Life

Things have been very hectic of late. The rabbits are taking off like... well... rabbits! There are currently 10 potential meat youngsters, 3 of which have a chance of being selected to stay for the next generation. I've gotten a few not-so-pleasant surprises from the Mini-lops in the form of steels. My hollands are finally giving babies, we even have a litter of Fuzzy lop babies. And my one Spot doe is doing a fabulous impression of what a first-time mom should be by taking impeccable care of her 9 babies plus 1 fosterling. The new rabbitry is beginning to take shape. Several of the cage stacks have been cleaned and placed in the new rabbitry, three of the walls are in place, and the roof-tarp has been purchased. Even the stand-alone hutches are now correctly placed and all of them properly roofed. It's slowly coming together.

The garden has also been installed. I did actually manage to put in a large garden this year, as I'd wanted. Of course, it was a combined effort on the part of the kids, the neighbor's kids, and myself. I couldn't have done it as well without those youngsters! Now there are tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, watermelon, squash, beans, and cucumbers planted and hoping to come up. I even bought 2 new sprinklers to try and make everything as simple as possible. However, I'm finding that I'm going to need a coupler and another length of hose in order to not have to be constantly disconnecting and re-connecting the hoses every day (which is a real pain).

As for me, I'm in the very last stages of expectation. We've cleaned up and renovated one of the rooms in the house for the youngest so that everyone now has a little space of their own. At this point, I'm mostly just waiting. Not impatiently, I keep hoping he/she will wait at least until this next month before announcing arrival. I want more time without a tiny leech. Even though I love my kids, I also sometimes value time alone, and that will be extremely rare with both a toddler and a newborn to look after.