Tiptoe the Chinese hamster
 

Hi to all the Hamsterians

Tiptoe left my place this morning via Air Mail. She is on her way to Andi's home in Boca Raton, Florida. The next leg of her journey will be to Believe's home in Rhode Island. After that, her schedule is open.

I hope you will all keep me informed as to her whereabouts. I got a little attached to the rodent while she was here.

Hope you enjoy her Andi. The day before she left, we went out and had her ears pierced. So if anyone is wondering about buying her any gifts, she needs earrings. If it is hot there, she will also need sunglasses and a hat. She has her own sunscreen.

I would love to host our little foreign exchange rodent, TipToe. I won't dare tell her what my husband has been doing with all the chipmunks that are breeding like rabbits in our yard. I also think it would be great for her to get to Spain, Down Under, Japan, UK, etc. We definitely need to find out how to post pictures of her travels.

Joe can you give us a mini inservice on picture posting?

Tiptoe will love her tour! We so need a picture of our little friend! Can't wait to see her new earrings. ma

Pictures of Tiptoe (maybe)
 

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I am trying to attach some pics of Tiptoe. I hope this works :)
One picture is of her the day she arrived here and I had a wine and
cheese party for her. The other one is of her using my computer.

Friend wanted in Oregon
 

I am sorry that Pinkie had to say goodbye to Tiptoe. But you know how hamsters like to stay on the move. I agree that she should see the world, but please do not send her away from the North American Continent before she has had time to visit me in Oregon. I am in no rush, but I can not have her visit anytime in the month of November, as we will be in Arizona. I am so glad that she has earrings, because she will feel more complete at the fancy restaurants where I hope to take her.

Have a safe journey, Tiptoe.
Catherine

I think that TipToe would like to visit Upper Michigan, she could meet my best friend. I would like to have a chance to have her come visit and view Lake Superior.......might have to take her ice fishing if she comes later in the winter! :-) May I have a turn?

Tiptoe's Itinerary
 

Hamsterians:

Tiptoe will be in Florida and then in Rhode Island. I'm not sure where she'll go after that. I guess it will be up to Believe.

So far, the following people want her for a visit: Harrie in Hilo, MJo in Delaware, Still Here in Wisconsin, Mary Anne in Texas (I think she wants her), Catherine of Oregon (one of Henry Vlll's wives) and jones 7676 of Christmas.

I asked Tip how she wanted to arrange her schedule and she said that she was up for anything. So, Believe will have to choose someone and then we can keep looking back to this thread to see where she goes next. Anyone have a better idea?

Also, along the way, someone might have to get her a new journal. Remember - she's going to Andi and then to Believe...............the journal might be full after that :) :) :) Let me know if you have any other ideas.

Pink Girl
I think she might like to go to the Breast Cancer Symposium in Texas in December....I am willing to take her if she wants to meet Joe, Christine, Donna from IL, Becky, Me, Chrisy...wow, she could nail alot in one time...not to mention many famous Oncologists and all the Genentech Herceptin reps....

Breast Cancer Symposium
 

Wow.....I can see it now... a group photo with Joe, Christine, and all the sisters from the Board....with Tip wearing her best earrings and her little piece of pink hair that I gave her....might make the cover of Beyond magazine (which Tip likes to read). Good idea Sheila!!!

You guys are too funny...

I will keep a watchful eye on TipToe's travels...

If she ever wants to come back to sunny Florida, she is welcome to snuggle with me. I could take her to visit the largest rodent on earth- Mickey ! or better yet, Minnie...

Maria

Tiptoe needs to come to Austin, TX!! Let me know her schedule, and I have a bedroom waiting. My cats will even play with her...

Tiptoe......you and the spirt you carry is welcome in our home, anytime! The San Diego weather is fabulous and you will meet many wonderful people!

Send me TipToe when she has an opening and I will paint her portrait.

Leslie

Cead mile Failte Tip!
 

I can take Tip and think it may be beneficial for her to visit other country's,she should have an enquiring knowledgable mind for other cultures after all if she's expected to attend all these posh dinner's and hold good conversation with VIP's!! (I'm sure we have a few Irish words she'd soon pick up)...hey she can kiss the blarney stone too, I'm sure that would help.
If march suits her we can arrange for her to arrive on the 17th in time for the ST Patrick Day parade here:)
We have lots of little people in green with beards who'd love to meet her, it's rumoured they're quite wealthy with crocks of gold!!
P.S...for anyone who does'nt know the translation above is ..one hundred thousand welcomes tip!

Well, if Tip makes it to San Antonio via Sheila, I will visit with her then. Let me know so I can make sure to bring her a present. We will try to get a picture of her with Dr. Slamon who is particularily fond of Chinese Hamsters ya know!

Include me in those who want TipToe to visit. Idaho is famous for more than potatoes but we are trying to keep that secret!!
Marlys

Oh -she will be in San Antonio for the BCS? Cool, I can see her then. Maybe I can kidnap her and bring her to Austin to visit our Breast Cancer Resource Center and the LiveStrong/LAF offices here before sending her on to her next destination!

Oh yeah - a high school mate of mine is a VP at Genetech in San Francisco... I think I should email him and tell him the story of Tiptoe - I think they would be thrilled to hear about our hamster mascot and might even be interested in having her visit! Could turn into a marketing tool for them...

Should I?

PinkGirl and Brenda and Becky and Chrisy and DonnaD
TipToe will be indulging in a chocolate martini if she goes to San Antonio with us!!!!

If Tiptoe can come to Kentucky for the Kentucky Derby in May, that
would be great. She could meet a lot of famous horses, do horses love
hamsters? I could get her a jocky cap for the race.
patb

Tip's ovaries
 

Attachment 396You know, I didn't ask Tiptoe if she was intact. I just assumed that she still has her ovaries. Be careful with the Genentech people. I promised her a nice vacation - I didn't mention any surgery. As for the chocolate martinis, be careful with that too. This rodent cannot hold her booze very well.

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attachments
 

I have been playing around with the attachments
and I don't know if the pictures are being posted.
I can see them, but I don't know if anyone else
can. Is it working? I've posted 3 pics of Tip.

Pink Girl
Oh yes they are showing up...it makes my day to see these...i am laughing my butt off! Looks to me that Tip Toe is a lush!

Tiptoe should be fun to hang out with on the Riverwalk in San Antone. We'll need to keep a watchful eye on her, though - 'cause it looks like after a couple of margaritas, she could trip and fall in the river...

I think she may be a distant cousin of mine - I do the same thing after a Coors Light!

More pics of Tiptoe
 

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Attachment 398Here are 2 more pics of Tip. The pictures are all in her journal and they are much larger and a better quality than these.

One is her helping me in the garden (picking carrots) and the other is one of her on the Her2Support site. She wanted to read about the people she's going to be visiting. She really is a nice little rodent

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The Flying Hamster
 

Pinkie,

Did Tiptoe (the hamster) know how to click *the mouse*?? Tehehe... I will open a big bottle of Cabarnet and slice some of my new fav cheese *p'tit basque* for us to share.

I would just love to work in a visit to the chemo room. The patients and the nurses will be delighted by our mascot's presence, I know. I'm so excited...!

I warned my husband that a pckge would be arriving (and it isn't something from Bloomingdale's, which always freaks him out). He said, You better not open it in the house. (He was thinking REAL hamster.) I laughed, as he is a very sharp attorney. IT'S STUFFED!, I chortled. Then, he laughed too. (He thinks we're all nuts.) I think we're full of fun and spunk, which is the only way to survive and thrive!!

Will keep you posted on Tiptoe's big adventure.

HUGS TO Y'ALL,
Andi

You Ladies Have Just Made My Day
 

I must have missed the post' about how Tip Toe started on her journey's but I would love to welcome her in my home. I haven't laughed so much in a while just reading what you ladies have posted.

I live in Tampa and we have our annual GASPARILLA PARADE in Feb. and if she is free to visit us then . maybe we can work on getting her on her own float. And of course take her down to our sunny beaches. I can get her a little bikini to go with some fabulous ear rings for those little pieced ears of hers.

Ladies this is such a fun board to belong to. It's good to see such a good sense of humor from so many of you in spite of everything.

I can't wait to see pictures of Tip Toe's journey's across the nation. What a fun idea Pinky..

P.s.
 

When TipToe comes to Boise I can take her to an A.A. meeting if she feels she has a problem. However, that must be her decision and not ours. Only she can determine if she drinks too much! The people there will welcome her and will love her until she can love herself.
In the meantime she will probably continue to drink as she pleases, especially with all the encouragement she will be getting.
Love & hugs,
Marlys

good idea
 

That's a good idea Marlys. Maybe by the time she gets to Boise we will all have a better understanding of her drinking problem. She had spent a long time in transit before getting to my house. Maybe it was a combination of the jet lag and the beer (when beer is made for sale in Canada, the alcohol content goes way up). We'll have to watch her closely - maybe she's just a social drinker.

tip
 

I am going to Scotland for Christmas, Tip would be made very welcome. Might even get her a kilt so sha can enjoy Hogmany. Scottish New Years. Just keep me informed, Jeanette

Can't wait to be in a photo shoot with TipToe in San Antonio. Chocolate Martinis you bet.

It is so good to laugh with tears!!!!. Thank you Pink gal!

If necessary, I could contact the show Intervention on A&E and see if they would help us stage an hamtervention. We will see how she is in San Antonio, and make our decision after that.

This is absolutely the funniest thing I have heard on this board yet! I love it! :)

Since she's from China, maybe it's not a drinking problem at all... it might simply be lead or melamine poisoning, ya think?

The adventures of Tiptoe
 

I agree, I am laughing my butt off. As you know it is bigger now that I have been on Herceptin. (I appreciate that I can blame my overeating on Herceptin...oh well, last year was tough...and I am still celebrating that I made it through it).

Even though I want Tippy to visit me, I do not want to stand in the way of a trip to the beach, or queen of her own float, or a lap around the Kentucky Derby. I can see her now, doing that Princess wave. Maybe she will need to keep drinking so she does not get stage fright. AA can wait and so can heaven.

Pinkie, Tiptoe is even cuter than I imagined. I have had no problem seeing all of her pictures. Eventually, we might have to get one of her pictures airbrushed.

Catherine (one of Henry's wives) in Oregon

Catherine of Oregon et al
 

I apologize for the poor quality of the pics of Tiptoe. I have no idea how to get a good picture uploaded. It always tells me that the pictures have too many KB's or pixels or MB's. I set my camera on the lowest setting, and they still come out too high. So, I have been printing the pictures small, and then scanning them. That's why they are so fuzzy. I have no idea how I managed to upload my avatar picture. It was taken with the same camera, but for some reason it was okay. I've been scanning the small pictures because I also don't know how to make my photos smaller in "my pictures".
I think I'm doing well to have figured out this much, but I'm sure there's an easier way. In her journal, the pictures are bigger and clearer.

Pictures of Tiptoe are perfect
 

Pinkie,
I think the pictures are perfect. The airbrush thing was a joke.....meaning we could make her look like one of those glamour shots. You have nothing to apologize about, YOU HAVE BROUGHT US UDDELS OF FUN AND LAUGHTER.

I can not even upload one picture. I do not know what an avatar is, But I can cook a good meal when Tiptoe gets to my house.

Thanks for the love and fun, Catherine
PS my husband put my picture on the site.

TipToe even has her own music....I have laughed so hard I forgot about Cancer at times...and that is good!
P.S. Turn up the volume

www.webhamster.com

Hi! I love this thread. TTTH would be very welcome to visit me in Australia - I promise I will keep her safe from marauding Koalas and out of the jaws of crocodiles (haha - none of those where I live!).

She may like to visit South for the weather in the depths of your winter!?!

Belindaxxx

The Hamster Dance
 

Just love it Sheila !!! It sounds a bit country. I guess if anyone is wondering where all the crazy people are - look no further!!!!

It sounds like Tip is going to be a busy girl. I don't see why she can't make it to everyone who wants her. All she'll need is more journals. Her journal is made up of more pictures than writing. When I saw how much trouble she had holding a pen, I let her use my keyboard....a picture's worth a thousand words.

I'm surprised I haven't heard anything from Andi or Believe regarding the little "dig" I made at their expense......it was all in fun you know :) :) :)