WE GOTZ A DREAM TOO: MOMMY, STOP SINGING! PLEASE...

 

DEDICATED TO EVERY GUINEA PIG WHO IS A 
SERVICE ANIMAL:
WE FEEL YUR PANE!!!

Yum-Yum: "Lil'bloke, now look here. You're doing a great job as my Blog Apprentice, but
we're an "uptown" blog and we use proper spelling and correct English when we vent here, so I hope you understand that I will be teaching you to blog like HemingPigWay, not a street urchin. Capiche?"

Squirrel: "Yes, Yum-Yum, I capiche."
YY: "O.K. Let's try it again. From the top."

Squirrel: "MOM DOES THAT!
MOM DOES THAT, SHE SAYS,
'FROM THE TOP' BEFORE SHE STARTS SINGING AND -"

YY: "Squirrel, you realize she has put my bed next to hers. You think I don't feel your/our pain?"

Squirrel: "oh. yeah. true, that."

YY: "Little grasshopper, blogging is storytelling. Just tell our story truthfully and you will have mastered the art. We all have faith in you: You Have a Dream. Just use the five W's: What, Why, When, Who, Where. O.K. now, from the - 
Just begin again with your story."

Squirrel: Nobody knows what we are going through and i duzn't know how to use periods but nobuddy knows all she does when she can't get out of bed is listen to Les Mis and try to memorize the words when she can't even spell my name because she doesn't even know "does the Q go before or after the U? I can't remember, she says" then she sings all the parts and act them out even using a dustbuster and other things like plants and she done cut her hair with sewing shears like Fantine last Janrary so her hairdresser cut in HALF how much she got to pay her now to GET HER HAIR CUT PROPER cuz that lady you KNOW THAT HAIRDRESSER don't want NOBODY seein'  mom walk in dat place and sittin' in dat chair with dat Fantine hair (cuz, seriously, she don't look like no Anne Hathaway, either) so hairgirl pleads with mom NOT TO CUT HER OWN HAIR AGAIN so we put duct tape on her art supplies if they gotz scissors and then now she trying to learn the words and have i forgotten to mention the drumming? OH, YEAH! dat what we get on a GOOD DAY WHEN SHE NOT IN BED and can sit on her yoga ball cuz her physical therapist said to but now so she singing and you know why? YOU KNOW WHY?
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH? SHE GONNA GO WATCH THE MOVIE ON CHRISTMAS cuz that what Jews do then have Chinese food (at least we sure jon stewRt said that once) and they put her in the back with the gimpy people and SHE GONNA SING WITH DA MOVIE!!!  anyone see "Inglorious Bastards?" well, it was violent but the whole movie theatre TOTALLY EXPLODES AT THE END IN AN INFERNO wid all them bad peeps and that what it gonna see m  like   if , if..."

Yum-Yum: "Do I detect budding 'James Joyce' thing happening here? We may actually have a literary genius in my wee, widdle apprentice!"

EVERYBODY TOGETHER FOR THE REPRISE:
"Tomorrow is another day and only God knows what we eat today...one more hay...one more hay....ONE HAY MORE!!!!!!!"
~*~

(the blog below contains the Trailer from the film
where, for the first time in Cinematic History, the
actors sang each part LIVE on film, while the
orchestration was added later. this gave them,
forced them, to be as real and authentic in
their roles as possible.)
Apologies Ms. A, we just discovered how unreadable green is. It will never happen
again we promise!

Anne Hathaway Sings Like Broadway as Fantine: First Look at Les Misérables Trailer [PHOTOS & VIDEO] - Entertainment & Stars

Anne Hathaway Sings Like Broadway as Fantine: First Look at Les Misérables Trailer [PHOTOS & VIDEO] - Entertainment & Stars
^^^^^^^OMG! WE IZ IN SO MUCH TRUBBLE NOW!
YUM-YUM, TEACH ME HOW TO BLOGGER, THE WORLD MUST KNOW
WHAT WE DREAM, TOO: THAT MOM WILL STOP SINGING!

"Brotherly Love" (by Bhindi) From All of Us

 

We love you, Yum-Yum...

IN THE LAP OF LUXURY: A WHOLE NEW WORLD REVEALS ITSELF!

 

The "Arrival" via Big Box!

 

The Installation...

 

Comfort and Joy?
(ya KIDDING?!)
Habitat now fully stocked with
even more Pirate booty!
So, Yeah, comfort, joy...
Oh-So-Soft & Warm
as nights grow cooler.

 

Yours still on it's way in
Box #2, Little Grasshopper.
Still on the way...

{P.S> due to difficulty typing, am not responding to emails
because of never-endless typos. DO want you all to know how grateful
we are and that Yum-Yum's Habitat in the Lap of Luxury sits sandwiched
 between my bed and the three other piggy Habitats, so he can
remain the UNCONTESTED Pirate of ALL He Surveys;
apprentice Pirate-in-Training-Squirrel's Mohawk
continues to grow defiantly from his lion mane down
his soft back: THIS PLEASES YUM-YUM no end, who
SEES THIS AS A definitive SIGN of Successor-Ship.
MAY CHAOS REIGN SUPREME!}

A Fun Place for Watermelon!

"We are sweet
our life's complete
and we are very happy.
but nothing can compete
with watermelon."
~ original Haiku by Bhindi

~*~

Yum-Yum: The Good, The Beautiful, The Heartbreaking...

 

Today the first of two big boxes
full of Custom Cavy Floors arrived
from Jen's Custom Crafts (see on
Blogs We Read) and they are so
amazing that I WANT A BIG ONE
TO PUT ON MY OWN BED!

THANK YOU ALL WHO DONATED
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, THEY
ARE BEYOND AMESOME!

Yum-Yum is the first recipient of a brand new, large
Habitat area with his floors newly installed and he  absolutely loves it!

Since he is now living on soft, plush, cushy, moisture-wicking pastel pink & blue pads instead of dark
litter made of recycled paper, I was able to see his pee for the first time, because his snuggle blanket is too colorful to see the little "Hi, Mom!" surprises he leaves. Today the vet told me to continue with his antibiotics for the bladder stone and Urinary Tract Infection, but to take him off his pain meds.

He loves his new home so much the first order of business, of course, was to pee in it, on the pastel pink floor.

To my horror, all that he left was blood. Not pink blood, not some blood, not dark red blood, but blood.

He is too old for the stone to be removed yet I would not choose that option anyway for its high mortality rate under anesthesia.

My understanding is these stones can be excruciatingly painful (our semi-feral rescue cat Sami had one, too, but it was safely removed, she was young at the time, and she is a cat.)

So...friends. There is no cure. And the antibiotics only appear to be keeping him eating, drinking, and comfortable. But the outcome of bladder stones in guinea pigs usually results in fatality.

All of you who generously donated enough for all the guinea pigs to live this comfortably: you have given my boy,  our oldest surviving Pirate, the most comfortable hospice care possible and I cannot express my gratitude through the tears.

We transition once more from Sanctuary to Hospice, as we did at the beginning of the year.

Yum-Yum will be "sheltering in place" adjacent to my bed so I can reach in and pet him frequently, even on days I cannot get out of bed. My bed is low, on a futon, so Yum-Yum's new home is easy to reach into.

Jen did an absolutely astonishing job 
with your donations, and there has never been 
greater need than now to receive them!

So, yes: we enter fall and winter much the same 
way we entered the New Year. Except that now I
will also "Shelter-in-Place" and not go to
the Hospital. We shall remain together this time 
because we've discovered tragically what
 happens when we do not, cannot.

Thank you for letting me keep you up to date with
my profound gratitude, noting that you and Jen's timing could not have been more perfect!
And the cage liners she made us with your love
and her own, for she has become a friend,
are simply magnificent; each made individually
by hand, from you to us. 
Thank you, Jen. Thank you, readers.
~*~

MANY of you have made other donations, quite generous ones.  We are fully stocked now thanks to you and require nothing more than the most you can offer up and this we do unashamedly request: 
your prayers and love.
These we desperately need now more than ever.

Chana

too much rain-carole king - YouTube

too much rain-carole king - YouTube

Dedicated to a very special friend
only learning to let people know
how much pain she is in.
i love you. thanks for sending this.
we both have traumatic brain 
injury so you'll laugh knowing I think i had this album but do not remember having ever heard this song before! funny/sad...friend, please stop saying you are fine.
Love will come from places you
never expected. 
I speak from experience. 
Honestly showing our vulnerability is terrifying.
But the payoff comes from those angels who broke a wing,
fell to earth, 
and will befriend you
in your darkest hours.
Some will be animals, some will be birds...
 Some will even be human. 

It's called HUMANITY.

Readers here have it.

I'll share mine with you if

you send me a vegan 

waffle with strawberries

and a steaming cup

of chai with two 

shots of espresso.

love you.

YOU NEVER SAW THIS!

Withdrawal from prescription
medication can take an entire
YEAR before it's really out of
your system and we are marching
into Week #2,#3,# ? with Enthusiasm,
 Sunshine, and a Bowl of Cherries!

"No, seriously Squirrel, how 
IS MOM DOING? 

WE CARE.
(REALLY.)
What? I do SO look sincere!"

 

(even mom's fave-O-fave, Adele, cares!)
"Eh, ya might not wanner be
askin' that question exactly 
now...
She was last seen in my
dressing room and - PFTutttt!!!
HA! OMG! WHATTA -
Oh, is the mic on?
Wah-HA! BETTA SHUT UP
ME OWN PIE-HOLE
THEN, 'AVEN'T I?
 WAAH!$!!@##^+"21"
AND I THOUGHT
I WAS A BLOODY MESS?!"

 

Peter-Peanut weighs in:
"THANKS FOR THE WARNING,
ADELE: EPIC FAIL!
WE STILL SAW HER. 
NOW WE REFUSE TO SEE
THE NEW JAMES BOND FILM
YOU RECORDED THE SOUNDTRACK TO: YA! 
YOU THINK WE DUNNO
WHAT YOU'RE UP TO?!"


 

OMG! OMG! OMG!

 

NOBODY APPROVED THIS MESSAGE! NOBODY EVAH WILL!
NEVAH! EVAH! NOW, MOVE,
I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE - 
BOYS, YA WITH ME?"
Wheek! Wheek! Wheek! Wheek!

Precious Baby Boy, Yum-Yum After Taking Meds On My Lap

 

Two-Cuddle Days Now, not bad, huh?
For an old Pirate like me.
(Squirrel makes me laugh!)
We still aren't sure he's a guinea pig, 
we think he just came without a tail, and mom
assumed: baby guinea pig...Tra-La-La, but who cares?
We love him and he makes a fine Baby Pirate,
reminds me of a certain little Mohawked trouble-maker
groomed personally by PandaPig himself!
And that would be none other than Yours Truly.
TRULY!

SO SHAKE IT UP, BABY! Baby SQUIRREL! Twist and SHOUT!

 

I STOLE PETER-PEANUT'S
LETTUCE!
 

GOTTA SHAKE IT ALL
ABOUT!

 

OH! i'm still a baby and 
now i done wore m'self 
out. 
Who is "Woody Woodpecker"
and why they callin' me that
then laughing so hard they fall
down on they's backs gigglin'
till they's bellies ache?
Well, i don't like it!
(or do i? who he?
like James Bond?)
i'm only trying to make
mommy laugh.
she got sick today
and might have to
go to the hospital.
me and Yum-Yum,
we got it! if she go for
a day or two, we gonna
parTAY down.
(what parTAY mean?
why does everybody make
fun of me cuz i still little?)
~*~
p.s. being sick is making mom really, really mad now so that makes
her take her drumsticks and turn on the music in the car on the way
home and play on the steering wheel so if you read the posts on
HoneyAntDreamer, (our secret blog, don't tell anyone) and it
sounds like we're all having a real party, we aren't.
In reality, we are trying to survive, or mom is, and today when
she told her doctor we are her Therapy Animals, she really meant it.

Mom, I Really Think a Haircut Would Cheer You UP! Just Look How Happy I AM!

 

Take this photo and tell her you want
to look just like me!
VOILA!
Honest, you're beautiful, too.
Just need a new "do" and watch the
sun smile down upon us all in heaps
of fall happiness.
MOM: "My precious darling, I already
look like you. I need a latte."
"A whadda-whadda?"
"You'll learn soon enough, Little Grasshopper,
you'll learn soon enough."
"Then, mom, can we listen to that music on
the Radio again?  My favorite song was the
Symphony playing "When Johnny Comes Munching Home."
You betcha, Sweetie.
~*~

My Comfort, Our New Love

 

Little Squirrel Having Breakfast in Bed.
We just discovered how much he loves
classical music! 
Yum-Yum and the herd are happy 
and soon I will be out of bed, too.
We still believe everyone
needs a little Squirrel now and then!
 (although it's true I dream he has a bushy tail...)
Love,
us
~*~