Friday, October 9, 2009

Acorn's Deluxe New Digs.

Do you remember when we first got Acorn? She was so cute and little. I could almost believe she was the dwarf rabbit I thought I had purchased. She seemed to fit in her cage alright. But then...


then Acorn got bigger. While her ears may say dwarf rabbit, I don't think the rest of her body says it so much. So, the cage she once fit so nicely into became a little small.

So, I started plotting and planning a great big Acorn condominium. I found a layout online I liked and brought it to my carpenter husband. He told me it would be approximately $50.00 in materials. I quickly added another $25.00 in my head, because you know those carpenters. They never keep to the original bid. (I kid, I kid.)

Anywho, I told Atlee she should shell over $25.00 out of her allowance to free Acorn from the tiny, always poop filled cage her existence had become. Atlee played hard to get. Shea heard me telling the story and forked over $1.50 for the Acorn fund. ("Mom, your story of the rabbit's plight touched me.")

So, that's where things stood around here. Convincing a five year old to do chores so that I could take the money back and convince my husband to build a rabbit palace. But, then? Then Freecycle answered my prayers with this...


Once Rich cleans it out, it will be an outside refuge that Acorn can not even begin to imagine.


If you are not familiar with Freecycle, I encourage you to check it out. You have to have a Yahoo account, but that only takes a moment to set up. I've managed to pass on lots of odds and ends to folks who needed them.... and scored the ultimate rabbit habitat. With like five pounds of food too!

5 comments:

Katrina said...

That will be one happy bunny!!!!

tracey.becker1@gmail.com said...

That is an awesome score!! Nice!

sheila said...

Very very excellent find! And how nice that Shea wanted to pitch in!

At our house, hubby would have spent the $50 to build. Then after he got pissed because it didn't turn out right, we would have bought one. lol

michael in dc said...

Ooo, Acorn gets to move outside just in time for winter! Maybe she can shiver off some of those pounds! By the way, how does she feel about sharing her name with the most reviled community group in the nation?

michael in dc said...

By the way, did Shea actually say that? How awesome that he used the word "plight!" The kid is a genius.