My Fish

I have a fish. His name is Lucky, and he must be! After all, he's over 3 years old! (And that's a pretty long life for a fish.)

Here's his picture: isn't he pretty?!
















I bought him in Utah, and he survived a classroom full of kids (forgetting to feed him), the move to Iowa (in the front seat of my car), and 2 more classrooms full of kids (again, forgetting to feed him).


Unfortunately, he now has a problem. Look closely at this picture. Do you see it?


















The big spot that looks like mold on the middle of his side? Yeah, I'm not sure what that is. I've searched online, been to a pet store, bought and tried drops, including a fungus remover that turned his water a nasty lime green, and still no luck.

Any ideas what else this could be or how to fix it? I would appreciate any suggestions - I sure don't want my next classroom full of kids to find Lucky belly-up one morning!

Mike is gone :(

Mike has been in Texas all this week on a business trip. It's a little lonely rattling around the house by myself, so I decided to focus on the things that are nice about being home alone!

1. No need to worry about cooking dinner - a bowl of cold cereal is just fine!

2. Dishes acculmulate a lot slower! (See #1)

3. I can leave all of my junk all over the table since I can eat a bowl of cereal at the counter if need be. (See #1)

4. More time to make cards!!! (Plus, I'm a lot more motivated to make cards when all of my stuff is already out. See #3)

5. I don't mind going to work at Sylvan in the evenings. Hey, something to do.

6. I don't have to tuck in the sheets in the morning! (I tuck them in. Mike pulls them out. Sigh. The constant battle.)

7. The house stays cleaner. (I vacuumed on Monday. I can still see the vacuum lines in the carpet on Mike's side of the bed!)

That being said, I wouldn't want my cute hubby to think I don't like having him here. So, here's a list of the things that I'm looking forward to when he gets back.

1. He smells good. (Yeah, cheesy. Sorry.)

2. Sometimes he does the dishes!

3. Mike has the magical ability to make the house cool off. I mean this literally! I can open all of the windows and doors just like he does, but somehow, I can't seem to get it right. But when he does it, the house stays cool!

4. Hiding The Outlaw again. (He has it right now. If you don't know what this means, don't worry - it's dumb.)

5. Having someone to play with again!

I miss you, honey! Come back soon!

Bitten By the Blogging Bug

Okay, okay, okay.
I give in.

I think everyone that I know has a blog, and I really enjoy reading what's new on their site. In fact, about a week ago I started a list of things that I would blog about if I ever decided to blog. So, I finally decided to just do it! Because of my list, I might have quite a few posts here at the beginning. Sadly, I expect my verbosity to decrease as my school work increases, but that's not for another month. In the meantime, enjoy the blog!