Robin Moth

Last September at the MN state fair I purchased a caterpillar from the butterfly house.  That very evening it already started to form it’s cocoon.  They told me it wouldn’t come out until about June; I had nine months to look at the cocoon.  I never really thought it would come to anything, it would probably die and never come out.

I had just fed the buns last night and turned from their cage when I noticed something different in the moth container.  I stopped in my tracks as my eyes focused and realized there was an extremely beautiful, somewhat big, moth in the container.  The momentous event had happened at some point during the course of the day.  The head and middle part were a dark red color, it’s antennae looked like leaves, and it had beautiful patterns on it’s wings.  I showed my sister and step-mom, but dad was already asleep and I would have to wait until this morning to show him.

I showed my dad in the morning and decided it was time to release my moth into the unknown.  It wouldn’t leave, it clung to the top of the container, so I let it sit outside in the hopes it would eventually leave.  I went to my room and dozed off, and later awoke to my dad calling for me.  A really bad storm was coming and I should come get the moth.  It still hadn’t left?  So I gently eased it into the container to keep it until after the storm.

The storm subsided, a nice cool evening began to set in.  I knew it was time to try again.  I took the moth out and set it on the porch railing.  I watched as its wings readied themselves for flight.  The moth buzzed with energy while it prepared for its first flight.  It started out, faltered a few times, and eventually I saw it’s silhouette against the purple twilight of the night as it flew away for good.

Hoppy Hour

It’s my new favorite.

Hoppy hour is pretty much the best part of every week.  I enjoy it, Borio enjoys it.  Enough said.

After all, who wouldn’t enjoy watching a bunch of rabbits hopping around, playing together?  The Minnesota Companion Rabbit Society puts on a hoppy hour near my house once every week.  They also put one on at the larger humane society location every other Sunday.  The big Hoppy Hour brings in about 50 to 60 rabbits.  It’s just fun to watch them all.  For the most part, the bunnies behave, but sometimes they scuffle and get time outs.  My sweet little fluff ball has gotten 2 time outs for starting fights, on the same night.  And I thought he was so sweet and innocent.

I Wish I Had Something To Talk About

Now that I have the internet and can blog again, I wish I had something to blog about.  You’d think my time away would give me tons of writing material, but, alas, you would be wrong.  I spend my time with two extremely spoiled pets, and my dad and step-mom.

I spend plenty of time on the weekends with my good friends too, but I think I may have lost touch just the tiniest bit with the real world.  I no longer watch much TV, including the news.  I am somewhat clueless to the current events in the world.  I don’t see my mom as often anymore now that I live further away from her.  This has it’s good and bad sides to it.  My mother can certainly drive me bonkers, but I do love my family and miss little bro so much.    He is at that age where he is so into his friends and doesn’t have much time for anything else.  He just got his driver’s license last week.  Although I understand this is how being a teenager is, it’s still hard to let go.  We didn’t even go to a Timberwolves game this year.  He can’t refuse a Twins game though, not with a new outdoor stadium!

I am blessed with many things in my life.  The most important is still so far away.  I really miss my husband.  It’s been 27 months since he left the US and life without each other is becoming unbearable.  I’ve run out of vacation time and we’ve run out of funds for plane tickets.  I don’t know when I will see him next, but I really hope it won’t take too long.  InshaAllah we will be together again soon and can start our family.

Where Have I Been?

In a state of no internet, that’s where!

I now have internet access at home again, which is so wonderful.  I can talk to hubby more often now.  It was getting too far between our conversations for me.

I don’t have much to write on here, I’m boring.  I am living in a very small town without much to entertain me execpt my animals.  It’s really amazing that I haven’t lost my mind entirely.  I know what it’s like to be without TV and internet now and could handle life without the 2 if need be.  What I could never be parted from are my 2 darlings, Borio and Topaz.  It’s bad enough I’m so far from my husband.  I don’t know what I’d do without my 4 legged babies!

 

Aren’t they adorable?

Renewal

Winter’s cold spring erases

And the calm away by the storm is chasing

Everything good needs replacing

Look up, look down, all around, satellite

-DMB-

I’m So Out Of The Loop

I haven’t blogged or even read any blogs in what seems like forever. I feel like I am out of the system. I really haven’t had home internet access, so that’s kept me from these activities. The funny thing is I am currently in Egypt to visit my hubby and now I have the time! He’s currently at work, so I am keeping myself sane.

I still haven’t gotten a picture of my sweet kitty on here yet.  I will have to do that when I get home.  Aside from hubby, my two babies are keeping my spirits up during this time.  I’ve had hamsters and hedgehogs before, but I’ve never quite bonded with pets the way I have with Borio and Topaz.

Borio is so sweet and loves to play.  He loves to come to me and ask for my attention by putting his front paws on my leg.  He does have attitude sometimes though.  He is very picky about the dry food he eats.  He likes one kind, and won’t eat any other.  They don’t carry his food at all the pet stores and I got a different food one time to get by.  He was not having it.  I left it in his dish and he didn’t touch it.  I typically feed him after I’m done cleaning his cage.  So the next day I was bent over cleaning his cage and he bit me on my butt.  He certainly showed me his dissatisfaction for the food and let me know the right kind had better be in his dish!  I tried mixing the two foods and he wasn’t fooled by that either.  He picked out the one he didn’t like and ate the other.  He’s too smart for me!

Topaz is still in her wild kitten phase.  She is so nosy and loves to check out everything!  Everything is hers to touch and paw at too.  One day I was sorting the laundry and she had to touch each item of clothing as I flung it to it’s appropriate pile.  She’s alternately sweet too though.  She loves people.  When I’m in the bathroom she will sit outside the door and wait for me.  She almost has the personality of a dog at times.

I will definitely have to post some pictures of my babies.  I got some inexpensive pet clothing and dressed them up.  I took pictures and brought them to Egypt with me.  My husband’s aunts thought it was hilarious.  They don’t have pet rabbits in Egypt, let alone ones that wear clothes!

Wow How Time Flies!

It’s been a while since I’ve had internet access.  I moved out of my apartment last month and into my dad’s house.  They have dial up for crying out loud and are usually on their computer.  What’s a girl to do?  Hopefully I will get a broadband card for my laptop soon.

Life moves on though.  I am here at dad’s house to prepare for whatever comes next in the situation with my husband.  I’m no longer bound by a lease.  I have added on to my family though (not appreciated by my dad and step-mom too much).  I’m naughty, what can I say?  I have a sweet and very over active kitty, named Topaz.  I’ll have to get a pic of her on here soon.  She can be very sweet and loving, but very rambunctous at other times.  I’m sure my sister and I are the only ones that really adore her.  Everybody else worries about Borio’s reaction to the new addition.  They’re friends, they chase each other, yes he does chase her to0!  I would have never kept her if it made my sweet Borio miserable.  He is my good little sweetie pea, the apple of my eye!

Imagine what I’ll be like some day as a mother if I’m like this with my pets!  Sheesh!

Ramadan

Ramadan Mubarak!

Ramadan Kareem!

May everyone have a blessed Ramadan.  May Allah accept all your fasting, salat, and dua.  Ameen

Just Another Day

I realized I haven’t been on here in a while.  Things don’t change much in this household.  I’m not sure if I ever said that I had my immigration interview.  It was on June 24th.  I’m just waiting to hear back from that before we start on the next step.  There isn’t much more I can say about that.

My sister is 12 weeks pregnant and obnoxiously weird about it.  She has her 12 week appointment tomorrow and wants to go alone to hear the baby’s heartbeat.  I wish she’d let somebody go with her.  I guess the only person she would want to be there is the one that isn’t able to be.  Right before she found out she was pregnant, her boyfriend went to prison.  She doesn’t talk about anything.  I’m sure the depression is setting in.

The highlight of my days is coming home to Borio the wonder bun.  He is the sunshine in my otherwise bleak days lately.  He is one smart rabbit.  He’s definitely different than what I expected from a pet rabbit.  He exceeds all my expectations.  I love to watch when he is let out of his cage and does his happy rabbit jumps.  Nothing is more precious than when I’m holding him and he gives me rabbit kisses on my chin.  He’s a very sweet boy.

The Best Pick-Up Line Ever

“I see you’re drinking 1%.  Is that because you think you’re fat?  Cause you’re not, you could be drinking whole if you wanted to.”

-Napolean Dynamite