Saturday, December 3, 2011

Forth Day of Christmas from the 25 Days of Christmas Blogshare

A wonderful group of bloggers have gotten together to share different and special aspects of the Christmas Holiday Season for you to ponder and experience. You will find traditions, stories, helpful hints, recipes, crafts and more. Enjoy yourself. You may even find a bit of Christmas magic!

Here is the forth day of Christmas blog post to visit, about  making delicious Mint Chocolate Brownie Bites  from Happy Go Lucky:


It's the perfect time of year to enjoy any thing that combines mint with chocolate!
Don't these Mint Chocolate brownie bites look delicious?  The mint green icing with red sprinkles make it look so festive ~ Perfect for all those holiday parties your planning and attending this month.
Head over to Happy Go Lucky to get this fabulous recipe.
The hardest part about this recipe is eating just one and you might not want to share!







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More Christmas Bunnies on You Tube!

More Christmas Bunnies on You Tube! Take a breather! Relax! Enjoy!

30-Second Bunnies "Christmas Story"


30-Second Bunnies "Christmas Vacation"





 Rabbit Bites Christmas Special


Hope you enjoyed! Stay tuned for further posts with more!!!

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Some Christmas Bunnies on YouTube


When you need a break from the hectic pace of the holiday season, here's a few short bunny holiday videos to give you a little break.  Enjoy!

30 Second Bunnies "It's AWonderful Life"



30 SecondBunnies "A Christmas Story"

Bunnies Sing "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

There will be more posts with holiday bunnies on video through the  season to bring you more little breaks and hopefully a smile!
 Have a Bunderful Day!


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Third Day of the 25 Days of Christmas Blog Share

A wonderful group of bloggers have gotten together to share different and special aspects of the Christmas Holiday Season for you to ponder and experience. You will find traditions, stories, helpful hints, recipes, crafts and more. Enjoy yourself. You may even find a bit of Christmas magic!

Here is the third day of Christmas blog post to visit, about Simplifying the Holidays from yourmamasaidwhat.blogspot.com 
The Christmas season is thought of as "The most wonderful time of the year". But often times, once that time has arrived, we feel unprepared, stressed out and over burdened! We pack our schedules with parties, shopping and baking. 
We feel pressure to out do everyone around us with creating the best ever moments, traditions and memories.
This can all be incredibly overwhelming!
And the next thing you know Christmas is a few days away and you haven't done all the things you were hoping to fit in, much less enjoy the activities did accomplish. 
I know for myself, especially with young children I want to provide my children with all the magic that this time of year brings, but in the past I have watched the holiday come and go with nothing crossed off my to-do list and feeling disappointed in myself for falling short.
So how can we fix this??? How can we ensure we enjoy the holidays and accomplish the things that really matter to us?
Here are a few things that you can do NOW to prepare for Christmas. These are things th
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The


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at will take only a few minutes and ANYONE can do (even if you're not an organizing pro):

Friday, December 2, 2011

The Second Day of Christmas from the 25 Days of Christmas Blog Exchange...

A wonderful group of bloggers have gotten together to share different and special aspects of the Christmas Holiday Season for you to ponder and experience. You will find traditions, stories, helpful hints, recipes, crafts and more. Enjoy yourself. You may even find a bit of Christmas magic!

Here is the second day of Christmas blog post to visit, about the Advent Calendar, from Vodka and Motherhood Blog that I share with you...
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Okay, so everyone knows that Christmas is wonderful. I love it. It's my favorite holiday. I love the music, the snow, the lights, the traditions, the food, the presents, the love, the family, but especially....THE EGGNOG!!! I am very picky about my eggnog. Seriously. It has to be just so, or I refuse to drink it. I can't have the stuff that they sell in the stores, because it is so thick that it could stop a bathtub drain in it's tracks. I know that there are others out there who feel the same way, and simply refuse to drink it. I actually won't drink it alone, unless I seriously thin it down. But, I am also a bartender and because of this, I present to you, A Southern Christmas. Don't be scared...we're gonna talk about how to make the perfect Christmas Eggnog, but with a vodkaandmotherhood twist...









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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Christmas Lawn Decoration Bonanza Bunny


 Hello,
Just thought I would share a few shots of a house down the street from that goes wild with the amount of decorations they put out. I have read in articles that they do it for charity somehow. They put out things at Easter and Halloween also. They go all out. It was difficult to get good shots the other night because it was a storm. I will try to get more and post them. These photos don't show much of it, but gives a glance at the idea of it. There is a bunny this year. Correctly he is at the very front of the yard. You can see him best at the end. I will get good pictures on a good night of the rest of the yard. In past years, when I was feeling blue during the holidays, the yard kind of cheered me up! Hate to see their electric bill! Enjoy!

I think the bunny is supposed to holding a gift in his hands.
Have a great day!
Mary Ellen






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The First Day of Christmas from the 25 Days of Christmas Blog Exchange...

A wonderful group of bloggers have gotten together to share different and special aspects of the Christmas Holiday Season for you to ponder and experience. You will find traditions, stories, helpful hints, recipes, crafts and more. Enjoy yourself. You may even find a bit of Christmas magic!

Here is the first day of Christmas blog post to visit, about the Advent Calendar, from Tots and Me Blog that I share with you...
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As we get ready for Christmas we, as a family, try very hard to emphasize the importance of the celebration of the birth of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. This starts at the beginning of the month with an observance of Advent, focusing on the joyful anticipation of his coming. Quite a few years ago I decided to create a countdown chart that would ultimately focus on this true meaning of Christmas. I originally saw this idea on a Christmas card and decided to incorporate it into our celebration.

I started by painting a Christmas tree onto poster board:



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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Bunny Reiki: My Experience

Hello,
Lots of background:
Recently I was thinking back to the days several years ago when I had a rabbit named Ashes. He was a large gray lop (maybe part French lop) who loved my husband, food and female bunnies (he was neutered though). He developed a severe case of head tilt due to an inner ear bacterial infection. I felt that the vet wasn't being aggressive enough with his treatment of Ashes. I kept doing all types of research on the internet and on Etherbun. (I would have been nowhere without Etherbun).  I was losing sleep over his very severe symptoms not getting any  better. He wasn't eating, drinking, or pooping. He was losing tons of weight (lucky he was a bit of a big boy to start with). He was rolling over (like a vertigo) constantly due to vestibular problems with the inner ear infection. He walked in constant circles. We put him in a laundry basket walled with folded towels (which needed constant laundering due to his incontinence.) to let him walk around without falling over. Even holding him in my arms to stabilize him to syringe feed him I couldn't keep him straight in any normal position. I finally developed a particular way to hold him so I could feed him orally through an eye dropper and tuberculin (w/o needle) syringe because that was all he could and would take in. I started taking Critical Care, bananas and baby food among other things and watering them down. I added applesauce and other things to give him extra calories and to whet the appetite (he had a sweet tooth). I was feeding him perhaps a bit every hour or two, even all night. He and I did develop quite a bond due to the care, support and TLC I gave him.  Luckily, the second vet doubled his dose of Baytril and gave some second medicine (which I can't remember at this point). Luckily Ashes loved his berry flavored Baytril after a while. I also gave him meclizine which is called Bonine in this country.  Bonine was to be used for nausea and dizziness (like Dramamine which they told me bunnies can't have). I received dosing info through experienced people on Etherbun.

Ashes started to improve and it was a long road and several sets of the antibiotics.  He lived a few more years with just some residual symptoms of the head tilt and some walking in circles.  That was a small price to pay for a few more years of a good life!  The original vet was somewhat pushing the option of euthanizing him. I just couldn't do it.  The second vet mentioned it as one option of several, but didn't push it. She let me know of the hard road it would be should he recover.  It was worth it.  When he was healthy enough and was able to stay in a larger cage (before letting have some free run time- it still wasn't safe enough for him), he would push the cage door open (he wasn't able to hop through it at this point) at Baytril time. His appetite had improved and he loved that Baytril, which smelled like Blackberry Schnapps. He would unlatch the door with his nose and bang it open full force to let us know it was time for that "Schnapps" as we jokingly called his new "Schnapps" habit!  Seeing that renewed life force and gusto just warmed my heart every day.

Now to the Reiki:
I  had taken the first level of Reiki in a class through someone I know that repeatedly encouraged me to try it.  I really enjoyed it and got a lot out of it. It was very renewing to give and receive it.

During the time with Ashes, when he became a bit more stable, I had come across an article on Reiki with animals.  Someone on Etherbun also told me that she had done Reiki with her head tilt bun and it seemed to really help.

I asked my friend, who did Reiki on me, if she had ever thought of trying it on an animal. She had heard of it, but never thought of trying it.  Although she wasn't familiar with rabbits, I brought him in for his own session with her with me nearby guiding the Reiki practitioner on rabbits and his illness, but comforting and supporting him too. Since due to his anxiety from his symptoms and being in a new place, his still somewhat rolling and walking in circles, we decided that placing him on a Reiki table without sides wouldn't be a good idea for several reasons. My friend placed him on her lap with a bed-wetting mat (from nursing home bunny visits) under him with his head towards her knees.  I placed him on her and stayed right near him for reassurance.

She said a brief prayer and went through brief little rituals (Reiki has a Christian basis/background but you don't need to be a Christian or religious to benefit from it) before applying her hands to him (Reiki can have hands-on or have there be no touch at at all-that's up to the receiver and practitioner). Upon being placed on her lap, he didn't panic at all, which I thought he would. He sat still for 45 minutes and looked completely relaxed. With the headtilt symptoms, he would usually panic and startle easy in response to touch or sound.

She spoke to him and with me while doing the Reiki.  She moved her gentle touch over his head, neck, shoulders and the rest of his body.  He just looked so content for the entire time. Afterward, he was relaxed and slept a while, even in the car. (I always use top loading carriers which makes a big difference with bunnies!). Later, he seemed a bit less symptomatic and more relaxed. He stilled walked in circles, had a tilted head, but he seemed to eat a little more and startle a little less.  He also seemed more interested in life and receptive to care.

Reiki doesn't produce overnight miracles, nor does it claim to cure anything. From various things I've read, experienced and from conversations, I personally conclude that Reiki can assist as a complementary "therapy" that can range from helping one feel more relaxed, more balanced and have a better sense of well being. I have seen improvement during my life when I receive it or when I have used it on my rabbits (I'm not as experienced or "trained" as highly as my friend) when they are sick.

I will probably add more to this post to help educate more about Reiki and give some links, but I'll leave it as is for now.  Unfortunately I don't have any photos of Ashes that I know of. I didn't have a digital camera back then, otherwise I would have documented much of what he went through.

Please share any thoughts or experiences you have in the comments below. I really look forward to what you have to say and seriously encourage you to share.

Thank you for spending time here and I hope you enjoyed your visit.

Hope to see you soon!

Mary Ellen



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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Cyber Tuesday- Rabbit Hop Shop Sale Extended

Cyber Tuesday at Rabbit Hop Shoppe

Hi, If you are looking for some nice rabbit-themed holiday cards or rabbit-themed gifts, please check out the great items in the Rabbit Hop Shoppe. The items can be customized with your own words/text. The prize for the Black & White Bunny Tote Bag Drawing is from the Rabbit Hop Shoppe. Click on the link at the bottom of this post to get to the Rabbit Hop Shoppe! Zazzle (where Rabbit Hop Shop is based) on the internet) has extended their Cyber Monday sale into Tuesday.  Today is Cyber Tuesday, when you can get all kinds of great deals:


$5 OFF
t-shirts

$3 OFF
mugs

60% OFF
wrapped canvas

50% OFF
posters & framed prints
50% OFF
cards & invitations

40% OFF
calendars

30% OFF
ornaments

20% OFF
mobile cases
FREE STANDARD SHIPPING
(on orders of $50
or more)

FREE 2-DAY SHIPPING
$19.95 a year with Zazzle Black 2-Day

BANNER



Holiday Gifts

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at checkout
Ends @8pm PT tonight.

Hope you check it out and thanks for stopping by!

Mary Ellen


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Monday, November 28, 2011

25 Days of Christmas Blog Share

Over the Month of December, Rabbit Slippers Blog Will Be Sharing Some of the Best Things of the Christmas Holidays through the 25 Days of Christmas Blogshare.

Beginning December 1st,

 join us here on Parga's Junkyard for a

25 Days of Christmas Blogshare!


Twenty-four amazing bloggers have joined forces with Parga's Junkyard to bring you the ultimate in Holiday goodness.

There will be recipes, gift ideas, tutorials, stories, stocking stuffer ideas and much more!

Be sure to check the Christmas Blogshare post of the day everyday in December, beginning December 1st. New friends are the greatest blessings any time of the year...

December Blogshare Lineup!

December 1st - Tots and Me -

December 2nd - Vodka and Motherhood

December 3rd - Your Mama Said What

December 4th - Happy Go Lucky Harvey

December 5th - Bleak 2 Unique

December 6th - Pargas Junkyard

December 7th -By the Brook Designs

December 8th - Radcrafter

December 9th - Pounds 4 Pennies

December 10th -. Smitten by Abigail

December 11th - Empty Nest

December 12th - Tiaras and Bowties - Think Smink

December 13th - The Freshman Cook

December 14th - The Bunnies of Christmas by Rabbit Slippers

December 15th - My Simple Walk

December 16th - Clipper Girls Saving Spot

December 17th - Musings From a Sahm

December 18th - Larissa Hill

December 19th - Coupons for Wisconsin

December 20th - Allergy Free Cookery

December 21st - Liz Finding My Own Life

December 22nd - A is A Family

December 23rd - Lee Me and the Girls (that's me :) )

December 24th - My Crazy Bliss

Christmas is my favorite time of year and I am so excited to be able to share a little of the excitement and fun with you!
 Merry Christmas to All!




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Cyber Monday at Rabbit Hop Shoppe

Hi, If you are looking for some nice rabbit-themed holiday cards or rabbit-themed gifts, please check out the great items in the Rabbit Hop Shoppe. The items can be customized with your own words/text. The prize for the Black & White Bunny Tote Bag Drawing is from the Rabbit Hop Shoppe. Click on the link at the bottom of this post to get to the Rabbit Hop Shoppe! Today is Cyber Monday when you can get all kinds of great deals:

$5 OFF t-shirts
$3 OFF mugs
60% OFF wrapped canvas
50% OFF posters & framed prints
50% OFF cards & invitations
40% OFF calendars
30% OFF ornaments
20% OFF mobile cases

G

.Link to the Rabbit Hop Shoppe

Use code: ZCYBERMONDAY at checkout
Ends @8pm PT tonight.

Hope you check it out and thanks for stopping by!

Mary Ellen


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