We interrupt this program . . .

This is Bunny (Grover named me that, my real name is Shari). This is for all of you that have asked about how the whole "Grover thing" started, and for those of you who think we're insane because Grover "talks" to us. So here's the story.

Gruntley (aka Brent, my hubby) and his sister had a whole menagerie of stuffed animals when they were growing up. They all had stories and back stories and voices and names (crazy names such as Old Man Sinklepritzer). One of the "animals" was a stuffed Grover. When we got married Brent and his sister used to tell us stories about Grover and his crazy antics. So one day, Brent and I were in Walmart and we saw "our" Grover. We bought him, and Brent made him talk one night. I cracked up (meaning I'm entirely to blame for starting this WHOLE THING) and thus encouraged my hubby, the actor, to continue talking to me in the Grover voice (which we have to do an audio post of someday soon because it's a really funny voice. It doesn't sound like the Sesame Street Grover. I can do the voice too, but despite many efforts, none of our friends or family can figure out how to do it). What made it so funny was the stories and smartass comments that Grover would come up with that Brent would never dream of saying. So I think it was an outlet for Brent's creative side. Then we brought him over to my parents house one day and it just took on a life of it's own, with all of them (my 4 siblings, my parents, my niece and nephew) constantly asking about Grover, giving Grover gifts, requesting that he come along on family outings, etc. So how could we disappoint them? It really is funny to be around "Grover" (he's so going to kill me for putting his name in quotes . . . yes, I KNOW he's not real, but still, he is going to kill me) in person . . . I wish you all could meet him. LOL! I can't believe I just wrote that. We went to a church about 5 years ago and they actually used Grover in a slideshow once. THAT'S how famous he is. He keeps reminding us that he's the most famous personality on the internet. So that is how Grover came into our lives (although HE insists that he actually planted himself in Walmart through the Special Monster Adoption Program because he had screened us and found out that we were suitable adoptive parents, but decided to let us believe that we had "purchased" him at Walmart. See, I told you the stories he tells are crazy). Grover decided that all of his millions of fans needed to hear his weekly ramblings, and that is how his blog came to be. We know return you to your regularly scheduled Grover.