnesthelion]

Hahaha funny stories! I can totally relate to rude fast food employees. I treat my son to mcd's every once in awhile too. And I've encountered some rude ones along the way too. I used to get mad but as I get older I guess I don't have the energy anymore, sigh. It's so exhausting. Plus I'm always scared they will spit in my food! Gross!!!!! Sad thing is is teenagers just seem so disrespectful sometimes. And that's anywhere. Oh well, that's life i guess. I'll just do whatever I can to teach my kid not to act that way.
Omg your son is nearly as big as my son! My son is little though. I'm only 5'2" and weigh 100 lbs so he's probably gonna take after me. Last time my son was at the doctor he was 29 lbs and I think 38 inches? My husband is 6'2" so we keep hoping he will get some of his height!
That is so good that he's doing better around your dog. Sounds like things will work out after all

 

[agnesthelion]

I like your little note on your Xmas card. Thanks

 

[whitelop]

Awww I'm glad you got my card Lisa! I didn't put any pictures of Foo in there, so I figured I would try to put a little personalized note in everyone's cards!

My son is a giant! hahaha. Not really, he's only in like the 75th percentile for his age range I think. Thats still pretty big though. I'm 5'7" and my husband is 6'3". I'm the shortest person in my family! I have a cousin who is 6'11".
So we think my son should be pretty tall, I hope he is!

I feel like this week has been the longest week of my life! I haven't been sleeping well and over compensating with coffee and running around, it doesn't work. And today, Foo has been a total bottomless pit! She has eaten like...5 cups of salad. Every time I walk into the kitchen she assaults me for food, shes in the fridge trying to get into the crisper drawers. I just can't give her any more salad, so she only gets hay until tomorrow. When I put hay in her box, she gets so excited because she thinks it greens and then gives me the cold shoulder for a few minutes when she realizes it is just hay! She has days like this, where she is just so food crazy! She is eating me out of house and home today! With her diet being the way that it is, I have to buy her greens like 2 to 3 times a week. This week has been two trips already and I haven't made it through the weekend yet. Sometimes she is just maddening with the food, but I guess thats what it is to have a rabbit. Her weight isn't exactly where I would like it, she is still a little on the thin side for me, so I'm going to get her some steel cut oats this weekend to sprinkle on her salads; hopefully that will help bring her weight up just a tad. I mean, just a few ounces, so not much at all.

Now, like every night that I'm up too late, I'm going to drink some sleepy time tea and listen to my celestial choir music to try to quiet my mind and get some sleep. Its going to be a long weekend. :/

PS. We went to that Wendy's tonight to get food, I was too exhausted to cook anything. They didn't totally screw up our order, they got my husband's sandwich right, FINALLY! They just didn't give us straws(which is one of my biggest issues) and they gave me sweet&sour sauce with my spicey chicken nuggets. I get that one though, they just grabbed the wrong one or whatever. But I didn't think spicey and sweet&sour would go well together. lmao. I wasn't overly pissed because I was too tired. But my husband was like "do you wanna turn around? Do you want to go rock their worlds over a straw and wrong sauce?!" lmao! He is a butthead sometimes, but I laughed at him because he definitely knows me! :rabbithop:rabbithop

 

[JBun]

I love it!! The double dutch bunny is like your signature now

 

[holtzchick]

LOL my boyfriend is the same way. We will go somewhere and they will mess something up except with him, he needs to make a smart ass comment!

Too much coffee is no good!you are going to wear yourself out after you stop drinking it. I've had a super long week too though I kind of feel like a zombie doing things because it's routine :/

I feel you on the greens bunnies definitely eat a lot! I can't remember if you said you tried oat hay or not but yeah oats will help with weight gain

 

[whitelop]

LOL my boyfriend is the same way. We will go somewhere and they will mess something up except with him, he needs to make a smart ass comment!

Too much coffee is no good!you are going to wear yourself out after you stop drinking it. I've had a super long week too though I kind of feel like a zombie doing things because it's routine :/

I feel you on the greens bunnies definitely eat a lot! I can't remember if you said you tried oat hay or not but yeah oats will help with weight gain

She is eating oat hay right now and she finally likes it. Its only been like two weeks of her getting used to it.

I usually drink like 3-4 cups of coffee a day but since this week has been so long, I've had to add another cup or two a day! I know its not great, but it gets me through the day! hahaha.

 

[holtzchick]

I started working out regularly to get my cardiovascular health up and I started taking a 100% natural plant based energizer. I swear it feels like I've just drank a giant cup of coffee except the ingredients are all like ginseng root, devils claw root etc. it's called Vega Sport.

Great to hear that she likes the oat hay that will help her gain for sure!

 

[whitelop]

Thanks for the tip Michelle! I'll look into that, I would love to give up my coffee vice!

Today I got Foo a huge bale of hay! I paid $6.75 for a bale of coastal. Its between 50-75 lbs, I haven't picked it up yet so I'm not totally sure of the weight. But that is great deal! It looks and smells really good too, I can't wait to see if she likes it! I'm also going to give some to the chickens, by stuffing their house with it. They like hay and I think they'll like this. I also got them a 50 lb bag of chicken feed. Too bad that wasn't as cheap as the hay, because it was crazy expensive!

I hosed out Foo's litter box today and swept her cage out. I brought her litter box back in and set it in the kitchen floor, then I walked back outside to tend to some chicken needs. I didn't put litter in it or anything, but I came back into the kitchen and she was on the grid on the litter box, using the box! hahaha. She was peeing in her empty litter box. How good is she! I was so happy, well until I had to hose it out again. But in an empty box is better than in my floor.
As I swept her cage out, I noticed there was a pile of hay that was all wet. It was on the other side of her cage, opposite of the litter box. It was under her water bottle. I got rid of one water bottle a few months ago, and now I think her remaining one is leaking! The wetness in the hay didn't smell like pee so I assume it was water. I've had that water bottle since I got her, so over two years. Maybe it is just worn out. Its the kind with the spring-stick thing in it, not the ball. So now I think I'm going to have to get her a new bottle because she won't use a bowl and I hate things that leak!

As we went to run errands today, I left her out of her cage, which happens all the time. I came home to a huge mess of poop! Its like she went poop crazy after we left. So as I'm sweeping up all the poop, I turn my back on her for 2 seconds to dump the dust pan and she comes running to me. Leaving behind one huge poop! I was like "really?! I JUST swept all the poop up and you left me one?!" She just stared at me, then ran to the fridge because she wanted some salad.

I left tonight and went to a friends house for a few hours. My husband left Foo out while I was gone, but fed our cats and dog in the kitchen with her. I know he wasn't watching her with the food. I really hope she didn't eat too much of it. She was laying on a phone book when I got home. I gave her some salad and locked her in for the night. I really hope she didn't get too much dog/cat food, I'm going to be worried about her all night now! I don't know how much is too much of that stuff. Ughhh.. RABBITS! :rabbithop