Benny and Joon

I'm Gonna Be - YouTube

^^^We Have Little Bitty Feet but we would walk

1,000 miles for mom.

We love Johnny Depp and Mary Stuart Masterson

in this film with The Pretenders singing about the

craziness of love.

We need Crazy-Love! So, we gettin' special

piggie-walking-a-thousand miles- sneakers.

And when mom is crazy, Johnny Depp knows

where we live.

We gonna be the pigs who walk five thousand

miles to be the pigs to fall down at her door.

SO THERE BETTA BE FRESH TREATS GALORE!

Calvin's "Scrunchy Spot"

Calvin gettin' scrunchy wid it!

"Gonna sleep on your hand now, mom..."

Sometimes we think Calvin mom's favorite because every night before bed, after our water bottles have been cleaned and filled, our food bowls replenished, our hay bins stuffed full of timothy hay, and we've enjoyed lap-time, getting combed, or even a midnight Runabout, mom is pooped! (And, just for the record, she don't always get to all those things, but she always gets to enough of them so we always got what we needs for the night.) And we are grateful, all except one o'us!

ENTER CALVIN! His bed next to mom's and that when he
starts chewing on his bars, even pulling them back-and-forth
like he gonna break outta his cage! No matter how late it is or how tired we or mom is, he sticks to it until mom relents and asks: "You want into your snuggly-bed, Cal? What would it take for you to let us all go to sleep, or at least for me to?"

THIS: Gotta get into his special blanket in his special cat bed and get his special scrunchy-scratchin' while he purrs and purrs until it's time to fall asleep in the warm softness of his special blanket. And he HAS TO BE TOUCHING MOM'S HAND OR HE FUSSES AND FUSSES!

Mom has no learning curve, else she'd start getting ready for bed at 4 p.m. Then we would all get scrunchy-scratches before bed. As for me, I prefer just to snuggle in the crook of mom's neck,  just chillin' between her and her pillow, where I feel free to pee and poo: It's such a cozy feeling.

We know we've posted here before about our scrunchy-scratchin' but
My name is YumYum and I feel free to pee and poo:
How about you?

Look At THAT Guinea Pig!

The Farm Store downtown is on Railroad Street, and we live adjacent to the tracks. There's something very Bellinghamster-ish about Railroad Street.
If you have ever watched YouTube's "Bellingham State of Mind" you know
just what we mean.
Like, this rooster in a guinea pig cage! Yup, that's what we talkin' about!
And it's why we fits in so good here...
Unless...it's a guinea pig in a rooster Halloween costume? Same thing.
We love our home. Slightly tilted, but in a good way!

Art Studio Before and After

Mom's brainy art studio: HELP!

Mom's brain ON YOGA...betta...BUT WHAT SHE NEEDS AIN'T IN A BOOK.

Mom's brain on YOGA AND A LATTE!
NOW WE'RE TALKING!


P.S. These cards got us new cuddle cups for
winter! Squeeeeeeee!

Get Out Your Tissues

Emmanuel Kelly The X Factor 2011 Auditions Emmanuel Kelly FULL - YouTube

17 years ago in war-torn Iraq, two babies born with birth defects were tossed into

a shoe-box to die in a battle zone. They were found and taken to an orphanage.

They were found again, this time by an Australian woman who brought them

to Australia for surgeries and medical care. She fell in love with them and

adopted them as her very own.

17 years later, Emmanual Kelly auditioned on The X Factor with his plea for peace.

This is his true story.

You will cry. And you will be transformed by the courage and grace, the humanity

of a baby tossed into a shoebox to die on a battlefield in Iraq 17 years ago.

INTERVENTION!

"CALVIN, WAKE UP! WE HAVIN' AN INTERVENTION!"

"WAKE UP, LAZY-PIGULAS! WE HAVIN' INTERVENTION!"

"HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!"

"WELL? WHAT WE GONNA DO NOW?!"

PSSssssT! SSssssshhhh! Calling all Hool-I-PigZ for an emergency MOM INTERVENTION!
C'mon, this is serious.
She singing.
She dancin' and playin'her "air drums"
and worse! She singing and dancing and playing her "air drums" to these
songs all at one time. Who we call? Homeland Insecurity or the men in
those starched white coats? Who got the cell phone?
"I ate it by accident. Big ooopsie, huh?"
Group; "CALVIN! YOU DONE IT NOW! SO YOU
GOTTA GET IN YOUR CUDDLE CUP WID THE
SPECIAL BLANKET AND PRETEND TO LET HER
PET YOU TILL YOU FALL ASLEEP, THIS YOUR FAULT!"

"SURE, O.K. BUT THE MUSIC TOO LOUD TO SLEEP - "
"IT GONNA BE FAKE SLEEP, CALVIN, JUST GET HER
TO PAY ATTENTION TO YOU AND CALM DOWN!
YOU ARE THE INTERVENTION! DO IT GOOD AND
MAKE US PROUD!"

I can say "Row. Row."
That's a start! So start rowing!
(see Geico commercial a few posts down for reference...
or not. Who cares at this point? It's just been one of those days!)

Guinea Pigs Row Tiny Boat - Easier Way to Save - GEICO commercial - YouTube

Guinea Pigs Row Tiny Boat - Easier Way to Save - GEICO commercial - YouTube

^^^WATCH THIS AND SPEW THE COFFEE RIGHT OUTTA YO'MOUTH,

IT ABOUT GUINEA PIGULAS! FUNNIER THAN THAT GEICO GECKO,
OR THEM NASTY CAVEMEN!

"ROW.

ROW."

LISTEN, HE SAYS "ROW."

THANK YOU, ConniElfPie!!!!

SUCH AN EASY WORD!

Adele - Rolling In The Deep - YouTube

Adele - Rolling In The Deep - YouTube

We know we already posted this, or think we did.

But mom in a FIERY PLACE and playing this and

the next song we posted. This her favorite.

She read Adele got in touch with the guy who

broke her heart because without him she wouldn't

have made such a soulful, gutsy album.

She thanked him for hurting her enough to

bring out her real talent and earn the success this

song done bring her.

That was nice of her. She sings "We could have
had it all..." Sounds like she got it all by herself
with her talent and passion. Good on her!

Sara Bareilles - King Of Anything - YouTube

Sara Bareilles - King Of Anything - YouTube

Mom loves this song. Is that a good thing?

We don't know: But she dances every time

she hears it and sings it and gets her groove on...

Especially, "who died and made you King of Anything?"

She seems to be singing to someone very special.

Probably one of the magnificent boyfriends who

have made her so tender, gentle, and -

OH MY! SHE JUST TURNED THE VOLUME

WAY UP, DEFINITELY DEDICATED TO

THE ONE(S) who done help her become who

she is. Shouldn't she sing: "Thank you for being

you, it only made me stronger?"

INCOMING!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YOU OLD HIPPIE!

^^^Press here

FOR CLOSE-UP OF MT. RAINIER...AND, OF COURSE, JERRY AND LAURIE BEFORE THEY CLIMB IT!

Tonight mom called Jerry in the middle of his birthday party in Hot'Lanta where he sounded so happy! She asked if this was a good time to talk..."It's my birthday! And we're having real cake and real ice cream!" (after mom said her cake was vegan and gluten-free, a BIG HIT WITH JERRY.  NOT REALLY!)

Our shameless mom then tried to pretend she knew it was his birthday and called to give him a big hug and kiss...she was so flustered (this is true, tragic, but true...and we just can't figure out how to make it STOP!) so she said "Sending you a big hug and I'm really stacked so you oughtta really be able to feel it!" He got off the phone real quick after that.

We are running out of ideas...
and hope!

For G.

Mom made this card about faith and trust but the gallery liked her crazy stuff better, so she tacked this one to the wall. Today, we dedicate it to our dear G.
May God bless you with Goodness and Joy in abundance, now and forever.
You are so loved.

Bad Hair Day

With winds gusting to at least 60 mph for the second consecutive day, and mom's haircut still a week away, things appear bleak. When you have naturally curly hair in a moist climate combined with an onshore flow and - oh! - who are we kidding? The truth is mom hates the low-flow shower here in our "green, earth-friendly" apartment building! So, she doesn't wash her hair that much. And generally keeps it pretty short but thought, given the chilly summer we just had, that longer might be better.

We testify! Not betta! The "Tina Turner" effect is not becoming, mom, and as much as we love you, the day you see Leslie and her magic scissors just can't come soon enough for us!

Even though this is actually one of the chickens she "let the girls out" photographing, it is an astonishingly accurate portrayal of Pacific Northwest hair gone crazy during an unseasonal wind "event" as they say.

And the pic of mom doing yoga a few posts back, well, not exactly her because none of us would get that close with her camera (in case she fell) but she wants us to know she can do that.

Yeah, mom, of course you can. And we love your hair. And we can fly. And you are a gourmet cook and phenomenal housekeeper. And when you walk down the street, everyone you meet turns to take in your iconoclastic personal "style" here where trends are set to be broken! Because nobody gots hair like you! (And the chicken.)