The Emergency Moochie...

Meet Flurp!



Flurp is a cute little girlie frog that made a quick entrance and exit to the Moochie Home Base! Just in time! I know nothing about her, but I just remember yelling into my kiln, "Hey!! If anyone is listening, I need someone to go to Oregon right now!!!" That was last night...and this morning, guess what.... nobody was in my kiln. I guess it doesn't work that way. I guess Moochies need to "feel it" in order to come to my house.

So I remembered that I have these frogs here that were supposed to be for a swap on Lampwork Etc. Not that Flurp isn't cute, but I want to redo my submission for that project, (which I better hurry and do because the month is almost over), and thought she would make a great honorary Moochie! She agreed to stand in so that Kristi B. in Oregon can have a Moochie to take with her to Europe on Saturday. Isn't that exciting??? I wish I could go to Europe!!! Have fun Kristi and Flurp!!

The first person who can guess where the name Flurp came from will win a surprise purple bead from me.

Empty Nest...

All the Moochies are out and about. Stop by the Moochie Travel Blog (link to the left in the sidebar) to follow along with their journey and see pictures with their hosts. Wedgie Ramon is still enjoying summer with his little hostess "Z". Loboto-Bear is down in Easton, Maryland having a blast and eating well. Jack is on his way to Michigan with a trip to Vegas! It's going to be quiet around here with no Moochies, but I hope they all have fun.

Loboto-Bear update!

I just wanted to report that Loboto-Bear made it safely to Easton, Maryland, where he is being hosted by Kendra S. I'm waiting for permission from Kendra to post pictures in the travel blog about his first adventures with her, her family, and friends. Stay tuned!!

Letting go is hard to do...

I have been preparing Loboto-Bear's belongings for his trip to Easton, Maryland. He really should have been on the road last week, but every time I go to put him in his little bed, he is nowhere to be found! The first time I thought he was just busy playing somewhere... but soon I discovered that his little disappearing act was intentional. I even tried to sneak up on him when I saw him in plain sight, but somehow he knew what I was up to and quickly scampered off. The last couple days I decided not to try to force the issue and just let things happen.

When I went to the kitchen this morning, where I can usually find him in the morning eagerly awaiting breakfast, I was surprised to see that he was not alone! Sitting next to him was a new Moochie!



Meet Jack!
Jack just arrived this morning, I guess, and so far I have no idea what he will be like. At first glance he seems kind of quiet. That's all I can gather at this moment. We'll have to give him a few days to adjust.



I could tell right away though that LB is acting differently now that Jack has joined us. It's almost as if he was waiting for him to arrive. Maybe he didn't want to leave without seeing that a new Moochie would follow. Maybe he didn't want to leave until he knew someone would be there to say goodbye to him. Maybe he thought we would be lonely once he was gone. I don't know the answer, but I am happy to report that LB is ready to go now!

Here he is looking over his belongings. He has a little pineapple pillow to remind him of his first day here and his trip to the supermarket. A soft blanket will keep him cozy in his box. His journal is there for everyone to record his happy moments in their home. LB gave everything a good inspection, and then he let out a happy "HONK! HONK!"



I will be taking him to the post office today, and hopefully he will be down in Easton by Friday! We'll miss you, LB!

A special dinner for Loboto-Bear

With Loboto-Bear getting ready to hit the road, we got a little sentimental. Keith and I made a trip to Zia Maria for a nice little dinner.

LB seemed to like the pretty bottles on the table, and was happy to be looking out the window through them. Maybe he saw funny reflections of himself in them. Here he is standing on the table candle...luckily it wasn't lit because he had some balancing issues.



The cheesey garlic bread arrived, and LB couldn't wait to get a taste!



He was quite ambitious though when it came to ordering his main dish. He thought the shrimp sounded really good...but when it came, he was overwhelmed!



Needless to say, he brought home a doggy bag!