The Moving is Over

And MY GOD did I abhor every last minute of it.
I have been in a perpetual foul temper this entire week. I have snapped and swore and been less than civil. My down time involved Sam and I watching the entire second season of Deadwood.

But now it is all over. I can wash my hands of it.

Speaking of hands, look what I found through StumbleUpon:

This was the website given: http://photos.500px.com/133665/4

This past week has not been only upsetting and difficult in regards to moving and intense cleaning; Vincent has not been doing very well as of late. I had to call in sick on Wednesday at work. He has a somewhat large abscess next to his penis which I found on Tuesday (maybe Monday?). Sam and I squeezed the puss out. It smelled terrible, like bad flesh. We cleaned it out with saline and have been flushing it with the such since. He's been a little better, but the main thing is that he is also old. His healing is not as quick as it used to be.

The past few days, Vincent has pickedup the habit of standing next to his cage door and wait politely until I pick him up. He watched the majority of Deadwood with Sam and I this week; or more we watched it while he slept in the crooks and cranies of our bodies and blankets. 

 

I love Vincent very much; he reminds me so much of Mark yet still has the riviting and loving qualities that he can easily call his own. Such as, whenever he is distressed he flattens his ears out to the side. I call them his 'worry ears.' I haven't seen other rats do it, although I'm not sure I've seen many a worried rat. Terrified, yes. Timid, yes. Concerned? Not so much.

Anywho.

The move is over. I can breathe in deep and exhale without fear of repercussion.

Ferrets in Snow

Audrey and Dad visited yesterday and I asked Audrey to bring her spanking new camera. Here is why!

These pictures are all out of order, but that's okay! This was Jack's first time in the snow. He didn't know what to do, so he just followed Rudyard's lead. He definitely got the hang of it!

Surfing through the Daily Squee

And this is what I found:


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This just makes me TONS happy. I'm going to adopt this tradition.

I Can't Help that I'm a Dork

What did I do for Xmas?
I celebrated it with my boys.
I made them a Christmas treat so that when they stretched their little legs out of their hammock, the whiff of ferret Yogies and Ferretvite caught their noses and dragged them out of bed.

Was it cute? Insatiably.
Did I take pictures? Naturally.

On Xmas Eve, I got their Christmas Treat ready:

 Peanut Butter Yogie Treats

 Delicious Ferretvite

 and Crumbly Crackers

 

 And placed in the refrigerator for the night.

Christmas Morning!

 The new favorite toys of the month, the Grinch and Max were waiting at the plates.

 This is Jack's first Christmas with me!

 I dressed up as Santa... well. Not really. But I wore my Santa Hat.

 Rud's face kept missing the camera. But he was wearing is typical blue bow on fancy occasions.

 Noms!

Well, the day passed. I went to my Dad's and had Christmas with him (the day before I had Christmas with Mom). When I got back in the evening, I cleaned out the poop in the ferret cage and then left to visit with the Prestons.

When I got back, I realized something.... I left the cage door open! I was frantic with worry until I found them snuggling under my dresser. When I put them back in their cage they were very hurt and upset. I can tell they had a fine time. There was also poop all over the hallway to the bathroom. I should have taken a picture. There was SO. MUCH. POOP.

It was at this moment in time I was very happy that my house was so well ferret-proofed. Clutterly, certainly, but definitely safe.

Critter of the DAY!

Jack got Critter of the Day on Small Animal Channel! YAY! He's Critter of the DAYYYYYY!!!

Small Animal Channel

A great place full of ferret stories and just all around animal lovers, the Small Animal Channel is a nice little website I like to retreat to and go SQUEE.

So in the midst of all the crazy moving (yes, by the way, it's December. The lease it up and we've picked a spot on the North-West side of town. Moving is occurring this week), I entertain and de-stressify myself by updating my profiles and creating one for Jack. Apparently I never got around to that. BAD ME. :)

Rudyard's profile
Jack's profile
Vincent's profile

and I even made Liam's profile (a while ago) and just don't have the heart to delete it. He was my precious baby, after all.

Oh the fun-fun-funderfulness of it all. I have to go put stuff in boxes now. :(

Reading is GREAT!

Reading is SO great that this morning Vincent came out to help me read. I've been flipping thru the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. It's got me hooked up like a morphling drip!

While I read, Vincent read too! This is what he read:

It's my ATC card that I've been using as a book mark! I think I will fancy it up a bit and put it on the wall. Vincent is such a cute reader!!

When he was done reading my bookmark for my current book, he moved on to my Mark Twain's autobiography bookmark:

And, no worries folks, he didn't read the autobiography... yet. I have to admit, cuteness is a huge weakness of mine. There have been many moments where Vincent chews on things and I say, "No Vincent!"

Vincent stops, looks at me, and if he's studying me he comes to the conclusion that there is nothing I will do. So he promptly continues his bad chewing habit.

I must say, I do show off my chewed up bits with pride.

More Bags

This one I suppose is still in the process of becoming a monster bag, or maybe I just like it the way it is.
It's strong and sturdy and makes me think of lady bugs. :)
I'll probably add some bug eyes and that will be it.















These other two I'm showing off were commissioned projects. I had so much fun making them! I put up some sketches of it a few weeks ago, they are my infamous Cthulhu and Baby Cthulhu bags! Hurrah!

 Complete with tentacles and a blood red interior, this Cthulhu is ready to rise up from the sea and destroy the world! Who wouldn't want this little monster hanging ourt on their shoulder?

 And we can't forget tag-along Baby Cthulhu, with cute little button eyes!

 Filled with a lovingly pink interior that will just make you coo,

as well as the most adorable love suckers resting on its wee little tentacles!
CUTE!

And here they are, pairing up to rule the world together. Ahhh, how lovely. :)

Words and Thoughts from Jack

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A Day in the Lives of Ferrets

See what mischief Rudyard and Jack are up to Mornin', Noon, and Night!
With a guest appearance from Bowie Ransom

Last pictures of Liam and Vincent's New House

While I was taking pictures of Vincent's new situated house, I found these photos of Liam. They are probably around a week or so before he passed away. He looks pretty rough; you can tell he's on his way.

There are quite a few butt pictures. I only put the ones I liked the most up here. :)

Eventually I got a face picture of him.

Today, Sam and I switched Vincent into a smaller cage. Since Vincent never uses the upstairs area, its a little pointless to have him live in such a large house. I took out this old white one, one that I'm borrowing still from the Preston's, and cleaned it up for him.

In the picture below, Vincent is chewing some happy holes and creating rat lace while he makes himself a sleeping nest.

He looks pretty good. :)

And off he goes to slumberland, once he's happy and cozy. Goodnight Vincent!