Conquered the pool...well kinda

After several days of trying to figure out how the hell we were gonna get in the pool we finally worked it out! Vin (YES VIN! The uncle I want to kill 90% of the time!) had a brilliant idea because he was just as afraid of the ladder as the rest of us lol. We built these wooden stairs and put them next to the pool ladder. The trick is u climb the stairs and then swing over and step onto the pool ladder and BAM ur in the pool. Its actually not that hard to do! It kills my knee but once Im in its all good and getting out is actually easier than getting in. Niceeee! The kids and I spend about an hour in yesterday and probably half an hour the day before. Of course Mom has to be a baby and not even try to do it but thats her problem. If she gets hot enough she can go in the pond!

Update on the babies & the Mamas

Nigel has officially made it to 5 weeks old! YEAH NIGEL! Im so so glad he beat the odds and fought his way through whatever it was that ended his baby sisters lives. Hes made me so proud! All of the other little ones turn 5 weeks on Monday and they r doing great too the crazy little crackheads LMAO! I cant believe how big they r getting and how active they r. They went from sleeping the day away before opening their eyes to climbing the cage bars and eating real food like little piggies basically over nite. Its just nuts! And they all totally have their own personalities. The girst r by far more temper mental and the boys r just goofy but all in all every single one of them is VERY loving and friendly and just cant get enough of being the center of attention lol. Oh and one is a dumbo! I dont know where he came from lol but one of the little guys is a dumbo. I didnt even realize it till the other day when I saw him in the hammock laying with his sister and I was like hang on a sec here something aint right lmao! As for their names heres what weve come up with:

Boys:
Nigel = Nigel obviously lol the only Siamese in the lot
Felix = PEW with green spot on his tail (we have to mark the PEWS to tell them apart!)
Arthur = Black and white semi-hooded
Spike = PEW with red spot on his tail and spiky hair
Oliver = PEW with blue spot on his tail
Scrat = Black and white capped with teenie white stripe down head
OddBall = Black and white capped dumbo

Girls:
Milan = Black and white capped with thick white stripe down head
Tila = Black and white semi-hooded

Really they r all just so damn cute its not even funny! Ill try to get pics of them all tonite sometime! The plan is to separate them on Monday when the others all turn 5 weeks. Its kind of sad having to separate them and take the boys away from Mama and their sisters but it HAS to be done. As for Salem and Angel they r both doing really well. Angel is still not letting me hold her but hopefully once shes in the Martins cage and can come to me for petting she will come around just like Fluff and the Vodka Sisters did. Salem seems to be feeling much better and hasnt had any more breathing problems since that one very scary nite thank God! So thats the news here on the baby front. Ill try to get pics later and post them tonite! Till then!

Bolwing!

Last week the new leagues at blowing started so we joined a family bowling league. I couldnt go because I was at the hosp with Robyn so it was just Wayne, Josh and Angelina for week 1. Since Robyns feeling MUCH better I decided to go this week and leave her home with Mom/Pat. OMG it was so much fun! Wayne was a little stressed with the fact that Angelina cant throw the ball that hard so it got kicked back a couple times but then they reset the lane and it stopped doing it so all was fine. Well that and I told Angelina to think about throwing a watermelon at Vins head and throw it real hard LMAO so she was doing MUCH better after that! Josh wasnt totally focused so his game was off but he did pretty good. Wayne the ass got a bunch of strikes and I actually got some myself which shocked the shit outta him and me both! My only problem was the only balls I had to pick from were either 8lb or 14lb and I needed like a 12lb. The holes in the 8lb were too small and the 14lb was pretty damn heavy and I kept droppin it. So I rotated and used both. Still though I did damn good for only having bowled once before in my life like 6 years ago. So yeah it was interesting and believe it or not I cant wait to go back!

Holy ladder bat man!

Ok so the pool was FINALLY full yesterday so we could get in it and mix all the tree gunk around to get it clean. YEAH! So here I go with my fat ass up the ladder...or not. I got up 1 step. Ok that was easy. Now lets keep in mind I only have 1 "decent" knee and one completely blown knee. 2nd step? Um no. Couldnt do it. Down I come. Gotta try again. Up 1 step. Good. Up 2 steps with Wayne behind me pushing my ass...the most action hes seen lately BTW. Great! Lets go for 3. Up 3! YEAH! Time for the 4th and final step...here we go...I can do this...shit I cant do this! I literally think I threw up a little in my mouth. Back down I come. So now Wayne gets in and starts cleaning the pool. Now Im really pissed that hes in there and Im standing outside watching. Really want to get in now just so I can drown his ass. So I have him hold the ladder from the inside of the pool. Maybe that will help. Here we go again. Up 1. Up 2. Up 3. YES! Shall we go for 4? Nope. Not gonna happen. DAMNIT! In the house I go to get the computer to look up ladders. Holy crap do they cost a fortune. I aint got that kind of money! Lets try CraigsList. YEAH! I found 1! Its 2 hours away and looks like 1 I could use. But its $150. Hmmm. Add that to all the gas its gonna take gettin there and thats damn near $200. Again I dont really have that kind of money. So I email the man selling it. Nice man btw. Its still for sale! YEAH! But will he budge on price? He says yes! Of course I have no idea by how much. So now I gotta think about it and decide if I can swing it on a mortgage week with Wayne STILL waiting for his $600 travel money from the post office. Shit. Hopefully I can figure something out and hopefully it will still be for sale when I do because I REALLY want to go in that damn pool!

Productive days r rare but when they happen its good!

We dont have many truly productive days in this crazy ass house. Really its very rare when we do and today was one of those rare days. Waynes been wanting to move the desktop comp back out into the LR but the rat cage was on the desk so we couldnt. Ive been wanting to move the rats into the room with Pete but Wayne hasnt really wanted to deal with it. So today we decided to go for it and we did. The girls 2 big cages r now sitting nicely in the room with Pete and even Ash the hamster made the move in there. The hermies r in there and in perfect position for Angelina to take care of them (they r her responsibility) and everyone seems quite content. The only ones still in the LR r Angel and the babies but next week she and the 2 girl babies need to be separated from the boy babies so they will all be making the move very soon too. The comp is set up and working on the desk (though its soooo slowwww) and the printer/fax/copier is set up next to the desk. The walls all got scrubbed and cleaned (Wayne loved that LMAO) so its all nice! I think it will be good. The ratties arent stuck next to this loud ass TV anymore and Wayne has the comp to use. All is right with the world...well atleast for now LOL!

Mice like Ghost Hunters!

This is really weird. Last week we were watching Ghost Hunters (Im sorry but that show should be on more than once a week hey!) and all of a sudden I look over and there is a freakin mouse climbing up my fireplace stones! I scream. He runs. Wayne sets a live trap. 2 days later Im home alone and he gets trapped. I was afraid he was going to chew a foot off or die of dehydration in the trap and since I actually do care which is why I set a live trap and not a snap ur head type trap I mustered up the bravery to touch the trap and I took him out and let him go in the woods. Ok great! Hes gone! Whoohoo! Um no. 2 nites ago the little shit is back and again while we r watching Ghost Hunters! Now Ill give him that hes cute as hell and he has great taste in TV but he simply cannot stay in my house! So yet another live trap set and we havent seen him again since that nite. No sign of him dead anywhere either so clearly the cats arent interested. This time when we catch him hes outta here. Im taking him to the next town and letting him go. I get that mice dont usually join another colony so this might mean he lives alone for the rest of his life but its better than my cats eating him alive right? Right. Hes just gonna have to find himself a nice little wife and make his own colony and please please dont bring them back to my fireplace!

New day...New blog!

Ok so heres the deal. As much as I like wordpress.com its a very boring site. They only have a handful of layouts and backgrounds to pick from and if u want to use anything custom or handmade u have to pay and I dont really have the time to sit and make layouts. So I was looking at Rhos blog *Hi Rho!* and I saw that u can seach free layouts like u can with MySpace and use them! WOOHOO! Everyone knows Im a layout whore so this works for me! LOL! Anyway Ive copied all of my wordpress posts over to here but not the pics because Im planning to make a page just for pics soon. So everyone please update ur bookmarks and take wordpress out and add in this blog!

Yeah it worked!

Looks like this is the start of a beautiful relationship LOL!

And on that note Im off to go work in the garden! Until later!

Testing from cell

Well let's see if this works. This will determine my love or hate for blogspot!

Wow this is AWESOME!

I have to say this is so much nicer than wordpress.com! Now that I didnt like wordpress. Really it was very user friendly and the setup was nice but there r a few issues there that I just couldnt get past. One is the fact that they only have a handful of layouts u can use for free. If u want to make ur own or even upload new ones u have to pay. What a buncha bull! Here u can search layouts and change them anytime u want just like u can with MySpace which I LOVE! Other good features here r u can add a lot more content. Sure u can add links and such at wordpress but again unless u pay its very basic and Im just not gonna pay! I have 3 kids. I cant afford to pay for things like that! So what if I sound cheap. Its called being frugal damnit! LMAO! Anyway I really like it here and those of u who dont blog better get to it! It really is a great stress reliever and we all know what happens if u keep emotions and feelings bottled up. U go insane!!! LOL!

Been a loooong time!

Wow so much has been going on! I dont even know where to start. Ok lets start with the kids. Robyn has been very sick for 8 days now. 102+ fevers, barely able to stay awake long enough to eat, rash on her face. It hasnt been fun. Took her to the hosp on Monday and they ran some blood tests and did a chest xray which were all good. So they sent us home thinking it was only a virus. Now keep in mind I told them she had a tick on her a few weeks ago but for whatever reason they decided not to test her for lyme. So ok since Monday the rash shows up and fever just wont quit so last nite I said enough is enough we need answers and we need them NOW so back to the hosp we went. Pat came with us because Josh and Angelinas bowling league (we’ll talk more about that in a bit) started last nite. So we get there and they check her in and the Dr was such a dick. He acted like he couldnt see a rash and like I was just a worried Mom but to humor me he finally ordered a lyme test and some other tests. In comes the nurse to do a catheter (yeah that is NOT fun on a 2 yr old) and shes like “Wow she has a rash!” um no! Ya think? So she calls the Dr out on it and he finally “sees” it. So urine test and 9 vials of blood and we wait. Urine comes back fine. Blood looks ok but the lyme takes 24 hours for the first one and then 2 WEEKS for the second. They give her a huge ass shot of antibiotics in her leg to fight off whatever it is and on our way we go with no more answers than we had when we got there. Finally this afternoon I call to get the lyme result and its POSITIVE! I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MY KID! I mean seriously. I know my kids. So yes lyme is bad but atleast we know what she has and we can treat it. Shes on 28 days of antibiotics now and motrin for fever and muscle pain and hopefully in less than a week she will be starting to feel better. Poor baby. Now all 3 kids have had lyme. Damn ticks! Ok so now bowling! The plan was we were going to go me and Angelina as team 1 and Wayne and Josh as team 2 but since I was at the hosp they just teamed up the 3 of them. They had a blast and cant wait to go back next week! Hopefully Robyn will feel better so I can go too. They didnt really get any talking time with other kids because Wayne said it was so out of control but I still think it will be good for them and I told them if they really like it and stick with it I will buy them their own balls, bags and shoes when its over in 10 weeks! Ebay here we come LMAO! Lets see what else havent I updated on. Oh Salem and the babies. Ok this is going to be a long one. Salem was doing great with Nigel, Arthur and Felix and then all of a sudden about a week ago 2am Wayne and I wake up to Salem gasping for air. She was in respiratory distress and was basically dieing. Called T and Donna and made a quick video of Salem so they could see what was going on and theyhad me give her a couple shots of albuteral with the inhaler. It took about 2 hours but finally she was breathing better and fell asleep with her boys but we knew she was so sick she had to be separated from them so she could get antibiotics and get better. So now we had Salem away from the boys and Im sitting here trying to get them to bottle feed which just wasnt working so what do we do? Finally Wayne said ok lets try to find a Mama so we called the guy who we got Felix and Arthur from and he agreed to give us their Mama BUT we had to take her other 6 babies with her which we did. Anyway now a week later the babies r all doing GREAT and Salem is feeling much better. The new Mamas name is Angel and shes very scared but shes a really great Mama. Including Felix, Arthur and Nigel we have 7 boys and 2 girls! The plan is to keep the 3 boys and the 2 girls and find a home for the other 4 boys. *keep in mind I said “plan” which means it could change at any time lmao!* Anyway thats all the news here and Im going to eat dinner and watch Ghost Hunters I didnt get to see Wednesday! Till later folks!

Very very pissed off - beware

Ill warn everyone right now if u want all pink fluffy happy talk I suggest u close this page right now because theres no holding back on this one!
I want to fucking kill Vin right now. I think if he wasnt on the other side of the gate I probably would have. He thinks he runs the world and is so fucking smart when in reality he can barely spell a 3 letter word and cant add more than 10+10. Heres Wayne in 90 degree heat shoveling sand to level out where the pool is going to go. Naturally Vin being the asshole that he is he has to sit and get involved where he doesnt belong. Did he pay for it? Nope. Does he own the fucking houses? Nope. He owns NOTHING! Calling everyone “stupid” and “why r u all so fucking dumb” and “I have to teach u everything” blah blah blah screaming like a fucking lunatic. Finally I had enough and I totally went off on the fucker. Ive had it. Im taking the pool back and not even setting it up. Ill take the kids to the fucking ocean 7 days a week just so I dont have to be near that piece of shit asshole. Honestly I think if he comes near me right now Ill be in jail. Now I know why my Grandmother stayed as far away from him as she could. Kinda hard for me when he lives nextdoor.

A/C, sand, pools, Georgia, birthdays - blah blah blah

Wow I dont know about everyone else but the heat these past few days has been killing me! My body isnt built for this shit! Im a Connecticut Yankee born and raised. I dont do 95+ temps hey! So the day before yesterday Wayne went hunting for an a/c. 12 years weve lived in this house without an a/c and I aint doing it anymore! So he went to Walmart but all they had were 5050btu ones hardly big enough to cool my bathroom never mind the entire downstairs! He brought it home anyway and we put it in the living room but while it did cool it down a little it just didnt do the trick. Yesterday I started calling around and found a 12000btu one so I went and got that and OMG what a difference! I actually had to turn it OFF last nite at one point! So the little 5050btu one is going to go upstairs in the hall so maybe it will help keep it cooler up there and keep this cool air from being wasted by going up there. We r all just sleeping downstairs for now its so hot up there. I just cant imagine the kids sleeping up there. Atleast its cooler in here and I dont have to worry about the kids and dogs and other critters having heat strokes! Thats what I was really afraid of. I was sick feeling myself and barely ate for two days and the kids get even sicker than I do when its hot. When Josh was a baby we used to have to go to our bookstore with him to cool off because he would throw up. So yeah this is much nicer now thats for sure! Last week we went and got one of those 4 foot x 15 foot metal pools from Walmart. We used to have one a little bigger when I was a kid but living on the pond really we didnt need it when I grew up. Now though with the kids and with the pond as nasty as its been lately we really needed something bigger than the 2 foot blow up one weve had for the past few summers lol. So we got the thing home and then we had to order sand to put under it because the ground isnt level at all and the yard has so many rocks. Well the sand finally came yesterday morning but it was so damn hot no one wanted to work on the pool. Hopefully tonite Wayne can atleast get the sand moved to where it has to go so we can have it up and filled by the weekend when mom comes home from Georgia. She left this morning for a work trip and comes back late Friday nite so the kids wont see her till Saturday. Well Im officially another year older BUT Im still not as old as Wayne LOL! Speaking of Wayne I almost killed him yesterday! He went and got strawberries so I could make shortcake for my bday. Well when I started cutting them they were so rotten there were fruit flies coming out of them! OMG I was so pissed. $15 worth of berries in the trash can. Atleast I got my tattoo though so that makes up for it lol and Pat stopped and got an emergency cake at BigY which was actually a decent cake for a change! Mom got me this really nice grave rubbing (rubbing not robbing people! RUBBING!) kit which is cool and Im definitely taking it with me to Salem next time I go and T ordered me the Ghost Hunters book Ive been searching for and it actually came BEFORE my bday! 5 years weve known each other and this is the first time either of us has gotten a gift on time LMAO! Of course she forgot to tell me happy bday yesterday till like 3pm so I have to kick her ass for that but the book helped ease the pain LOL! Well thats about it! Im off to bask in my a/c and I think the kids and I r gonna make some frozen dog treats today! Until next time!

Ahh how I love online groups!

So yeah ok it was an interesting day. As most people know T and I have a Yahoo group for people who own small/exotic animals. There r only a handful of members and we r all pretty close and the group has been around for over a year. We all pretty much talk on the phone and all that and most of us have known each other for years. Well we had these two girls in there. One has been in for awhile and the other is pretty new. Today shit hit the fan. All of the members have expressed concerns about these two girls and their animal ethics over the past few days and even weeks. Long story short there were a lot of questions/issues and there just was no way to deal with these issues in a way that would make everyone happy other than removing these two people from the group. Do I enjoy kicking people out? No believe it or not I dont. But T and I discussed it and neither of us want to relive the dramas of the past so we felt it had to be done and so we did it. She was at work so I did it and I ended up taking the blame not by any fault of T’s but because these two girls apparently feel they need to lash out at someone and Im that someone. Ive offered to help them with their animal care in the future if they need it. I dont hate either of them. Really I dont. But I had to act as an owner and do what the group needed me to do. They apparently dont understand that and I really do feel for them. Honestly I do. They need to realize though that I have to do what I have to do. That said Im not answering anymore of their emails. I just cant keep going around and around with them like this. If they want help in the future I will be glad to help them but I just cant keep banging my head against the brick wall they r putting up. And for the record if either of u r reading this Im not doing this as an attack. Im doing it for my own venting/sanity and I hope u believe that. I truly do wish u both the best of luck.

Vent - beware!

So ok Im going to try going about this in the nicest way possible and without mentioning any names. Its not going to be easy but here we go kiddies and enjoy the ride! WTF is up with people who feel that just because someone they know has something they have to have the same thing? I mean really. Ive known people who really didnt want a new car until their friend got one and then they had to rush out and get one bigger and better than the one their friend just got. They dont think about the fact that they really cant afford the new car or need the new car. All they think about is how they can 1-up their friend. Or a new bird. Friend gets a new bird and BAM u have to go get a new bird. U have no room for a new bird and u really dont have the money for vet care for a new bird and have no idea how to care properly for this bird but because someone u know got one then u have to get one too. I just dont get it! I mean Im all for trying new things and sure sometimes u have to get the idea/inspiration somewhere but people please think long and hard before just jumping into shit! It isnt fair to the finance company who gave u that new car only to find out u cant afford it or to that bird u promised to give a good home to for u to decide ur “allergic” or “its mean” or u “dont have time for it” or “vet care costs a fortune” blah blah blah. There r enough cars in repo and enough birds in shelters already. Enough said!

Arthur has EYES!

OMG! I went and checked on the boys and all of a sudden Arthur comes racing out of the house and is LOOKING at me! I almost crapped my pants LMAO! He has the littlest black eyes I have ever seen but really for day 1 they r open quite wide! I kissed his little belly and he actually looked at me. How freakin cute is that hey?! Felix looks like his might open tomorrow. I see maybe teenie slits starting. Nigel I dont see anything yet and hes 2 days older! I expected his to be open first but nope. Hopefully soon! Ill take some pics later when I clean Salems cage!

My Bday gift from Wayne!

Ok this post needs a disclaimer just like the rat ones do! Wow I seem to be doing this a lot LOL so here goes!
*Anyone who doesnt like piercings or tattoos thats fine. Really I know they r not for everyone and I know getting my nose and eyebrow pierced were a shocker for a lot of people. Its my body though and if I want to get a couple holes in it here and there and some color added well damnit Im gonna do it! Im not asking u to do it to urs so dont ask me NOT to do it to mine!*
Ok now that we have that out of the way LOL Wayne has known Ive wanted to have a tattoo for a long time. I wanted a hummingbird because it was my grandmothers favorite bird and mine as well and the kids initials (RO = Robyn (yes she gets two letters just to make it look better LOL) J = Joshua A= Angelina) which is also the name of my business. Ive debated for years and just never want to spend the money. Well Wayne decided he wanted to go find out how much his tattoo (also ROJA with a guitar) would cost so we went to the tattoo place Flats in Groton, CT where I had my piercings done to get a quote. Well about 20 mins later I was sitting in the chair having my tattoo done for my bday LOL! No one in the family other than Lettie knows yet so Im just waiting for the screaming LMAO! Anyway heres a pic! Its on the back of my neck and even though the pic looks crooked its actually straight. Its just the way I was standing!

Video of the boys!

Heres a short video I took today of Nigel, Arthur and Felix! Such cute little guys and holy active! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx3PD_g3cm4

Update on Salem and the babies

*Let me remind those of u who r haters once again to please keep ur opinions to urselves*
Well a lot has changed in the few days since I last updated on Salem and her babies. The day before yesterday we ended up losing Isabel. She was such a fighter and tried so hard to make it but unfortunately she just couldnt fight any longer and had to cross the bridge with her sisters. Salem was very upset and wouldnt put little Nigel down. She was just walking around in circles carrying him and was so depressed and sad looking. So Wayne and I decided since hes her last baby left he needed a brother or two! We called a place in Warwick that breeds ratties and they had 8 day old babies and agreed to let us take 2 boys for Salem to have as new new sons and for Nigel to have as brothers! They r only two days younger than he is which is perfect and so far they r getting along wonderfully! Salem took to them instantly and is doing such a great job with them and with Nigel. Shes not nearly as depressed as she was and shes totally taken them in as if they r her own babies but really how could she resist? They r so damn cute! Arthur is a black and white hooded and Felix is either a PEW or a Himi. We arent sure yet. His Mama was a Himi but he looks more PEW so we will just have to wait a few weeks till his color comes in! Ill post pics of them soon so everyone can see!

New washer & dryer!

OMG FINALLY!!! We went and picked out a new washer and dryer last nite and they will be here on Saturday. Its gonna be so nice to do laundry without having to worry about them breaking. We got a good deal too. They knocked off about $150 for the fact that I still have a dryer that does work (sometimes LMAO!) so they r going to take that one with them and fix it and sell it. Hey fine with me! They can have it! Maybe someone else can get some life outta the thing! Its just amazing how fast we go through household appliances. I mean seriously we r lucky to get a year maybe a year and a half tops out of washing machines. I think I just over load them but with 3 kids and a husband who gets filthy I just cant sit 24/7 washing clothes! The good thing is these r “10 cycle” machines. As if I know what that really means. All I know is my old washer was “8 cycle” and it worked pretty damn good (well before it broke it did) so if this one has 2 more “cycles” then that must be better right? Right. Wayne and I did go back and forth about a front or top loader though. Hes always liked front and I like top. Finally the guy said that if he was going to be honest the front loaders do break more often and with the way we go through them a top would be better and last longer so we went with a top of the line top loader. I just cant wait! Ive never been so damn excited about washing laundry in my life. Wow. If this is all it takes to excite me I clearly dont have enough fun LMAO!

OMG she did it all by herself!!!

Holy freakin crap! I was sitting in the living room talking to Wayne about the post office when all of a sudden in runs Robyn yelling “Pee! Pee! Pee!” so here Im thinking oh no she peed on the floor! I get up and shes got me by the hand and she takes me to her potty which is full of PEE! HOLY COW! She did it all by herself and its her first time! I about fell over! My baby is turning into such a big girl! *wipes tear*

Forgot to mention my love for DVR!

I have to say without DVR or atleast a VCR I would go NUTS! With a 2 year old most nites u dont get to watch what u plan to watch on TV therefor u r required to record things. In a house with 2 adults and 3 kids all who like different things lets just say the DVR gets used A LOT! Well now that Wayne is actually in the post office (WOOHOO) he left that shit ass nite job of his and we actually get to watch some tv! Last nite we had a Ghost Hunters marathon. It was awesome. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. I swear that show just gets better and better every season. Its amazing! I would so love to have them come to my house. With all the weird things that happen here it would be great but really Im a little afraid to know whats going on here. Angelina saw “black shape of a man” at the top of the stairs a few weeks ago. She still talks about it. Robyn went into the kitchen to get a drink one nite and came back screaming that there was a “face” in there and refused to go back in for days. Wayne and I both hear whispers in our ears on a regular basis while we r sleeping. Hell though I hear whispers when I visit other places too so thats not saying much LMAO! But really as cool as it would be to have them come just knowing the Indian past of this land and the fact that my Grandmother passed away here I just think it would scare me so much! And it isnt like these r new things. Weve lived here for 11 years and since day one weve had things like this happen so its not new. Weve just learned to live with it! So what else did we watch last nite? Oh yeah we watched some So You Think You Can Dance? No really we did. Im not asking a question there. The show name ends with a ? LMAO! Just makin that clear! ANYWAY thats another show I just love. Some of the dancers r simply amazing! But really it wouldnt be possibly without DVR BABY! I think we should all go kiss our cable men right now LMAO!

Wow its been DAYS!

Holy cow I cant believe how many days its been since Ive posted! Woops! And I see MySpace isnt picking up my blog so Ill have to work on that. ANYWAY heres all the news here but I do have a disclaimer:

Mom/Pat/anyone wishing to be negative: I get that u hate rats. And most cats. But guess what. This aint ur blog and just because u dont like something (and btw there r A LOT of things u people dont like) DOESNT mean the kids and I cant like it. Ok? So remember if u dont have anything nice to say then shut the hell up and dont say anything at all damnit! I dont really need to hear Angelina cry because u people say things about her pets that she loves. Have some sympathy.

Ok so now that we have that out of the way here we go. So most of u know Angelina picked out 2 rats a couple weeks ago at a pet store that was going out of business. They were selling off all the ratties as feeders for $1 and we just couldnt let that happen so we took 2 Siamese girls home with us. One is just a little thing and her name is Crystal. Shes so pretty and such a sweet little thing. Angelina would sit and hold her all day if we didnt have any cats! The other is also Siamese and shes a little older and her name is Salem. Well Salem had a cold when we got her so she was on antibiotics for that (NO Mom and Pat people cant catch shit from rats no matter what ur moron teachers taught u in school!) but at the same time as she was on the meds for the cold we didnt know she was already pregnant when we got her (here comes the Mom and Pat fit!). Anyway when we figured out she was pregnant we switched her to baby safe meds and we started posting online and found a bunch of homes for the babies. People were emailing like crazy wanting them. We agreed we would keep just 1 girl and that was it and that the rest would go to good homes. Well 9 days ago Salem had 5 beautiful little babies. 4 girls and 1 boy. Now for rats thats a VERY small litter. Usually they have around 12 babies so 5 was a shock. I was happy with 5 though to be honest. I knew 5 would be easy to find homes for 4 of them so no problems there and I knew Salem should do great with such a small litter when it comes to nursing them because there would be no fighting for food! So really I was happy with the 5. The babies looked GREAT! Nice and pink and wiggly and so damn cute it wasnt even funny. Everything was good for the first 3 days until I took the little ones out to clean the cage. I noticed 1 was turning yellow like it was jaundiced. Went online and emailed Donna, T, Terry and Cathe for help and started to research. Well it seems the babies were effected while they were still in Salems belly by the meds and had some liver issues. Poor things. Unfortunately the 1 little yellow one died the next day and when I took her out I realized 2 more babies were turning yellow. CRAP! So this went on and we researched non-stop and figured out that really it was just a waiting game and there was nothing we could do. So now lets fast forward 2 days to day 6. One of the little yellow looking babies wasnt looking so good. She was really weak and just terrible looking. The other 1 was looking almost just as bad and then another 1 was starting to turn yellow but not quite as fast and not as bad. The 1 the male looked great. Nice and pink and growing fine. That nite I went to check on them again and the 1 really bad looking baby was dead. Next morning the other really bad looking 1 was gone as well leaving us with only 2 babies on day 7 - 1 healthy looking male and 1 yellowish looking female. Ive been fully expecting the female to die but so far at day 9 shes still going so hopefully she will pull through this and the male still looks great and is such a fat little guy! Weve named the Isabel and Nigel and we r just watching them like hawks and hoping they both make it through this mess. The kids have been very upset having to see 3 of their little babies die hence my disclaimer to anyone wishing to be negative at the start of this post. I dont think we r out of the woods just yet but Im really hopeful that these 2 will be just fine. They r both active and getting in tons if hair. Donna says Isabels size is good but Nigel is a tad obese LMAO hey hes a typical man going for the boobie as often as possible LOL! Salem is doing a wonderful job as a Mama even though shes been through so much with losing 3 of her little ones. Rats can definitely get sad and depressed by the death of a baby. Ive seen that first hand and its really very sad to watch but she seems to be doing much better now and is even trusting me to handle the little ones more and more each day! Here r a few pics. Anyone who doesnt like rats click the little X at the top of ur page now and dont bother looking!

Salems beautiful little face!
All 5 rittens at 12 hours old
Nigel & Isabel at 8 days old
Isabel at 8 days old - my little fighter
Nigel at 8 days old - Mr. Fatty McRattie
Thats it! Ill try to keep updating here as the days go by!