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Over the weekend, the texture was applied to the den (my future sewing room) and it looks awesome! Now I just have to pick a color. I’m thinking a nice green color. We also need to pick a ceiling fan and get a baseboard and molding too.

Here’s some progress shots of the “tv area”. I’ll have to add some more once we paint it. The contractors knocked out that cabinet to make it taller.

Here is another corner including the sliding glass door. Removing the panelling, the drywall, and the textured wall.

Check out ALL THESE PIECES! And my artsy close up focused shots.

I even sewed the first star. Only one corner is a bit crooked. I think it’s good. The time and effort I took cutting these exactly perfect REALLY paid off! I can’t WAIT to see more of this quilt.

Bailey has bonded to Colin pretty fast. Now whenever I open the cage he says “I want one”, to sit on his shoulder. Bailey is a GREAT shoulder rat. Kahlua is an explorer, and has no qualms about running up and sniffing the cat’s face. So I put Bear in the closet for a short while and let her explore while Bailey cuddled Colin. Then they started running back and forth between us on the couch. We discovered it is slightly difficult to play Halo 3 and have ratlets explore under your shirt.

I need more pics - but they are so fast and fun, I keep forgetting to make them pose!

I think it’s so cool to watch them grow up - so here are some new weights, plus the older girls too!

Bailey: 83
Kahlua: 63

Addie: 245 (when I got her she was 125)
Thirteen: 320 (omg that was a struggle. That girl does not like the scale any more than I do.)
Cameron: 320 (she looks so much heavier than Thirteen, this is weird)
Katie: 240 (this was easier than Thirteen!)
Sophie: 300 (she’s lost some I think)

They are AMAZING. I absolutely love these rats. It is such an amazing difference when you get a rat raised personally by someone who cares, vs. a pet shop rat. I love my other girls with all my heart, but it took them all a while to like me. These girls just come and sit in my shirt, brux for me, and are so calm and gentle. They still have that baby popcorn energy but during the day they’ll sit on my lap or shoulder, so sweet.

I weighed them today - what a difference! The bigger girl with the Irish marking (Bailey’s Irish Creme - aka Bailey) is up to 74 g! The little one who I have named Kahlua is at 58 g.

I’ll post some more photos soon!

These little mink babies just had to come home with me

They are precious little babies, at just 45g and 58g, they are the tiniest babies I’ve seen! The bigger girl is Bailey, she has a small irish mark on her belly, hence the name (Bailey’s Irish Cream).

The other girl is a self, and they’re both super sweet. They like to chill on my lap and in my shirt, and I even got a little bruxxing last night!