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| Sis with the first Flopsy |
I'm a day behind posting my weekly meal plan. Part of this is due to the unfortunate fact that we lost my favorite bunny last week. We know she did not escape, so we are pretty sure she became someone's dinner. The 3 remaining rabbits seemed quite terrified by the event they surely witnessed. None of them wanted to leave the hutch the next day, and 4 days later, Mopsy, the sister of the bunny who was snatched, still hesitates to come out, preferring to remain in the safety of their hutch.
Hubby and I are becoming quite attached to our animals; I think we were almost as devastated as Sissy was. Still, it became another opportunity to teach our kids about the circle of life. And an opportunity to improve our rabbit hutch.
Over the weekend, we turned this:
into this:
We also added two new {replacement} bunnies to the mix.
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| Munchkin |
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| Flopsy II |
We framed out our chicken coop, and hope to have the exterior finished in the next day or so. I ordered our chicks on Saturday, and they should {hopefully} arrive next week.
We gardened, finally roasted the turkey from my freezer, hit up Market on the Move for more piggie food, and wrapped our pine tree in burlap to deter the goats from eating the bark. Overall we enjoyed our long, productive weekend. Unfortunately, my house is suffering a bit from my ourdoor productivity, but I suppose that's par for the course.
Last week's menu didn't quite turn out as planned. Hubby took us out for Valentine's Day, and my turkey was still frozen (I had to turn down our garage fridge, as it wasn't thawing!), so I improvised a bit. As a result, this week's menu has several items from last week. For Monday's dinner I heated up some of our leftover turkey for the kids, diced some for my salad, and used some in Hubby's quesadilla. On our menu for the rest of the week:
- Buffalo turkey salad/wraps using this recipe, but with my leftover turkey
- Turkey burritos (again, leftovers from Sunday)
- Flank steak (subbing out the brown sugar)
- Salmon patties
- Meatloaf (hopefully posting on this)
- Turkey shepherd's pie
What's on your menu for the week??
Today I'm linking to Menu Plan Monday at OrgJunkie.com and Menu Monday!
That must have been traumatic! Great job improving the hutch - you guys are handy! How are the bunnies adjusting now that they have more of a safe haven? -Paul
ReplyDeleteThanks, Paul! We built the "improvement" knowing we'd have to replace it with something more heavy duty in a year or two--probably 4x4s. We had fun building it, though! Next up on the to-do list (after the coop) is purchasing a nail gun and installing our baseboard! REALLY excited to get that up.
ReplyDeleteThe bunnies are loving their new space. Mopsy is coming out more & more. Now they're also adjusting to having 2 bucks together, so that's a whole other issue... :) At least they have room to run away from each other, though. :)