Life is full of challanges...I love my dad...

Hey there everyone, where have you been? Oh, yeah it was me that hasn't been on here lately. Sorry about that. I get so busy, then I am so painful and fatigued that it takes me awhile to get back to normal (whatever that may be). In the last two weeks I have obtained 5 rabbits. They are still very young but are large and going to be larger. They are meat and breeding rabbits. I use the rabbit dropping for my worm's that I am growing as a side business. I will have baby rabbits in the spring but until then I am keeping my boy away from the girls. It is just too cold out for babies. It has been 0.0 degrees for two days. I am having trouble keeping my house warm. Tonight I finally put blankets over the front door and living room window (which is very large). I have winter window panes up on the outside of my windows but they are still frosting up and freezing. I have to put wood on the fire every three hours or the house takes forever to get back up to 60 degrees. I wear lots of layers of clothes inside and even more when I go outside to care for the rabbits. I built a rabbit hutch by myself. Tomorrow I put the door on one side so that I can move the boy outside and into it. The 4 girls are in a big wire cage in the shed. Tomorrow I am going to put wood around it and make it similar to a wooden hutch. They seem to be surviving in the cold but I want to make it somewhat warmer for them. I am also going to put a large piece of plywood over a window opening that previous tenents had for some type of animal stall. I can take it off in the summer if I want to use it as a stall again. My plan is to build a chicken coop/yard next. I am using lumber that I salvaged from a construction site! With permission of course. I have had to piece things together since it is all used lumber. I love it. I have decided to change the name of my farm to the Triple R Farm. It stands for reuse, recycle and repair. It could probably have a retarded in there too. LOL. I have some great plans of things to come but will not share them at this time as life has taken an unexpect turn and my plans are now on hold. My dad was diagnosed Monday with lung cancer. He just went to urgent care because he was coughing and it caused him lots of pain in his chest. They did xrays expecting to find pneumonia or something similar. Instead they found cancer. It is metastsized from somewhere else but they haven't found from where yet. My dad goes to the oncologist later today. Then we should have more information. I expect they will be doing tests for awhile and then deciding on how to proceed with treatment. My family is of course having a hard time accepting this new and sudden "challange" in our lives. My dad is actually probably doing the best of us all. Does anyone know of someone who would like to house sit for me and take care of the dog, cat, rabbits and worms? As well as keep the fire going by adding wood every three hours night and day? They would get free room and board. My freezer is stocked. I have lots of DVD's but no TV. I would like to go see my dad for Christmas, and of course the rest of the family too. The main thing holding me back is money. You know, that green stuff,and of course a housesitter/petsitter. I love my dad and do not want to have him have to go through this but he is a strong man and we will keep him as happy and comfortable and busy as he can tolerate. It is time for me to get his childhood stories written down and any other memories that he wants to have saved for posterity. He is a complex person, with a multitude of experiences in his life. As I get older I see that we are all like that. He has a great sense of humor that has been passed down to children and grandchildren also. He has been a fun dad most of the time. Well since it is tomorrow already and I have just stocked the woodstove full of wood, I think I will go get three hours of sleep. You all take care. CJ