My Christmas was a quiet time, as it is most years, and I've come to really like it. No stress, no mad shopping at the mall, no deadlines, no pressure. Just time spent with some friends, good food, Christmas eve candlelight service, and lots of quality time with the pets at home.
In the meantime though, I've been having trouble with my computer lately, and it's getting worse. I can get to most things, like my blog, Yahoo for e-mail, but when I click to open, or read e-mail or blog comments, I get the message "this page is not available at this time....." I've checked my settings, defragged and run scan disk for errors several times, but it's to no effect. I think the computer is.just.too.old. I shouldn't complain, since I didn't have to pay for it. It was a hand-me-down from a friend.
So, I haven't been able to send e-mail from home, enter new posts on the blog, comment on others' blogs. (I can still read them if I go there directly from the search engine, but not the 'reading list' on my blog) or send our standard Amazon gift cards to each other to my siblings for Christmas. I've gotten messages on several sites that soon they will no longer support my browser, and I have tried to upgrade (Firefox,etc) but they always say what I have can't support it. The budget won't support a buying new one, so I will have to do what I can on my work lunch hours.
Ahhhhh, technology.
It was fun having several days at home with the pets. Abigail is breaking out of broody mode and becoming more interactive. She gave Ciaran a warning peck when he got too near the open door of her cage. Ciaran is feeling the cold, and wants to sleep under the covers with me at night. After nearly two years, Michu has gotten so brave she comes downstairs mornings and evenings - but still sleeps upstairs. After claiming a
new' chair I bought at the auction, she has started to share. Ciaran is the only one who muscles his way in when she is already there, though. So sweet to see them sleeping all in a tangle.
I got Holly out of her cage (always a traumatic event for her) this weekend and when I settled her in my lap and stroked her for about an hour, I think she would have let me do that forever. Holly and I are coming to an understanding. She is still a drama queen, but she has begun to understand I am not out to kill or attack her every time I stick my hand in her cage. When she sees me stroking and paying attention to the other buns, she either starts flinging her toys out, if the door is open, or she flops over on her side with a big sigh, and stares accusingly at me. Drama queen.
All of the buns are more mellow in the winter when hormones aren't raging. I've gotten all three of the Mini Rex to lay on their back and go into the 'bunny trance,' while I rub their belly, and Truffle will too, if I hold him 'just the right way.'
Niko and Ivy, the two buns in the 'bottom bunks' just love letting themselves out of their cage for some playtime when I leave their door open - and then putting themselves back in when they are tired (although their outings are not at the same time). They do NOT want me to take them out or put them back in though. Niko loves to visit 'Rion, my Mini Rex buck, whose cage is just at the right height for sitting up, putting his paws on the ledge, and saying hello. It's soooo cute. 'Rion seems to like his visits, but I'm not going to risk letting them out together.
But then I have to go back to work........thank you, Lord, that I have a job to go to!
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