Bed Hogs

Stopping In To Say Hello

Hi everyone! Its been a week since we blogged so we wanted to say hello! Next week we promise we'll be back in the swing of things. Its just been a ROUGH week! 
But Mama said she wants to say thank you to the FIFTY pets and people who commented or emailed to cheer her up and check on us! It really lifted Mama's spirits. It meant so much to us that we've made such good friends in the pet blogosphere. Even people we didn't even know were stopping to wish us well! The blogosphere is an amazing thing, isn't it? We love being a part of it. And we wanted to thank all of our friends SO MUCH for reaching out to us.
The good news is, Gramma and Grampa are back from their vacation in Arizona. Grampa brought Mama home a weird lollipop. It has an actual dead scorpion inside of it! Gramma told Mama to throw it away, but Mama wants to keep it... although she is not sure she will ever eat it! 
The bad news is, yesterday Mama's great-aunt, Auntie Etta, passed away. She had been sick for a long time and in a lot of pain, and basically made the decision for no more life saving measures to be done. Mama hadn't seen her a lot in recent years, but used to see her a lot when she was little. When Mama was a baby, Auntie Etta knitted her a W blanket, which Mama treasured, slept with, and carried around with her 24/7 for her entire childhood. In fact, Mama still has it on her bed! Want to see? 

Auntie Etta also knitted W blankets for Mama's little brother, and for some of Mama's little cousins... although probably the youngest batch of cousins didn't get W blankets since Auntie Etta didn't have the energy to knit them any more. 
She also really closely helped raise two of Mama's cousins who were her grandkids. Those kids are in their 20's now and one has a baby of her own, but they are having a really hard time dealing with it since they were so close to her. 
So anyway all of that is not helping with Mama's sadness issues, even though Gramma and Grampa are back, because now she is just thinking about how easy it is to lose the ones you love.
But she is doing much better and feels bad about neglecting our blog for so long. We're going to try to go visit all of your blogs today, too! We can't wait!
Thanks again for all your love, kind words, and support. 
Love,
Trixie, Lily, Sammy-Joe, and Mama.

Outlook not so good

Our Mama is having a terrible time and can't stop crying. Its cuz Gramma and Grampa went on vacation and Mama is suppose to be guarding the house. She does it all the time but this time she's just feeling so sad and crying crying crying and even we can't make her feel better! And they're going to be gone for days and days and days. Mama knows they deserve a vacation, but she's so sad and lonely and sick and we don't know how to help her get through all these days! She's got some medicines she can take to help her feel better but they make her go to sleep, and if she takes them now she won't be able to take us for our walkies or give us dinner or anything else. If she cries anymore today it will flood the house! Everyone please send our Mama happy thoughts and prayers PLEASE!

Love,
Trixie, Lily and Sammy-Joe

P.S. Sammy-Joe had a great Smarty Sunday for tomorrow but we think Mama might not be able to help him write it today. We'll see though!

A Book By Our Mama!

Hi everyone! We told you our Mama could paint, right? But did we tell you she can also write? Our Mama has loved writing since the day she was born. At least that's what Gramma says! Mama self-published four books. (She got tired of trying to submit them to publishers, and thought she'd give selling them herself a try... with not much luck. But still, her books are very interesting!)
Want to hear about the books our Mama has written?


Skye Blue is the one Mama worked the hardest on! It is a fictional book about a fourteen-year-old homeless girl named Skye, and her rocky relationship with her older brother Jimmy.


What Some Call Heaven is about a young girl who shows up in a homeless shelter, claiming to be an angel. It is one of our favorites because it has an angel in it! We love angels!


If you know any children with autism, Danny, Danny, Superstar is the book for you! Its a short "chapter novel" from the point of view of a little boy with autism. He attends a special education classroom for children on the autism spectrum. The story is about what happens when his class participates in the school's talent show.


If you have ADHD like our Mama does, or know anyone who does, Why I Am The Way I Am is a great book for you! This book explains, in simple terms, what it is like to have ADHD, why people with ADHD sometimes seem lazy and careless, and how people can help them without acting as their crutch.


If you spend your raffle ticket here and win, you can choose one of these four books! We will have it sent directly to your house, for your reading pleasure. Maybe if our Mama ever becomes a famous writer you can say you were one of the first people to read her work! On the list, look for "A Book by our mama."


Ready to get some raffle tickets? Each $1.00 that you donate to Apollo, using our ChipIn widget, will equal one raffle ticket. For instance, if you donate ten dollars, you could choose ten chances to win one particular prize, or one chance each for ten different prizes, or two chances each for five different prizes, etc. Here's the ChipIn! (You can start choosing where to spend your tickets on March 13 - March 15.)



Good luck! We can't wait to see who wins!

A Painting By Our Mama!

Hi everyone! We have a surprising contribution to the raffle! Our Mama knows how to paint. Not really well, but she did take a painting class. She painted this picture of our big sister Chopper, right before she (Chopper) went to the Rainbow Bridge.)

(This is the real Chopper)

She also painted this picture of Sammy-Joe!


If you put your raffle ticket here, and you win, our Mama will paint a picture of your pet(s.) You'll have to send her a photo. She'll do the best that she can! It will be from the heart! She already can't wait to get started!
Ready to get some raffle tickets? Each $1.00 that you donate to Apollo, using our ChipIn widget, will equal one raffle ticket. For instance, if you donate ten dollars, you could choose ten chances to win one particular prize, or one chance each for ten different prizes, or two chances each for five different prizes, etc. Here's the ChipIn! (You can start choosing where to spend your tickets on March 13 - March 15.)



Good luck!