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BUGS BUNNY EASTER......

Here are a few funnies from one of the most famous bunnies around:
Click on the links below (dont forget to turn off my music playlist first...... )


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5CUK94MHvk


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gFL7FBe_PA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyxhm3Ni6iY&feature=related


I love the old cartoons!!!!



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And speaking of eggs........
Here are some pictures of three eggs that I will always treasure.

1 - An egg shaped musical snow globe (is it still called a "snow globe" if it's not a winter scene???) My Mother bought this and although it's not one of my favorite things, it is still a keeper.

2 - My Russian Egg. This is actually a wooden egg that has a Russian scene painted on it. It matches a whole series of cups, saucers, plates and spoons that my Mother was collecting. The whole series is on shelves over my fireplace in the livingroom.

3 - This is a real egg. It is has hinged doors that can open or close. When you open it inside you find a little tiny little Cindrella scene which includes a little horse drawn carriage driven by a little mouse. The walls of the egg are hand painted. My Mother and I had been at a craft show and a lady was selling this and a few other eggs. It was over a hundred dollars but I just kept going back looking at it and finally I bought it for my Mother. She thought I was nuts for spending so much on an egg but I know she loved it too.

These pictures definitely do not do these eggs justice. Each one has it's own special charm that my lousy photography could never capture.









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They say "Dont put all your eggs in one basket" - But what if I want to put all my eggs into my wire chicken basket???? I love this thing. It is probably old as the hills. No clue where I got it but I know I've had it about 20 years and I still love it.

As Easter approaches I'm thinking about painting Easter Eggs. How do you paint yours???
Do you use the stuff they sell in the store - You know - You drop the little tablet in the water and then dunk the eggs. Do you handpaint them??? I have seen some really creative stuff out there over the years but I must admit that I really dont do anything special.

The only thing that I do pretty much every year is that I save my onion skins - Yes, you heard me.... I use onion skins........ Just the outer brown stuff.

You boil the eggs like normal but you throw the onion skins in there with them and the eggs take on a nice brown color. Yeah... Yeah.... Yeah... I am sure you could just start off with buying brown eggs but this is my thing and this is what I do and then I may doodle a little on the eggs but in the end they are still pretty simple.

So anyway....... Back to my little wire chicken. I have been sort of collecting chickens most of my adult life. I guess I probably saw one of those gorgeous chickens in one of those fancy French Country kitchens (in a magazine ofcourse) and have always wanted that kind of look.

Unfortunately my kitchen is still a disaster area but one day....... One day I WILL have a big fancy gourmet kitchen and darn it I will have fancy chickens all over the place.
Fancy chicken PLUS one little wire chicken to hold all my eggs......

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This is picture of two frames that my Mother had made. It's Needlepoint on Plastic Canvas.

My Mother had a real talent for making things out of Plastic Canvas. The frame part is simple enough but those bunnies are a pain to put together.

Both pictures are of Bobby when he was little. Hard to believe he was so little when he is almost 16........ Sigh..........






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Well, since this is still April Fool's Day I'm going to start off with a funny little picture I found on the web here: http://www.recycledart.com/2009/02/recycled-cigarettes-used-for-art/





Can you believe it???????


This guy actually made a bunny out of discarded cigarette butts.


Well, I'm totally for recycling and going green and all that stuff and you know I have a reputation for not being able to throw anything away but there is no way that I will be going around picking up dirty, nasty, smelly cigarrette butts.........


GROSS!!!!!!!!!


(But still cute in a very weird kinda way.........)

APRIL FOOLS.............

Happy April Fools Day.....

Well, the joke was on ME today.
As you know (well, you do know if you know me.......) I am ALWAYS late to everything!!!!
Today Bobby had a doctor's appoinment scheduled for 2:00 pm.
We went and did his lab work in the morning and then had breakfast and then had time to kill so we went over the TZ Bridge to the mall. We shopped a little and decided that we should leave the mall aroune 1:00 pm to have plenty of time to get back for his appointment.
We leave the parking lot at 1:30 pm - Cause like I said - I am ALWAYS late for everything.
We get on the highway and UGH.......... It is four lanes of bumper to bumper cars, trucks, tractors and even a huge RV......... YIKES..........
So around 1:45 I pick up the phone and call the doctors office to tell them that we will be late.
As I start speaking I look at the car clock and realize I'M AN HOUR EARLY....... It was only 12:45..........
WELL, APRIL FOOLS ON ME........
I felt really stupid telling the receptionist at the doctor's office that I cant tell time but I did tell her that the traffic was really bad but we're on our way........

Bobby's physical went fine - He is disappointed that he is only 5 foot 9 and three quarters.
The doctor explained to him that he is not even 16 and he probably still has a few more inches to grow. Okay - So he will probably not be as tall as his Dad but I still need to put on heels and stand on a step stool to look him eye to eye.......
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