The Plan

Ok, here's the plan. This blog will stay alive until I can transfer the info over to Jardin. Then, that will be my main blog for everything. This is going to be interesting...

New House!

Chris and I have been super busy this past week moving into our new HOUSE! It's wonderful! 3 bedroom, 1 bath in a nice neighborhood in town. I'm the most excited for the fenced-in back yard for Bo and Neville. There's even a raised bed for a vegetable garden! We are so blessed :)

Here are a few close-up shots of the plants growing wild in the yard:





I'm not sure what all is there, but there's definitely some Creeping Charlie and Wild Garlic. At first, I let Neville play around in the entire yard. That was a mistake for 2 reasons. #1:





Neville was a MESS after that!!! XD He had fun though, so the extended grooming session was worth it. But...(here comes reason #2) I've been hearing mixed reviews about Creeping Charlie for rabbits. Is it safe? He ate some and was fine, but I want to be more careful. Plus, there are all sorts of bunny-poisonous plants in the yard (ivy, bulbs, etc.) and some that I want to plant in the flower beds (ferns and such), so I decided to build him a little run for outside! :) It's going to be around the base of one of our pecan trees. I'm going to put up a 2 ft fence with rabbit wire, and on the inside I'm going to plant grass, lettuce, cilantro, parsley, clover, and some strawberry plants. Hey rabbit experts, any red flags popping up? I researched it a LOT, but I still want to be careful!!!

So that's been my life as of late: moving, gardening, playing with the pets :) Here are a couple of videos of Neville being adorable, just for good measure ;)

Wheel!

Still trying to get the parts to fix it!

Neville!!

Daww!!

I got to visit my baby yesterday :) He's getting so big and fluffy!!





The breeder says he's part prairie dog because he's always standing on his hind legs like that. So cute!! Still haven't decided on a name. I think I'll wait until I have him here for a bit and get to know his personality.

Guess What!

I bought a spinning wheel!! :D I got it for a good price on eBay, but for that price, it's coming to me incomplete. BUT! I bought the parts I need to replace and they are here already! Now I'm just waiting for the wheel to arrive :) I'm so excited!!

I also think I've decided what kind of bunnies I want: a lilac tort and an agouti of some kind (an opal or a chestnut, probs). I had visited the rabbitry a few weeks ago and got to meet the bunnies. Some of the babies were so sweet! One even licked my nose. Well, genius me, I just realized that the sweet little bunny is a LILAC TORT!! I just might have to ask the breeder to keep him for me until May :) We'll see if he's still available.

Here's a video of the cuteness!!

EDIT: He's available!! :D The breeder is holding him for me!! WOOOO!!!

Categorizing Bunny Names

I've been thinking about bunny names. I really like the idea of giving them French names. Only one problem: they're ENGLISH Angoras. So. I'm thinking I might do Shakespearean names after all. If I get French Angoras, I'll give them French names, etc. What to do with the glorious Greek names... I really like Persephone. I dunno. Maybe I'll get Satins again someday (or Satin Angoras, perhaps? I know; I'm obsessed!) and give them cool Greek names. OR! Since Shakespeare wrote about some Greek gods/people/exploits, I could use that as a reason to give them Greek names!

Or I could stop being such an anal perfectionist and name them whatever the heck I want! GAH!