Grandma's duck...

Today is the last day of an incredible year. Six and a half months ago I literally found a new friend, Peepers. She has grown into quite a beautiful duck and has added a lot of character to the family. Everyone looks forward to seeing Peeps at family functions especially my grandma who claims that Peeps his HER DUCK! This weekend me, Nic and Peeps will be going up to grandma's for the weekend so she can see HER duck again and I can spend some quality time with Peeps too. I can't wait until we have a new place to live and Peeps can be with me all the time again :-)
Happy New Year!!!!

Have a safe and good one!

Peace out 'til next year!

What's up?

Nic's dad...a.k.a. Pa Fuller loves Peeps, I mean LOVES her. He is always going out back and talking to her...and I think she talks back to him. The other day we had her in the front yard for some grass time and he got down to her level and started talking to her. He is funny!
So it has been a week since my last post so I will quickly catch you up on what's been going on. Saturday the 27th was xmas at grandma's so of course we took Peeps up there and she enjoyed seeing everyone and the puggles too who are afraid of her :-)
A couple days ago we weighed Peeps and she is now almost 6 pounds...man I remember back in the beginning of July when she weighed 1 pound!!!!

No carrier, no peace!

I told her it was not a good idea but Nicole disagreed...so I let her find out for herself. Yesterday we wanted to take Peeps on a field trip to Petco to get worms. Nicole wanted to do this without the use of the carrier. "I will just hold her on my lap" she tells me. Um ok. Yeah Peeps was not having any of that! The whole way over there she was trying to climb up onto Nic's shoulder and flailing her wings around. She was better on the way home but...I don't think we will be going without a carrier again!

2008 Christmas card...

Ok here it is....the image on the front of the 2008 Christmas card :)

Gotta love that duck...

The weather outside was frightful yesterday, not sure if Peeps minded at all but she did seem pretty happy to see me last night. After looking at a house with Nic I went over there to see my puppy. Once again, as soon as she hears me set the alarm on my car she quacks her loudest :) So I go out in the backyard and get her out of her ducky duplex and wrap her wet little butt up in a towel and take her inside to the kitchen. I sat on the floor with her for a bit while she ate her dinner and preened her beautiful feathers. I might be a little biased but she is a gorgeous duck! Any way, I left about 8:30 to go home and I thought Nic was putting Peeps to bed for the night but apparently she and Peeps had a different agenda and you can read about that on Nic's blog.

Let's just take a moment...

I love to look at this picture of Peeps. This picture was taken back in July, the day my niece and Nic came over to my place and we let Peeps and my niece, Lauren play in the pool. We must have worn Peeps down because she got out of the pool and preened for a while and then sat down to take a nap right in front of us :-) She still had her pretty yellow coloring and her fuzzy little head!

Peeps' Wish List...

Some people have asked what Peeps wants for Christmas...ok it was only my mom that asked, but just in case, I have started a list of stuff that I wish for her to have eventually or things that would help me take care of her. her wish list can be found here: Peeps' Wish List

Have you hugged a duck today?

There is nothing in the world like a duck hug. Peeps give great hugs. She stretches out her neck and rests her head on your shoulder...oh I love Peeps hugs!!!!

(look how happy she is...she is smiling :)

Yeah I know she is a duck...BUT...

This morning I had to go and do blood work AGAIN and when I walked out of the lab it was raining. What? This is California, it doesn't rain here! So my first thought is of Peeps and that I knew Nic had already left for work and I am sure she did not put the tarp over Peeps' hutch. So up the street I went to Nic's house. Got out to the backyard and found Peeps huddled in the corner of her hutch...quacking at me...something about how I don't love her and how could I leave her out here in the rain like this! Yes she looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, but she does not know she is a duck. For most of her little life I have referred to her as "puppy" and her mom (me) is human and for as long as I have had her she has not ever seen another duck. So in her little mind she is not a duck...she's a princess :-)

Holiday card photo shoot...

Last night was our photo shoot for my holiday cards and of course Peeps is the star. She did really well with her collar on BUT only because Nic was keeping her attention by using mealworms...her favorite! This picture is only one of a few from the shoot and is actually not the one I chose to use but I don't want to give away what the card will end up looking like. I will post the REAL card after they have been mailed out.

Once upon a dream...

Last night I had a dream that Peepers was a baby (duckling) again...oh man, I don't know if I could handle that time in her life again! For the first few weeks that I had her she slept in a large plastic box in my room at night because she had to be right by me or she cried. We obviously bonded very quickly because I did not like her to be out of my sight as well :) So in my dream there she was peeping at me until I turned the TV off at which point she would settle down and sleep through the whole night, but in my dream she felt the need to sleep on my head!

Peepers and the crazy cat lady!!!!

Ok so Nic took a little vacation and I took over her duck duties for the weekend, which I don't mind at all considering Peeps is my duck :) So any way on Sunday I decided to take Peeps out for a little car trip to the feed store because we are out of straw. So as usual the minute me and Peeps roll into the store people want to pet her and ask questions about her and what not...and she LOVES the attention. So this lady starts petting her and asking all these questions and talking to Peeps for literally like 15 minutes, I got the feeling that she was not all there! So she finally decides she has had enough time with Peeps and walks away. I then think to myself that this lady HAS to be a crazy cat lady but her cart was empty. So me and Peeps go out back to get straw and WTF they are out! Oh no...what do I do? This has never happened. So I ask the next employee I see and he proceedes to tell me that they should have some by the end of the week. Uh oh! So I got Peeps a suitable replacement for the interim and head to the register. Who is at the front of the line? Yep crazy lady with her cart FULL of cat food :-)

Good morning!!!

Everyone should have a smiling duck to give you lovin' in the morning...it is a great start to the day!

Who cares that I had to get up earlier than usual this morning and go over to take care of Peeps...seeing her smiling duck face makes it all worth while! :-)

Going to bed...

Here is a pic of Peeps before Nic put her to bed last night...what a good puppy she is :-)

Peeps & me...

Ok so now Peeps is living at Nic's house in the backyard in her Ducky Duplex, so Nic will probably have more Peeps stories to write about now. Peeps seems happy enough and is giving Nic eggs every morning so that is good :-) I go over and give her loving every chance I get because I am just right up the way at Vonda & John's house in Buena Park. We both are happy with our new temporary homes.
Short update on me - my blood tests are coming back positive everytime now which means the viscosity of my blood is moving in the direction that the doctors want. Sunday night Nic gave me what was hopefully my last shot...I had 20 in all and have the bruises to show for them :-)
So that is all for now...will keep you all posted.