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March of Dimes Nurse of Year Pics!

This was a fun day!! Thanks Nicole!

The Gaggle of Rabbits

So of you may know already that I own a rabbit farm J… It has been quite a journey the last couple of months.  I now have 5 rabbits….yep! That’s right I know I’m weird or crazy. But whatever, need something to do up here in Wyoming! So I’m going to stop at 5 rabbits, with the exception of breeding.  

So here are my 5 very different personality rabbits.  

The White/Brown bunny is Abby....she is a 5 month old Broken Sable Point Mini Rex...a very sweet kind girl that conforms to anything her sister Bonnie wants. When she is free very hard to catch!  She will make a great mother someday...very soon too!

Bonnie is a 6th month old Black Mini Rex...she has her own agenda and gets what she wants very hesitate and mean at times.

This is Cole...He is the original rabbit.  He is a 2 year old Seal Mini Rex.  He only has ONE thing on his mind....What most rabbits are known for.

Daisy... is by far the cutest, friendly, most curious bunny I have.  I don't want to play favorites but she by are is my favorite... She is a 3 month old Flemish Gaint Albino bunny.  She probably weights 4x as much as any of my other rabbits now and will get to be at least 15 lbs or more..

Lastly, This is Ecco... He is an (unknown age) Dwarf Hotot Rabbit.  He is all white except for the black eye liner, should have named him Emo...  He has little man syndrome and acts like a flying squirrel most the time.  Loves to bite and also act like a boy rabbit.  He was just too cute to pass up.

If you noticed all my rabbits are in Alphabetical order.....

Also it has been very difficult to have 5 rabbits and give them all the attention that they deserve.  So the top 3 get together with each other and no one else!  The males always fight and scare the crap out of me.  And then poor Daisy usually has no idea what to do when one of the other girls attacks her.  So They all need individual attention.  So.... in the lovely state of Wyoming it is cold and windy most the time, so outside play is restricted.  So then we come inside and of course noone is litterbox trained which is challenging because everyone is so territorial about each other.  So for now on the only rabbits allowed in side are Daisy and Ecco.  

The Garage Set-Up

I really had no idea how difficult to keep all these bunnies and expect everything to work out.  I'm excited in the next month to breed Cole and Abby and Bonnie together... Only Problem...need more cages/room!

March of Dimes Nurse of the Year

The corsage the organization let us wear

Last Friday night I went to an awesome dinner/gala where I was nominated for the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Award for the Rising Star Category. The Rising Star category is for nurses who have had less than 18 months experience in nursing who have shown great strides. 

I cannot believe I actually won because I never win anything.  It is great! I actually feel like I was award for all my hard work at my new job...

Jay all dressed up I should have taken more pictures

My plaque that I got :)

All dressed up

The pretty real flower Jay got for me to wear in my hair

Pink Hair

Everyone needs Pink Hair :)

I Did It

I actually did it.  In my last blog I talked about needing a new hobby…. Well Ladies and Gentlemen…. I now am the proud parent of 2 additional rabbits as well as started piecing together my own quilt…

Abigail

So this is Abigail (white bunny) she was more August 30^th so that makes her 2 months old today. She pretty quite.  She is considered a Sable Mini Rex.  She doesn’t have the correct markings on her face to be a show rabbit, but can produce babies that can be.

Bonnie is the black bunny born August 7^th she is a Black Mini Rex.  She doesn’t seem as tame as Abigail but is actually show quality.

Bonnie

Lastly, Cole who is my original rabbit.  He is 2 years old and has been in multiple shows and his last owner didn’t want him any more because he is starting to develop white spots.  He is by far the tamest and will let me hold him anyway.  He does seem a little more manic now since the girls are here. 

Cole and Abby

I have done a lot of research on these kinds of rabbits and breeding.  All 3 rabbits are in the same breeding class.   And it is a lot more complicated and it amazes me how much inbreeding is in rabbits.  All my rabbit are pedigreed which means their heritage is traced back and are able to be shown in rabbit shows…. Yep it kind of a big deal in the rabbit world.

Cole

Abby

I can’t breed the bunnies till at least February they have to be at least 6 months old and they are only pregnant for 28-32 days and are pretty much ovulating all the time so that makes things easy… All I have to do is put Cole is their cage and watch the magic happen J.

More to come on the bunnies…

All my colors

Next I wanted to design a quilt.  So Rebekah and I went to the store the other day got a book with some patterns I like and started.  I really like the bright modern colors and then randomness of the pattern I chosen.  So far it is a lot of fun and a lot of hard thinking to decide what patch looks good to the next.  I am almost done with the patchwork.

Deciding what goes together

1st part sewing together

I know with these 2 hobbies I’m probably seem like I’m not taking my medications but whatever I like them both…  Jay said to me the other day I’m a little young to quilt.  Oh well.

Crazy Hobby Ideas

The last year I have been really needing a hobby to do that will keep my interest for a long period of time.  After doing some very brief sewing with Rebekah and her mom I think it would be really fun to learn how to quilt.  (Yea Yea I know it sounds like a 60 year old hobby) but I really like creating things and would love to have quilts that I have made 40 years ago passed on to my family and possibly children if I ever have some.  I have a quilt my grandma made 20 years ago and I think it is beautiful and so full of love.

This also is a way to learn something this is important to know.  It seems like sewing is becoming a lost art and would like to be able to have the skill for the future.  There is a quilting place in Casper that has classes I’m going check out when I get home and see but Rebekah also knows how to quilt.  I would really like to go someplace and do it where I have designated time allotted. We’ll see what happens.

Now my next hobby you might think I’m a little off my rocker…but I want to become a rabbit breeder… Pause for laughter…..I know what you are think what has Wyoming done to her… And this is pretty extreme and I really don’t know what I am doing but I would like to learn.  I have been doing so research and it doesn’t seem too hard.   Of course these are going to have to be pedigree rabbits so I found some places in Northern Colorado (Because there are NONE in Wyoming) that have the right kind of rabbit (Doe) I need since my current rabbit, Cole, is a Buck….Yep crazy.  So we see if anything comes of this.  Plus where am I going to hold this operation in my Garage like where my current rabbit lives…I don’t know we’ll see.

J

This a video of my current Rabbit Cole and my lazy cat Rascal.