Design Star Tip!

heesh...
"NOOOOO!"
biped....."I know it was quite upsetting. What was the most upsetting thing about this week's show? I mean besides the %$4,900 ish on plants. $4,900ish on a mini play house/swing set for a 3 year old, $10,600ish for a gazebo (that really wasn't a gazebo), and another $5,000 + on lawn furniture and BBQ.

For me, it was the $2,000ish that they spent on BAMBOO plants. What were they thinking! What was Vern thinking when he said that it was a great idea. About 18 months from now, those people's neighbors are going to sue them because that bamboo has escaped and is now eating the corner off their house. It will cost the home owners another $30,000.00 to settle all the lawsuits and to remove the stuff."

biped...."Oh and for da Design star tip, I suggest dat none of dem give up their day job."

Temptation Overload?

Temptation Therapy

biped...."There are no pet therapists in the Ozarks. I'm not sure there are any in the state for that matter. Sheesh is my feral tuxie, sister to the luv muffin Heesh. I've had both for about ten years and they are night and day when it comes to personalities."

biped...."In this "before" photo you can see the fear in Sheesh's eyes. For ten years she's "existed" in a fearful limbo where she dreaded any form of contact, either physical or verbal. Reach out to touch her and she would cringe and slink away. Speak to her, and an observer would think that she'd been struck with a barb-wire whip. Eye contact? You can forget that too. If she saw you looking at her she'd panic because a look might mean that you'd approach to pet her. We'd joke about her being part bat because she spent most of her time under the bed, only to come out at night."



biped...."So Eightish weeks ago I started keeping a bag of Temptations on my desk and started Temptation Therapy on Miss Sheesh. For the first few weeks not much progress was made (except for all the other cats became my best moochy friends). Then about a week ago Sheesh started meowing at me. She wouldn't let me touch her, but she'd walk to the end of the bed and ask for her treat. When I'd turn and face her she'd let me speak to her and would even answer back."


biped..."And then about week seven, Sheesh discovered that she could PLAY! (Thank you Island Kitties for all those catnip toys). We do have a little more work to do on teaching Sheesh to share."

biped...."And then this week, the bestest miracle happened. Sheesh allowed us to "touch" her. She actually came up to us seeking a touch with no Temptation bribes needed. (ok, she probably wanted some)."

Pretty in Purple

Thursday Design Tips....Da Ozark Mountain Way

biped....."It has come to my attention, that sum peoples don't know how to accessorize their homes. So we'all decided to do a weekly post on our bloggie. By posting it on Thursday, we's hoping dat those design stars will get sum good ideas for their Sunday show. So here's today's tip:

Always provide a shelf area in da bathroom so your cat can snupervise things like shaving, showering, tooth brushing, etc. Speaking of tooth brushing, be sure dat your feline friend doesn't get little splecks of tooth paste on him while you brush."

Wordless Wednesday

Mean Biped

smudge...."You're not going to use dat picture are you? Remember it was a reject."

biped...."Hmmmm, I don't remember it being a reject. You look cute."

smudge...."I look like grandma when she forgets where she put her teeth the night before."

biped...."snicker, you do look like a little ole man., speaking of which I tink I'll use this one too."

smudge....."Oh no! You're not going to put up DAT picture?! Dat would be mean."
biped....."Its not mean. I told him dat hill was awful steep when he went down it. Plus he looks so cute crawling up da hill on his hands and knees."