Thumper AKA fuzzy butt!

[Pipsqueak]

Ooh Katie you must be super excited! For the past 3 hours my two younger siblings have been having a screaming match. Oh the joy.

 

[Chrisdoc]

I so know what you mean about naughty rabbits. Both Snowy and Houdini have been driving me mad tonight. Snowy has decided to chew holes in their cushion and I´ve repaired it twice already in less than two hours. I´ve now turned it upside down and hope he doesn´t figure out how to put it back the right way up. Houdini has figured out how to get on the dining room table...yes, I´ve had to rearrange the furniture to stop him and then I catch him on his back legs reaching up to nibble my diary on the coffee table....that bunny is so looking to live a very short life lol. Some days they just try your patience to the limits.

 

[PaGal]

Morgan...the newts not too big, about four inches long and yes they need water. they can be out for a while but do have to go back to get wet. I just don't know where he could have gotten to. I've looked under beds, dressers, couch. It's ridiculous though, we've had him for 2 or 3 years and now all of a sudden he decides to escape and after I made his tank all beautiful for him.

I would survive if I could just have an hour of quiet when I get up but I start rolling as soon as I'm out of bed. I think I'm just worn out from the school year. At least during the summer I can sleep past the crack of dawn till like 7 and although it's not quiet I can at least take some time to drink a cup of joe and wake up before I move much.

Your hubby kinda sounds like mine. I know most of his hand tools like screw drivers have to be craftsman. Other tools he's particular about is well so it limits the gifts I can give him. If it's a tool or something along those lines he's happy. Most other stuff will just sit and collect dust. Fine by me though I love home improvement stores and yes the tool dept. at Sears.

I had one of the girls crying in the shower one day last week. All because she has some superficial kitten scratches on her hand and it was itching. We keep saying we need to toughen these girls up. Ha!

Emily...too bad you couldn't get one of the dogs to herd them outside when they start that. Ha!

Chris...so it's not just my bun, huh? I swear they seem to know the worst times to act up and they do.

 

[Pipsqueak]

Lol that's not a bad idea! When we were kids my dad would just look at us and say 'rub some dirt on it' lol, needless to say we stopped complaining about our little scratches to our parents.

 

[PaGal]

Emily...maybe I'll try that next time only problem being is most of the time when I'm joking they take me as serious. Hubby had someone run into the back of his work van and smashed in one door and banged the other up. The girls asked what happened so I told them I got mad and kicked it. They totally believed me. We just tell them to Cowboy Up.


I took the littlest grey kitty outside as she was crying for attention. I had her on our patio and the dog came along. As so as she saw him she hissed, growled and stood on her tip toes with her back arched and little baby hair all standing up. When the dog got a little closer she swiped at him. Ha! Two of his paws would make her and yet she swiped at him. Too funny!

They are really liking the canned food. I took them out some and after a moment while I was getting everything ready I guess they got a whiff of it because they all started meowing, usually only the one girl meows much.

 

[Pipsqueak]

OMG they believed you? LOL! Aww I think the little gray kitty wants you to keep her.

 

[Ilovemyrabbit]

Your little gray kitten sounds really cute! I can't believe your girls believed you, lol.

 

[PaGal]

Well the girls know we do not lie, I guess they still have to figure out how to tell when we are joking though. I guess that will come more as they learn better how to think logically.

The little grey girl is a character. I know I have time before I start doing something about finding homes for the kittens so I'm not worrying about it right now. It's possible one or more will remain but we'll face that when necessary. I think though that she may be rubbing off on the male grey kitten with the dark nose because he has started meowing along with her a few times. All of them seem more willing to come see us which could be them just maturing but I think it also has to do with now feeding them some food since this started after having food a few times.

I got some pretty good sunburn on my legs yesterday so they hurt plus they are sore from so much squatting and planting. Now I cracked my shin off our trailer hitch. My shoulder and wrist joints on my left arm are really aching and cracking a lot. I think I have joint issues which have been annoyed by pulling our hose across the yard. Our hose is about 100 ft long, extra thick and kinks like crazy. I want a vacation!

I was saying again yesterday how nice a pool would be and my hubby said to me he will get me a pool this year. He went on to say he will also take me fishing this year and on a vacation. So I said he screwed me. I told him you know any time we say something out loud that we are planning something always happens to ruin it. Ha! I then also asked him if he did it on purpose to get out of doing those things because he knows they won't happen now.

We had two toady frogs come into the garage last night. I got one out last night and the other today. The light from the garage attracts bugs and the bugs attract the frogs and toads. You would think we would have less bugs with all the toads and frogs.

I remember a movie in which two guys thought their buddy had been turned into a toady frog by sirens. Later when they saw their buddy in a movie theatre the one was trying to whisper to the buddy about but he couldn't hear him but he kept whispering how they thought he was a toady frog. Anyone remember remember the name of that movie? With George Clooney? That part made me laugh so hard. Now I have to call them toady frogs and I think of that every time I see one.

So we've had one dear coming into the garden every night. yah, we need to get our fence and stuff up. The deer we believe is looking for acorns since he hasn't messed with our plants at all. We raked everything from the yard into our garden in the fall and set fire to the leaves but had a ton of acorns left. I did rake those back out before we tilled. I took my dog out last night. We always take him on his leash because at night he will chase anything he see even though he can't see well enough to know what he is chasing as we found out during the two attempts to chase skunks. We have one of those retractable leashes so we don't have to have him right on top of us while he does his thing. Just recently part of it stripped so the brake part of it doesn't work that well and I haven't had the chance to get a new one yet. I was walking him out last night and scanning for any animals so I would be prepared if he took off after an animal especially since his leash isn't working well and if I'm not prepared the dog will pull me over. So I'm walking and scanning and walking and scanning and seeing nothing and start to relax and quick that freeakin' deer ran from what was my neighbors garden last year but so far is just a large patch of tall weeds and of course the dog took off. He did stop when I hollered which he will do if you holler before he's gotten very far. Boy though did that get my blood flowing. My legs were even shaking. I expected a small animal but not that big deer, not that close as they are usually further in the field.

 

[whitelop]

We have a herd of 5 deer that live in our field. They never come into the fenced part of the yard, but I can hear them in the woods at night a lot of the time.
Get your husband and all the guys to pee around the edge of the garden, it will keep the deer away when they smell it. Or to keep them out of the garden with more than the fence, you could get some corn for them.
I usually buy a bushel of corn at some point in the summer for a cookout and all the left over ears or ears that are bad and the husks always go into the field for the deer and whatever else wants it. I bought a 50 lb bag of deer corn last year for $8, from the walmart.

I would be worried that your dog would jerk your arm out of the socket. haha. That would be terrible!

I think squatting always seems to be the worst. haha. Its like you can get up and down a few times just fine, but that 12th time is a little bit harder and then the 38th time is the hardest. ahaha. I always feel broken after doing yard work too. My joints sound like yours, not great. So it hurts.

 

[PaGal]

Maybe I can get them to pee around the garden till we get the fence up. I know hanging irish spring soap is supposed to keep them away. Plus we will put up some poles and hang some aluminum pie pans from them. They move in the wind plus bang off the poles. Oh and my head when it's windy and I'm weeding. Ha! We haven't had a problem before with deer in the garden but usually we don't have acorns in it through the winter and the fence is usually put up as soon as we start to plant. I think the deer around here have plenty of other things to eat.

Our corn started to pop through the ground today. Hubby noticed it this morning. I went shopping first thing and didn't get a chance to check on the garden till this afternoon and the birds pulled up most of the baby corn plants so the poles have to go up as that kept the birds away last year. I put some more corn in my glass dish preparing it to grow roots and I put it in our enclosed trailer. It will be very warm in there as it hit 92 today.

That's why I usually don't relax completely when he's on leash. The worst is when I don't expect it and it's night so your visions not the best. I've hurt my leg when he jerked me once before and I took a hard step when I didn't expect to be moving. Then I cuss him out.

Squatting is hard especially squat, stand, take a step, squat again. After a while I kneel but then later my knees feel torn up. I guess the somewhat sandy soil makes it feel like my knees were scrubbed with sand paper. I need a day off so the joints can heal. I think my mower needs greased as the steering is tight so that kept my shoulder hurting and then today I had to lug groceries including 2 bags of cat litter and 1 bag of Thumpers.

 

[PaGal]

I put up a shelf made of cardboard and zip ties in the kitten cage. It's low so they won't get hurt if they fall off of it. I also realized they are peeing in the cage now so the sheet is gone. Hubby earlier had attached a three sided box to the front of the cage so momma can get in and out but the kittens can't. So one side of the box is missing. The missing side is up against the open side of the cage so basically making the cage a little longer but momma can jump in through the top of the box as it is open.

So it's 92 out. I needed to clean the tray in the bottom of the cage. It slides out through the front but could only slide so far due to the box. Plus I was trying to slide it while also watching and moving kittens as needed and when I could reach them so they wouldn't get their paws hurt by me sliding the pan. Then I realized there was a puddle of pee under the cage from the pee leaking out of a small crack in the plastic bottom of the cage. It was crazy trying to do all of this clean with five kittens running around so I thought for a minute and then grabbed our cat carrier and one by one put all five kittens in it. This took a while as they don't come when you call them and I can't reach the back of the cage due to the box at the front. Finally get them all in, sweat pouring off me, yelling at my long hair that's making me hotter and getting in my way and slowing me down. The mail lady honks with a package. The phone rings, kittens are all meowing like crazy not happy they are all trapped in a small space together and momma cat is chortling non stop at me and getting underfoot. All I want to be is done. I have other things to do as well. Finally got done. I also got a small litter box together and in there for them. I hope they learn quickly because I've cleaned up pee a couple of times as well as poop. Their poop smells and is sticky. I will take mounds of round bunny poo and day!

The store didn't have the dog leash so I'm stuck with the stripped one but I saved myself a little money when I realized this morning I have a bowl for Thump's pellets so I don't have to buy one. It's the one I bought when I brought him home as a wee bun. I used to fill half a side with hay and the other with pellets and he would sit in it. He won't sit in it now.

I have a gallon of milk that should be gone in the morning so if I remember I'll set it next to Thump and get his pic.

 

[PaGal]

The animals are going to make me lose my mind!

Thumper now pushes his litter box around. I don't know if it's just out of boredom or he doesn't want to sit in it to eat his hay. The big problem with it is he has peed a time or two outside of the litter box. I think he's just missing and getting it over the edge. So I'm thinking of building a wooden frame with a hay rack built in so maybe he can't move it and I still want to build a base with wheels so I can move his cage easier to clean. I am so tired of fiddling with his set up. It feels like that's all I do. I have had him here for over a year I would think by now everything would be right and working well. Ahhhhh!

I got to clean up more kitty poo and pee last night. I know the kitties can't help it and it wouldn't be a big deal but the set up of the cage makes it so difficult so I'm going to have to do something about that. Ahhhh!

Before Izzy had the kittens I set up a nice clean litter box all ready for just her to use in the side of the garage where we knew the kittens would be. We also figured if we separated her she wouldn't have to be concerned about the other cat or the dog when he's out there. She has not used the litter box ever. She goes to the other side of the garage and uses the one there. So figure maybe she doesn't want to potty near the kitten, maybe in the wild they would do that so as not to attract predators near the den. We made sure last night and this morning to keep the door shut tight so she would have to go there so the kittens could see her use the litter box.

She finally used it but missed and wound up pooping in a bowl for water. Ahhhh! And I don't know if it's usual for her or just from all the extra food while being pregnant and now nursing but she has the worst smelling poo I have ever smelled except for lizard poo.

I went outside this morning and a white pick up was leaving. I thought maybe it was our neighbor but then noticed I have a large maroon arrow painted in my grass. After thinking wtf? for a few moments I remembered they are supposed to come put our dish on a pole finally today and the electric guy needed to come mark first. And hubby ordered a radiator for our explorer that will be delivered today.

I want to get rid of our phone. it rings a lot and mostly it's either sales calls and no I'm not interested or buying, we get quite a few calls for some lady that must have had this number before but we've had it for three years now, or collection agencies and they are not for us. We don't owe much and what we do we pay on time. I guess I need to figure out if our phone will allow me to set certain ring tones to specific numbers then I could ignore some calls.

 

[whitelop]

Hahaha. You poor thing with all your animals and their poop. ITS THE WORST! I hate poop, especially cat poop.
Could you put a little litter box in the pen with the kittens? When I had kittens they decided they wanted to poop in one place and I put a box there for them and they just started to use it. Cats are pretty smart, but you know that!

I used to have to attach Foo's litter box to the side of her cage because she would move it around. Maybe its because he has a bigger cage and more room for movement that he's moving stuff around or maybe he's getting bored. I would zip tie the litter box to the cage and that stopped her from moving it and peeing where the litter box WAS instead of where it was after she moved it. hahaha. I had to zip tie her hay box to the cage too because she would move it and make a mess with the hay.

I'm really glad we don't have a house phone. Sometimes I would like one, because I get no signal in my house with my cell phone so a house phone would be nice. But other than that, I don't want to hear it ring all the time with people wanting money or trying to sell stuff or whatever. hahaha.

 

[PaGal]

I did put a small litter box in the pen with the kittens yesterday, I cleaned up some poo and soaked some paper towel in the pee and placed it in there. I also caught the one when it was first trying to poo and quick put her in and she did stay and go in there. One of them peed outside the litter box but was then digging at the cage bottom like she was trying to cover it. I know it won't take long at all for them to learn and it will be easier once I rearrange the set up.

The thing I use as a hay rack is zip tied to the side of his cage. Zip tying his litter box wouldn't work. I take the whole litter box outside for cleaning every day and would not want to spend the time zip tying every day or the cost. I'll have to try and think of something that could attach it to the side of the cage but be reused, some sort of hook or clip maybe.

I have been thinking of switching to just a cell phone for at home, I would also take it with me when I'm not at home. I don't leave home much so hubby and kids would be able to use it when their home. I know a place that gives you unlimited text and calls including long distance and some data for$50 a month. I just need to fork out the money for a phone. They are crazy expensive at least in my mind.

The other night my cell phone rang at 2 in the morning. A few days later I have 10 texts all from the same number. The only people that have my cell are my kids, hubby and the school. So I guess even having a cell may not stop so many unwanted or wrong calls.

 

[whitelop]

No it doesn't. I get telemarketer calls on my cell too. Its ridiculous. No one is safe from those calls! hahaha.

The kittens will understand soon enough and then they'll be good little kitties and you'll be smooth sailing! LOL

You could use a carabener or something like that to hook the litter box to the wire of the cage. It was a pain in the butt to cut and replace the zip ties everyday when I cleaned Foo's litter box. I only cleaned her hay box every week so that wasn't that bad. But she couldn't be on the wet litter for more than a day because she had bum issues, so litter box was very frequent. haha. Talk about time consuming.

 

[PaGal]

Well I didn't see any poo or pee on the floor of the pen today so either Izzy took care of it or the kittens used the litter box but covered it well. I put a dish of water in there and at least twice that we saw a kitten fell into it. I wasn't worried though as it's so hot it probably felt good and I knew they would dry very quickly.

I took each out for a few minutes of romp in the garage. They are so funny when they see the dog as he was out there. They did get to see him sniffing their momma while she just lay there so maybe they'll learn dogs aren't always a bad thing. The tiniest one really started to run and she can run fast for her size.

I watered the garden today and so far we have seven watermelons that have poked their heads through the ground.

I have my little plastic planters that I put lavender seeds in right inside the garage door. There were two toads laying in them. I managed to catch one and put him outside. I'll check in a little while to see if the other comes back. I may put a pot of dirt there to make it easier to catch the toads that get in if they'll lay in the soil.

I did play with Thumper for a little today. I usually play with him every day just some days for longer periods. I did take one baby gate down so he could roam the kitchen and dining room but he refused to leave his room through that doorway. If I get the time this weekend I'll take the other gate down and let him roam as I know he'll leave through that doorway it's just difficult getting the gate back up.

I need to get out there and weed the garden but I'm going to have to wear pants due to already having bad sunburn. It needs to heal already as it's way too hot for pants outside.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Litter boxes are a pain. I´m lucky that mine like theirs just where they are so no problems.

it´s getting hot here now, I was on the beach yesterday for a couple of hours and caught the sun on my face and that was only half an hour and then I put my hat on. I must put my 50 factor in my bag again. I hate sunburn so usually avoid it most years now.

Unwanted calls are a pain...we gets loads from phone companies and people selling you allsorts. Usually, if I answer in English they just hang up haha or if they ask for the owner of the house, I tell them they´re not here.

You have loads of work with all those animals. I´m exhausted with three buns so I can´t imagine what you feel like.

 

[PaGal]

I'm short on time but I just had to share. The school is having awards assemblies today. I just got back from the awards assembly for the twins. I am so proud of those two that I have been in tears since being at the school.

Both received awards for making their AR (reading) goals for both the last nine weeks as well as for making their AR goals for the entire year.

They both received an award for straight A honor roll for the last nine weeks as well as for the entire year.

They also received an award each for being the top #1 and #2 readers out of the entire school!

Their older sister made #2 reader out of the entire school last year and this year they wanted to be #1.

This means so much to us. The girls haven't had it easy in life and have had to deal with some things no child should have to but they are such wonderful girls and we are so happy that through it all they have done so well. We will definitely be celebrating!

I still have to attend the awards ceremony for the oldest.

I hope to catch up on everything later but haven't had much time due to so many activities at school since it's the end of the year and because I have had computer problems.

 

[whitelop]

Awww! Congratulations to the girls! They sound like bright wonderful girls and they probably worked so hard and deserve those top ranked spots!

Can't wait to hear about everything thats been going on!

 

[Ilovemyrabbit]

Yay! Congratulations to your twins! I'm sure they are great readers to win 1# place! Congratulations! That is so great!

Like Morgan said, I can't wait to hear about everything that has passed!