Phineas Maintenance Day

Yep. Yesterday was, as the title suggests, Phineas Maintenance Day. Which is pretty much the day when I get my nails trimmed and my house gets cleaned and I get a bath. I don't mind my house being cleaned, and having my nails trimmed is bearable, but it's the bath part that I just cannot stand! I hate baths. Yuck. =( And I mean, you'd think that Kieran would stop giving me baths by now, since after each bath, she's always covered in water and soap! But alas, the baths keep on coming.

This time, Jessyca was helping Kieran do all of the "maintenance", so the two of them cleaned out my cage and then gave me a bath. While no pictures were taken of me before/after/during the bath(Thank goodness!), Kieran did take some pictures of me hiding in the bag of bedding while she was cleaning my house.

Observe!

(And if you really want to see some bath pictures, I posted some a while ago here.)

Now I shall go take a nap in my Phigloo.

Bye!

Adventures In The Pet Store!

*Note: I meant to post this a phew weeks ago, but I had trouble uploading the pictures, and we all know this post wouldn't be the same without pictures.

Hello world!

So the other day, Katie, Kelsey, Merlin and myself went to the pet store! I've only been there two times before, I think. But I love going-Kieran usually buys me something!-. Kieran took some pictures so that I could share my adventure with you!

Here's me in the car on our way to the store- I have NO idea why I am blue in this picture. But it looks pretty cool, no?

Merlin went with us too!

PET STORE HERE WE COME!

Posing for the camera on my travel-house!

Yogurt Drops? YUCK!

We had a hard time getting Merlin to come out of the dog-phood aisle, as you can see!

*Chorus of Hallelujah's* TIMOTHY HAYYYY!


Look at all the toys and treats!

I snuck a bag of Timothy Hay into the cart while Kieran wasn't looking. Heheheheheh....

Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day:
"Ribbon In The Sky" -Stevie Wonder

Hand me the comic section!

Uh, if you can phind it, that is.

Wondering what this is? Simple! Kieran and Michelle philled my house with crumpled up newspaper for me to play in!

And I LOVE it!

Most of the pictures looked like this because I was running around and moving so much!

"Ooh, I didn't know newspapers came with CARROTS!"

"Hmm, stocks are up."

After I was done playing in the newspapers, I curled up and slept in them! This isn't a picture of me sleeping, but Kieran said she didn't want to wake me so she didn't take a picture.

Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day:

"Drive" - Incubus

Camping?

Ugh, I really must start posting blog posts more often.


Anyway, I have a short little post phor you today. =D




Almost everyone was up pretty early this morning, especially Kelsey, who had already been up phor a while when I woke up, and I tend to wake up pretty early myself. So they were all apparently getting Katie and Kelsey ready to go on a camping trip. Camping? As in nature? Phor a minute I wanted to go with them- Until they said that alot of dogs were going to be there. Don't get me wrong, I have no problems with dogs, it's just that I don't know any of the dogs that would be going on the camping trip and I'm not sure if any of those dogs would think that a small phurry creature like me would be a phun chasing toy and/or snack.... So I stayed home with the rest of the humans. But that's okay because I know that Katie and Kelsey are going to have a great time and that's good!

Oh, speaking of dogs, Kieran has the job of taking care of Katie's three dogs and two rats while she is gone, but Kieran told me not to worry, and that she'd still have plenty of time phor me!

Speaking of dogs again,

here are some phun pictures of Merlin's tail, which Katie had dyed red and blue for the phourth of July! Don't worry, it's not permanent! I think that she just wanted to try it out since she wouldn't be here over the phourth, so Merlin got to run around with a very colorful tail! Let your phlag WAG!



(When this picture was taken the colors were starting to phade so it's kind of hard to see, but I hope you can get the idea!)

Phineas' Song Pick of The Day:
"Fingerprints" - Katy Perry

Charles!

Well.

Apparently Colleen phound a stray parakeet sitting outside the other day. She was sitting on The Birds' cage while they were outside. The humans, being the animal-people that they are, couldn't resist. So they kept her. At phirst, I was very distraught over the idea of having another bird in the house, but so phar she seems okay. She's much more quiet than The Birds, plus she doesn't stare at me to creep me out like The Birds do. My human phamily argued a bit about what to name her, but eventually they settled on "Charles."
I kind of like that name. It's very interesting, considering that the new bird is a girl, but Katie and Kieran were ecstatic over that name.
Today while Jenna was visiting, Kelsey decided to let The Birds and Charles phly around the house for a bit. Phrom my previous experiences with The Birds phyling around, I was nervous. There have been many, many times when one of them have phlown right into my house! But they didn't this time, which was nice.

That's all I have to say phor now. :)



Phineas's Song Pick Of The Day:
"My Life Would Suck Without You" - Kelly Clarkson

The Easter Rabbi- er. . .Pig!

Kieran phinally decided to take me to the park on Friday for her homeschool group's Easter party. She said that I would be the "Easter Pig." Sadly, I didn't get to hide any eggs like Kieran did, but I still had a good time! Bephore we left, I had to have bath....ew....

Alot of the kids at the park wanted to pet me and pheed me carrots! I have no problem with that! There was one little boy who didn't want to leave me! He was adorable. I'm glad that none of Kieran's phriends phreaked out and said "Eeek, a rodent!" when they saw me. That would have been embarrassing. But it seems like all the people there are pretty down with the idea of having a rodent. Not that I am one, of course. But that's what people think when they see me. Everyone was snuggling with me, and at one point I almost phell asleep in someone's arms. Of course, that made Kieran just totally have a girly-squeal moment. She got asked alot if I actually WAS a rabbit. Heehee. Silly people. After the party, Kieran and Michelle packed up their stuff and we went to pick up Katie phrom work. Katie waited in the car with me while Kieran and Michelle went to buy some groceries. I phell asleep in my little Piggie-Carier.

Even though I had phun, it's good to be back home in my Phigloo.


Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day:
"Someday" - Nickelback

I don't need eyebrows....

So, Katie apparently thinks I need eyebrows. So a phew days ago she decided to draw some on my phace with a makeup crayon. She made them look all huge and bushy. Well, maybe she did have a good reason....Earlier that day Kieran and Colleen had drawn some SMALL eyebrows on Jonas(Katie's dog.) and they weren't even noticeable! Pshh...Katie's payback was so uncalled phor! Or at least, in my book is was. Kieran had to wash the eyebrows off of my phace with a wet washcloth. Some of you may know that I hate water, and so that wasn't a very nice experience phor me. And they didn't even come off all the way! So phor the next phew days I had little gray marks over my eyes. I don't need eyebrows. Grrr....

Anyway,

Michelle and Kieran go to the park every Phriday to meet up with their homeschool group, and I've been trying to convince Kieran to let me go with them sometime. I've only gone with them once. I'd really like to go again. Even though all of the little kids can't stop saying, "Awww, what's his name?" and "Is he a Rat or something?" Sigh. No, I am not a Rat. But oh well, I can handle that. I like going to the park. And I need to go before it gets really hot out.

'Tis all for now.



Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day:
"The Man Who Can't Be Moved" - The Script

The 100-Pound Guinea Pig!

Okay....not really 100.
Kieran weighed me today, and I'm just about 3 lbs. Which is pretty hefty for a Guinea Pig. Apparently the scale said 5 lbs at phirst, and Kieran shouted out "PHIVE POUNDS! OMGNOWAY!" To which Sean replied from the kitchen, "He does not weigh as much as A bag of potatoes!.....Does He...?" So then Kieran weighed me a phew more times and each time it said 3 lbs. I really need to exercise some more. Before long I won't be able to get out of my Phigloo!

After I was put back into my house, I listened to my human phamily talk as they ate dinner(Homemade pizza. I want some!), and I'm pretty sure Kieran was drawing moustaches on everyones phingers with a marker at one point. And after they were done with dinner, Katie sat on the phloor by my house and started training one of her dogs to blow bubbles in A bowl of water, I think. He must've done it, because after A while everyone was laughing and cheering. I wish I could blow bubbles. Hmmm....

And I'm pretty sure The Birds are mad at each other. But it's like two against one. It's kind of sad. I think I'll talk to them and try to cheer them up. They'll probably mock me for it, but hey, it's worth A try, right?

All in all, today was a nice day. :)

P.S
(Happy (very)belated Mardi Gras!)


Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day:
"Escape To The Stars" - Cinema Bizarre

Birds!(In no relation to my last post entitled "Tweet")

Sometimes I get the pheeling that I'm being watched. And not like being "watched" or "phollowed" on Twitter or my blog or something. But like the bad, creepy, and slightly spine-tingling creepy. Who does this watching? The Birds. I'm sure of it. Take today, for example.
I was up nice and early this morning, just minding my own business, and then I turned around and saw that The Birds were watching me through the bars of their cage. Or as they like to call it, their "Pirate Ship". I watched them back phor a moment, but my Phiggle eyes can only handle so much of.....them. So I just went back to what I was doing(eating) and tried to phorget about them. "So that's the end of that!" I bet is what you are thinking.

WRONG!

Later in the afternoon, while I was enjoying the day and popcorning around my house, I stopped short when I saw that they were staring at me again. And this time it was more like a glaring-stare...or a death glare-stare. Oh, yeah. Phigure that logic out. The Birds are trying to phigure out a way to stick a bomb in my Phigloo without me noticing. Or at least that's what I think they are trying to do. Why else would they be staring so much? Or maybe they think that by staring at me nonstop that they'll be able to gain control over my little Phiggie mind. Kieran and Katie think that it's hilarious. Regular comedians, those Birds are. Well, if they were shrunk down to my size and had The Birds staring at them 24/7, they probably wouldn't think it to be so funny.



Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day:
"Creep" - Radiohead

Happy Birthday/Anniversary!

Yippeeee!
Whoohoo!

Go Phiggle!

Woot!


You may be asking yourself, "Why all the joyphul comments, Phineas?"

I'll tell you why! Because today is my Birthday! Or, rather, kind of my anniversary, I think.



February 10th, 2008, Kieran adopted me! I can't believe it's been a whole year since I arrived at this house! It's been a really phun year, I can tell you that! I've met new people, done new things(*plug* "Phinding Phiggle" the documentary- Coming soon! *end plug*), and of course, ate lots of new veggies! Yum! I love living with my human phamily, they are awesome, and I couldn't ask phor more. I think that Kieran wants to throw me a party. I think that'd be phun. :) I love parties, as you all know. But I don't get the chance to participate in them that often. I think that my blog, which I started in August of 2008, has been one of the best things that has happened to me in my year of being with my human phamily. I love to post and hear what all of you, my lovely phollowers have to say!

Sometimes I wonder what my life would have been like if Kieran hadn't adopted me, and how I'd probably still be sitting in that pet store tank/cage thing. But then I quickly pull myself away phrom that thought and pay attention to how wonderphul that my life turned out to be. I've learned alot from my human phamily, and I love them all so much! Even though they are kind of loud sometimes! I wouldn't be the Pig that I am today if not for them.


Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day:
"Beautiful Day" - U2

My future in Hollywood?

For the last few days, Jessyca and Kieran have been doing alot of philming lately. And the thing they have been philming? Me! I believe they are making a documentary about me. It's been a very phun(and tiring!) process for me so phar. I'll admit that I love to act, but since this is a documentary I don't really have to act. I just have to act like...myself. :) At the end of each philming day, after Kieran calls it "a wrap", I get lots and lots of veggies in my make-do trailer(A cardboard box inside my house, it's quite lovely, actually).

I have a feeling that this documentary will be a big hit! It's really nice having Kieran as my director, and Jessyca is sort of like the host of the documentary. We still have several days of philming left to go. And then there's the whole editing process, which takes some time. But I think the end result will be worth it! I've never had my own movie/documentary before, so it's really exciting! I don't think that Jessyca and Kieran have a name for it yet, but knowing them, it'll probably be something kind of silly :P

Johnny Depp, move over!




Phineas's Song Pick Of The Day:
"Chasing Cars" - Snow Patrol

Bad To The Bone!

Okay, so, I know I've been really horrible to you, dear phollowers, because I haven't been posting as much as I used to! This ends here, I assure you. So, to make up for lost time, Kieran and I have put together this little video. ;P
I hope you like it!

I'm baaaaaack!

Ah, dear phollowers.

It's quite obvious that I haven't posted in a little while. Well, actually....a long while. *Heheh..*

But I do have a legitimit reason.

My human phamily has been having some troubles with their computer, so I haven't been able to log on.

I know, it was torture for me, too.



So let's see....
Phirst of all;

I hope you all had a great holiday season and a happy new year!



Now, let's get down to buisness!

Update time!



I've been doing really well since I last posted.
I got my nails trimmed, ate lots of vegetables, and ran around outside alot. I also had several baths, but hey, lets not talk about the negative, shall we? My human phamily is doing good, also. As well as the other animals in the house. Yes, even The Birds. Kieran has been taking lots of pictures of me lately, so I will try and get some of those up ASAP. Jessyca has been visiting alot as of late, and I think that I like her a little bit more now. But she's still-and always will be- my mortal enemy.

Here is some exciting news-
My birthday* is coming up soon! Phebuary 10th, to be exact. I've never had a birthday before, so I am really excited! Almost every day now, Kieran walks by my house and says, "Phinny! Your birthday is on the way! And we're gonna paaartaaay!".
I think she might be even more excited than me....(haha)

*It is important that you know that I use the term 'birthday' here loosely, as it's not technically my birthday, but more like the anniversary of the day that Kieran adopted me.



As 2008 ends and 2009 begins, I would like to take the time to remember someone.
Emo was Kieran's first Guinea Pig, and he passed away back in 2007. I never met Emo, but from what the humans say about him, I can tell he was a wonderphul Guinea Pig, and that he is still dearly missed to this day. Rest in peace phorever, fellow Guinea.



Happy New Year, everyone.



Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day:
"Runaway" - Avril Lavigne

Bathtime

So today Kieran gave me a bath with the help of Michelle.

I tell you one thing- Baths are not my phavorite thing. I am not a phan of water in general, so you can see my problem with having a bath.

After they phinished bathing me, Kieran wrapped me up in a towel and dried me off. Then I got to go back to my house.

The only upside to this little "adventure" was that I got a lot of yummy veggies afterwords. And I smell better, too. :D

I'm thankful phor...

I'm thankful phor my wonderful Human phamily.

I'm thankful phor carrots.

I'm thankful phor my blog.

I'm thankful phor the swingy-bench outside.

I'm thankful phor every time Sean pheeds me carrots.

I'm thankful phor the times when Kieran takes me outside and let's me run around in the grass while singing "Eye of The Tiger".

I'm thankful phor The Birds, even if they do call me Stupid sometimes.

I'm thankful phor my home, and my green plastic Phigloo.

I'm thankful phor empty 12-pack soda can boxes, which are perfect for hiding and playing in.


And I'm very thankful phor you, my lovely phollowers.

Now you know what I'm thankful phor.
So leave me a comment and tell me what YOU are thankful phor!

Happy Thanksgiving!



Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day:
"You Found Me" - The Fray

My phavorite phabulous Phiggle phoods.

Hello once again, dear phollowers!
I've decided for your entertainment/informational pleasure, I shall post a list of my phavorite phoods!

We shall start with....

• Carrots: Kieran usually gives me one or two baby carrots, or a handful of slices from a normal-sized carrot.
• Phresh grass: Yes, you heard right! Phresh grass is a really good phood for us piggies! Alot of times when Kieran takes me outside, I help myself to some grass. It's really good. Although, Kieran knows not to pheed me any grass that was cut by a lawnmower. And she also always remembers to not give me any grass that was/is treated with pesticides. Yuck!
• Cucumbers: Cucumbers don't have much nutritional value, but they do have a higher water content and are a really good treat for me(and all piggies!) when it gets hot outside. I guess phor humans, it would be like a Popsicle. :)
• Apples: I love apples! Kieran leaves the peel on, and makes sure that I don't eat any of the core. Apples are kind of like piggie candy, because-as most phruits do-, apples have natural sugar in them. So that is why when I do get apples, Kieran only gives me one or two slices.
• Seedless grapes: My phavorite kind of grapes are the green ones, but the purple grapes are yummy, too! Grapes are kind of just a side-dish when I get my phood, so usually I just get one or two small ones. And Kieran only gives me seedless grapes. That's very important.
• Corn: Corn is really good, and I like it either on the cob, or separated. Kieran just told me that she wants to buy me some of the big, whole corn cobs for two reasons. One- Because I love corn! And two- Because Guinea Pigs can also eat the leaves off of the corn cobs!
• Celery: When Kieran gives me celery, she usually gives me half of a stick, cut up into small pieces. Why small pieces? Because celery is very stringy, and so by cutting it up into small pieces, it helps avoid any risk of choking.
• Oranges: Oranges are one of my most phavorite phoods, they are high in vitamin C, which is what piggies like myself need most.
• Green beans: And last but not least, the green beans. Kieran never gives me any of the canned green beans, but only the phresh ones. One or two at a time.

There you have it! Those are my top most phavorite phoods!

Hmmm...I guess it wouldn't hurt to add a list of phoods that piggies shouldn't eat, just so if any of you have a Piggie and want to make sure you're not pheeding him/her anything you shouldn't be.

• Iceburg lettuce
• Cabbage
• Cauliflower
• Raw beans
• Nuts or seeds
• Rhubarb
• NEVER chocolate
• Dairy products- i.e Cheese, ice cream, etc
• Things like cookies or bread (Aww, no cookies for me?)
• Any type of packaged/store bought pet phood besides Guinea Pig phood
• Popcorn/dried corn kernels
• Very sugary phoods
• Any phried phoods
• And just for the record- NEVER chocolate.

Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day:
"Human" - The Killers

Adventures in the backyard!

Because Michelle was out of the house today, Kieran had the job of watering the many(MANY) trees, bushes, and vegetables(yum..) that are in Michelle's garden. And I got to go out with her. First I sat in the grass sunbathing while she watered the plants on and around the porch, then she watered the trees and I ran around the yard. I was sooooo speedy! You should've seen me, in all my awesome speedy-ness!
Anyway-
Then we moved to the vegetable garden, my favorite part! Kieran had to keep pulling me away from the vegetables. Home grown vegetables are the best.

Except Cabbage. Even though cabbage is very tasty, it causes Guinea Pigs to get bloated and become very gassy. Which isn't pleasant for me. (OR Kieran!)
So I try to stay away from the Cabbage. No matter how tempting it looks and smells!

Back to my adventure!
We moved to another part of the yard after Kieran was done taking care of the plants, and she let me run around in the tall grass in the yard. She kept kneeling down next to me and singing "Eye of The Tiger"! Plus she kept singing random songs she made up. I think one of them was called "Speedy Piggie"......though slightly embarrassing, it was entertaining. Heh...phunny humans. After I was done running around in the grass, Kieran put me on the swinging bench outside and sat next to me for a while. It's quite relaxing, that swinging bench. Plus, I get alot of sun sitting there. And I absolutely love sitting in the sun.

After that, Kieran took me onto the porch so I could run around on the concrete and file my nails down a bit.
Then we went inside and Kieran gave me some veggies, which might have been the best part of the day!


Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day
"Calling You" - Blue October

On the night of All Hallows Eve

Happy Halloween, dear phollowers!


Ah, yes. Halloween. Even though tonight was my phirst Halloween, I phind that I quite like it! The costumes! The parties! And of course, the candy!
Kieran wanted to make me a vampire cape for my costume, but she said she phorgot. (Very suspicious....)
Next year I will make sure that she doesn't phorget. I would love to dress up!
Also, I do wish to go trick-or-treating next year. It sounds like so much phun! Although I bet Kieran wouldn't let me have any of the candy...:( Chocolate isn't good for me. But I'd be happy to trade my candy for some carrots! Oh! Oh! Jack-o-Lanterns would be really phun, too! My human phamily didn't make Jack-o-Lanterns this year. But I think that they made
Jack-o-Turnips or something like that. This year Kelsey dressed up as a phairy. She was so adorable! Almost as adorable as me, in phact.
Kieran was a gypsy. Although she looked kinda like a pirate, if you ask me. But whatever phloats your boat.

Kieran went to a Halloween party tonight instead of going trick-or-treating. She told me that she had a really good time, and that the people there were really loud and noisy. Sounds like my kind of crowd!
She also told me that among the crowd, some of the costumes were;
"The Scream", a Disco-dancer, a mummiphied Angel(I kid you not.), a hamster, a lady bug, two vampires, and "The Joker".
I wish I was there! I would have loved to see those costumes!

Now the sad part of this post-
October is over! O-V-E-R, over! Can you belive how phast it went by? I sure can't.
But I'm looking phorward to November and all of the (hopefully) cooler weather it brings!

So, dear phollowers, grab some Halloween candy, blow out the candles in the Jack-O-Lanterns, and relax.
Because next year, dear phollowers, is going to be a Phineas Phig Halloween.
*Spooky music*



Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day:
"Rise Above This" - Seether

A very small cage and a phew dozen people.

*Sniff* I think I'm gonna cry.
My human phamily hosted a party at the house today. But I don't think I was invited. :(
They put me in a very small cage upstairs in Colleen's bedroom. And by small, I mean barely even big enough to it my Phigloo inside of the cage.
Yeah, it was that small.
But eventually Kieran and Jessyca came upstairs and held me whilse they sat upon the top of the stairs. And then some of their relatives-At least I think they were their relatives- came up and admired me. Ha, I love it when people adore me. Even though I do wish they would invite me to some of these parties sometimes, it wasn't all that bad.
It wasn't totally phabulous, either, but it wasn't bad.

It was very loud while the party was going on. And even now, when only a phew people are still here, it's still loud. VERY loud.
And Jessyca is still here, too. Which means that she'll end up holding me again. Hrm.
I think that I'm going to have to sleep in the very small cage tonight, because my big, nice, wonderful house is outside tonight, and there are party tables set up everywhere, so there is not really any room for my house.
But I hope that Kieran brings my Phigloo upstairs and puts it into the very small cage.
That would make the situation a little bit better.



Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day
"Leave out all the rest" - Linkin Park

Dizzy....

Stand back, I may just up-chuck.

Why, you ask? I shall tell you.
Because today while Kieran was cleaning out my house, Kelsey had me sit on the bench/swing-ish type thing next to her. That thing goes PHAST. Kelsey kept swinging it back and phorth, back and phorth, back and- Well, you get the point. My little phiggy stomach could barely take it. Thankfully, Kieran came over and sat down next to us and told Kelsey to stop swinging. So she did. Phew....

Jessyca and Jenna came over for a visit once again today. I think I'm getting used to Jessyca. She's still my mortal enemy, though. ;D

*Sigh* I think The Birds are talking about me again. Even as I am sitting at the computer at this very moment, I can hear them whispering. I can barely make out the words "Pig" and "Weirdo".....yeah....they're talking about me. I should go back to my house and eavesdrop on them now. Muah ha ha.

Hmmm....This post is painfully short, is it not? Oh well, I don't have much time. I still love you all, though!



Phineas' Song Pick Of The Day-
"Shattered(Turn the car around)" - O.A.R