Rather proud of the door wreath I've made this year - though once again the holly berries had mysteriously disappeared when I went out to pick again!?
Bob's doing well and starting to eat a bit more (neither of us was enjoying syringing baby food into him) and he seems very happy in the nice warm spare room!
I'll post a pic of the gloves very soon - nearly finished!
An update on Bob - his eating had slowed so much that he wasn't even managing much banana so I took him to the vet (to be honest I was almost in tears before I got there, expecting the worst) the very nice vet (Glen) had a good look and said well he has got a very sharp back tooth that's probably the problem, however couple that with:
- he's the rabbit equivalent of in his late 90's
- he has cataracts and has to peer at you closely to see who it is.
- he has slight incontinence.
- he has a recurring eye infection.
- he needs his bum cleaning regularly as arthritis means he struggles too.
- he now has an irregular heartbeat
It's not looking good, but on the plus side:
- apart from the not eating he's still quite perky and appears to be happy and able to run right across the patio before having to stop for a rest.
So I had to make the decision, put him through a sedation and dental work and syringe him baby food until he's eating okay (if he comes through it alive!) or 'put him to sleep'. Well what a state I was standing in the vets clutching my 'knackered ol' bun.' to me blubbing.........that was yesterday, this evening he's home from his 'operation' and living in a lovely new 'hutch' in the spare room being hand fed twice a day! The relief that he survived was ginormous - Paul did comment that I was in serious trouble if he popped his clogs after spending rather a lot making him better and comfortable - but you can't really put a price on your furry friends, especially after spending 12 years together can you?
Goodness - 2 posts in 2 days!! how long I'll keep this up I don't know but here I am with some knitting progress, I'm on gloves for me!! I have to admit I'm a selfish knitter and like it best when it's a project for me and these gloves are going very well - they're to match the hat I did a while ago and wear a lot, I did photo it to post however Paul's not here so I plonked it on the nearest thing that it'd fit over which happened to be a small chocolate fondue pot??? needless to say it looked decidedly odd when I uploaded it so I'll wait until Paul's back to photo. me with the hat and gloves in the right places.
Tomorrow my plan is to go and buy The Tree - normally we do this together but as Paul's not here and I'm at work all weekend next week I'm going to get it on my own (hoping there's a nice man to help me fit it in the car - and there's the thing - fit it in, without the voice of reason from my more 'anal' other half (he likes straight lines and matching things) we just know I'm going to come back with a tree that's far too big but heyho that's just far more fun! I've warned him I won't be able to resist and I have far more decorations than I can usually fit on so the only problem should be bending the top over to hang the star from (as opposed to balancing it on the top) and squeezing it up the corner so we can still light the fire without lighting the tree!!!
Then of course I'll have to wait until he come's home to help get it out of the car and erect it in the very straight manner he likes, unless, as I've done before - impatience gets the better of me and I attempt to manhandle it all by myself into the living room leaving a trail of destruction in my path.....
Here I am! Huge apologies for the absence - that's what happens when you work in retail this time of year, get a promotion and try to knit most of your Christmas presents!
I've finally found a minute to put my feet up - in my lovely new knitted socks! (rather proud of myself, turned a heel and everything!!) obviously I can't show you the numerous other knitting projects as it'd spoil the surprise for my lucky family who've got them in their santa sacks! But Paul if you're reading this prepare yourself because you're still not getting a fonejacker balaclava.
To update you all a bit Bob the bunny is still going strong rather amazingly, though a bit slow to get up in the morning one sniff of his banana and he's out like a shot! Who'd have thought a banana a day could be the key to long life?!? Eternally grateful to Monkee Maker for that tip.
I'm still having trouble a lot of the time with Blogspot sites not opening so apologies if I don't comment on yours very often but it's quite a random problem with our pc which Paul's still not fixed but I'm very peeved to keep missing out on the monkees at Monkee Makers shop! but I'll persevere and hopfully one day a monkee will be mine - my pink monkey who shall probably remain as simply Pink Monkey for ever just doesn't have the personality!
Knitting group is still going strong and we remembered it's our anniversary coming up soon so are planning to celebrate, we're getting a bigger and bigger group each week - Starbucks may well chuck us out soon as we rather take over.
I'm still loving my new car although Paul's gone 'down south' visiting this weekend and taken it with him!!! I was very tickled by the air freshener I found for it made from SheepPooPaper - that really is made of poo!
Anyway I'll go now and get back to the gloves I'm knitting but I shall do my best to be a bit more regular posting.
Here it is - my 100th post! Apologies for it being a long time coming (been a bit busy getting ready for Christmas!!!) It's a very random one but amused us this evening:
This is the mouse that Tiggy brought in and let go, so it ran under the living room door, Paul and I then spent quite some time crawling around the floor peering under the sofas etc before realising it was a bit higher up! The brave little mouse then tightrope walked across the curtain pole before falling off and being caught in the handy box we keep specifically for catching the cats little playthings (far too regular it's needed) we safely released it outside. Tig. has since spent ages looking into every nook and cranny for her snack!
Paul thinks I'm mad but probably just a bit merry - I've survived my first week in my new store with all the problems it threw at me, my bunny's get a new reason for living (bananas) My latest knitting projects going well, Paul's just come in and put the sparkly purple cowboy hat (acquired from a long time ago very 'merry' evening)on me with the comment "I think you should wear this whilst blogging" we've shared the bottle of wine I got in my leaving present from my old store and I've happily danced around the living room to that annoyingly catchy accordion song! I'm quite happy at the moment! I could post longer but it could get very rambling and I'm building up for my 100th post (this is 99 I think!) Have you recently danced around at home to something loud? I firmly believe it's very good for you - maybe one of these days we'll relive our youth and go out clubbing again!!!