LJ, OFFICAL MASCOT OF THE NEW YORK GIANTS!

It's hard being a mascot when you're a MINI-DACHSHUND
but I'm not just ANY MINI-DACHSHUND!!!!!
I am L.J. and with my mom, ConnieEEEEEEEEEEEE, she gonna feed me BIG TREATS
after game while we watch:

"ESPN: WHAT THE *** THE PATRIOTS DID WRONG" Analysis!
Actually, might not be so hard to figure out what they did wrong, considering
Tom Brady thinks it "The Stupor Bowel." Oh, Tom makes me laugh so much!

{Photo courtesy of Connieeeeeeeeeee, NY Giants cheerleader}

UH-OH!

As you all know, since mom has been in
the hospital three times already and remains
unstable and at risk, Parker our friend from the Farm Store
who "Gifts Us" to mom is taking care of us at his own farm full of Nigerian dwarf goats, exotic turkeys, Heritage chickens, rooster(s) and lots of other animals but he put us inside with a little bunny
because he thinks mom spoiled us so he isn't letting us run 
free-range in his back yard with all the other animals
and guinea pigs! Says we're not acclimated to the cold. BAH!
Life with our rabbit has been "different"...
As we have been "inducted" into the BUNNY HALL OF FAME
which came with exclusively special bunny-ears!
Thing is, we like them and nibble on one another's
ears and try to rip them off one another's heads to cuddle
with them since farm-boy Parker didn't take even ONE of our cuddle-cups or huts, saying that mom spoils us and treats us like her very own babies: HOW DARE HE!
We know mom remains way too sick to take us back yet
(although she is bereft without us) leaving us to adopt a policy of blending in, hoping maybe Parker will let us roam free once the sun shines with rays of spring-like warmth (ya, right...) but we ALL wanna experience for ourselves what life as free-range 
GuineaBuns feels like! We think this looks authentic, don't you?
We know (because each one of us FEELS) mom missing us terribly. But she don't know'bout our bunny-ears...her concern is missing out on Vinny's "formative WHEEKS" where he had already begun snuggling, eating, and napping contentedly in the palm of her warm hand: BabyVinny, cuddle-pig...
velvety, therapeutic, soul-healing...he is mom's Happy Place 
as are every one of us; WE have simply had more time.
uh, and, hmmmmmmmmm...
(NOW he thinks he a bunny: How WE gonna 'splain THAT?)
UH-OH: Mom, better get well soon or we may start growing longer, furrier, thumper-feet & hop about like jack-a-lopes, especially VinnyGuinea, being so young and impressionable & all.


We love you. ALL OF YOU!
And thank you with ALL "our bunny-pig" (don't tell mom)
HEARTS for YOUR prayers, well-wishes, and kind thoughts...
We love you, friends, we seriously do love AND FEEL You.
As does mom: hugged in the sweet peace of your kind warmth:  softly protected by you, allowing her to repose in Peace...
Peace gifted to us by YOU.
OUR HEARTS MELT IN THE CARE OF EACH AND EVERY one of our precious friends with gratitude only a Bunny-Pig 
can feel...
love you sincerely, you bring us all hope, comfort, and calmness
in the midst of these profoundly challenging times.
Sincerely,
Your very own GuineaRabbits of BunnyPigFarm Sanctuary.


(OOOOH, Mom gonna get Parker for this!)

SUPERBOWL CHAMPS, 2012!

As predicted by Nostradamus and the Mayans.
Can't change it: What Is, Is.
Patriots fans, we feel your pain.
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
OH, GOOD ONE!
WOW, HA-HA, YA SURE, HA!
We crack ourselves UP we are so funny!

NEW YORK GIANTS TOTALLY RULE!

                                                                       'NUFF SAID!

WHO'S YOUR DADDY?

YEAH! WE LOST!
NOW I CAN GET ON
"DANCING WITH THE STARS"
AND MAKE GUEST APPEARANCES
ON...ON...UH...
"DANCING WITH THE STARS!"
AND I DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT
INSANE QUESTION THAT SECRETLY
DRIVES ME C.R.A.Z.Y.
"SO, NOW THAT YOU'VE WON
THE SUPER BOWL, WHAT ARE
YOU GOING TO DO NEXT?"
SERIOUSLY?
SERIOUSLY!
LIKE...WHY WOULD A HALF-GROWN QUARTERBACK WITH A FULL-BLOWN
EGO WANNA GO TO DISNEYLAND!?!
THAT BIG MOUSE TERRIFIES ME.
WOW, I AM SO AWED BY THE
RELIEF OF LOSING...
MY AGENT IS ALREADY FIELDING
CALLS FROM COMPANIES WANTING
PERSONAL ENDORSEMENTS FOR MEDICINE TO RELIEVE
CONSTIPATION, INCONTINENCE,
BURPING IN PUBLIC, PASSING GAS
(THANK GOODNESS FOR GAS-X IS ALL 
I CAN SAY! WHEW!)
WOW, I'M GONNA BE A STAR, 
A BIG, BRIGHT SHINY SUPERNOVA.
(in my dreams, can't wait for bedtime! where's my Gas-X?
OMG! IT STINKS IN HERE,
MOMMY, HELP!)

A Brain Forever Changed - Guinea Pig Today

A Brain Forever Changed - Guinea Pig Today
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Check THIS Out!
FINALLY, a DIAGNOSIS
THEY ALL AGREE UPON!

hmmmmmmm.... 
PiggieBrainDisorderSyndrome
sounds awfully, dreadfully,
mortifyingly
familiar.


no cure in sight! no immunity. unpreventable.


wouldn't want my brain
any other way!


P.S. it could even happen to YOU!

BETTER DAYS AHEAD...

It's me again because the piggies are still having way too much fun at their little farm playing with their bunny...just wanted to share that today a physical therapist who has worked with me in the past came over and is ordering  lots of in-home healthcare support certain to get this party started! Missing the piggies, OH my Goodness, so much, and now going to sleep but thank YOU EVERY ONE and please know today is the first hopeful one I have enjoyed since the New Year...and no doubt because of your love, prayers, kind wishes, and cyber-hugs which I absorb and cherish...perhaps Day 1 of Progress that brings the Piggies one step closer to returning Home, although it does not feel like  "home" without their wheeking, squeaking, popcorning, and playful chatter and pranks on one another filling the apartment with laughter and glee...Thank you, thank you, thank you. Love you, love you, love you each and every one. 

YOU, MY DEAR ONES, ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY BROKEN WINGS, LIFTING ME BACK UP TOWARDS THE SKY WHERE A WARM SUN AWAITS FIRST FLIGHT!

Yours,
Chana

Being Little When Life Gets Big

I may be just a wee bitty Guinea named Vinny
but miss being held 
and miss being giggly
and miss being "home"
and now I know what Raj
means when he "misses Fairy"
and what Taj means when
he "misses FAME"
and what MacNutPie means
when he "misses his man-bits"
and what CocoNutPie means
when she misses her 
big sister, Erica...
and what YumYum means
when he tells me 
The Epic Story of PandaPig,
who took him in and taught
him how to cuddle and popcorn and 
hide and chase and "steal the smackeral"
from Bear the Beaver Pig (who YumYum misses, too)
and what missing feels like...
because I didn't think missing could happen
to one as little as me.
And it will be at least one more week
at the farm with our bunny,
who is a nice bunny,
but cannot hold me in her warm hand and
stroke my velvety fur and giggle
over my big, Dumbo ears
when they bobble up & down
while I play chase with Raj...
even a little heart like
mine can miss Big.
I just didn't know it
until now.
Mom used to say that missing
means to have a big heart
but she left out the part
about how it feels 
when that big heart breaks.
Now I know why.
And I'm just a baby piglet.

Come Home Soon!

In Germany, we are called "meeries" and our friend Ingrid has
eight of us! My Fairy Princess has her big sister, Marigold. Now I
have VinnyGuinea, or "mini-me" but he is teaching me more
than I am teaching him! What a seriously intelligent little
meerie he is turning out to be!
 This is how PandaPig and YumYum were...
together...inseparable!
Meeries are special.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR MOM!

FRIENDSHIP

WHAT'S A BUNNY AND DO I HAVE TO SHARE MY CARROT?

I'm sure bunnies are nice and all...

I just hope carrots aren't their favorite food...
Because I am nothing if not generous.

But, the ears. They confuse me.

VinnyGuinea and Raj Mahal

Please press collage for enlargement! Mom in hospital again this week and Vinny, Raj, and the Gang all joining me at Parker's place where he has a big herd of piggies and we get our very own bunny rabbit until mom is able to go home! Mom asked me to tell you all she loves receiving emails if you don't mind that she isn't able to write back until she is stronger. We are all happy with our bunny and love you all, and Raj insisted on showing off him and Vinny hangin' out on their new, Big Plushy Carrot that our very own Fairy sent us!

Fairy, can you tell we love it?!

We love you each and every one! Mom is so grateful for your kind wishes and we'll do our best to keep you

up to date on our new lives for the right-now-unusual moment!!!

Love,
YumYum and my Rowdy Band of PiratePigs (and our little bunny rabbit!)