Sorry I missed yesterday.

I have been very busy with fall stuff. I brought all the plants in off the porch, and hit the laundry very hard, let crickets go, school shopping with kids...and the normal stuff too...

Also I got my plumbing project done.

I may or may not be posting a picture of the plants.

And in other news the guppy in the big tank is still alive...Hes getting quite brazen too...Swimming around with the tetras and running away from the angel fish when need be.

:^)

Have a nice day.

I went and bought some stuff for a plumbing project I have today...The output from my sink is dripping alittle.

So Im going to be fixing that...Also I got a rock to pile on some other rocks so the crab can get out of the water (Plastic incline no worky)

I also rigged up a lamp for the guppies so now their tank should be warmer...Hopefully we will get more fry out of that...

um...

Thats about it.

The guppy in the big tank is still living without a scratch on him...Im telling you he is one smart guppy. (Unlike his munched brethren).

Have a great day!

I tell you, I could just sit in front of that fishtank for hours.

Ive been dropping guppies in the tank, the ones with the non desirable genetic traits (small, non colorful males mostly).

And usually they get chomped right up...either the angelfish gobbles them up in 2 bites or the tetras kill them like a pack of Parana. BUT one that I had a hard time catching because he was so fast has been alive for 2 days...Hiding under rocks and jumping in between them going very fast.

Hahaha...he is so funny. I wonder how long he can live in fear...I thought about trying to find a female who could live really scared and fast like him and I could start breeding for smarts and speed in that tank but I dont think any of the females can hack staying alive in there.

Fun!

Well the dude I was supposed to work for today cancelled on me.

Oh well.

Im supposed to give him a call on Saturday to see when hes available.

In other news...Well there is no other news...Fish are fine. Fam is fine. My mom was supposed to call me back yesterday and didnt...But my sister did call at 3 AM (I missed her call).

Meh.

I feel crabby now.

Whatcha think?

ACK! PROBLEMS!

I was reading up on care for my fiddler crab and it seems he does not belong in the tank (Although he is by far my most favoritest thing in there)...

He needs slightly salty water...So I took a gamble on the other fish and added about 3 Tbsp of aquarium salt to the tank...

Also he is supposed to have a place where he can be out of the water...

So I went to walmart and bought a giant tub with a lid that I cut and I made him an incline that goes out of the water at the top, so once he finds it he can get dry(I guess).

It made me pretty sad to learn that he used to be a free fiddler crab living in the ocean... :^( some JERK scooped him off a beach and sold him to some other jerk...Where he was sold to other jerks until finally I ended up getting him for free...I wont buy another one knowing that...Its not like the fish who live their whole lives in tanks...He knew what it was to be free and living the way God intended for him...

Fricken jerk humans! So thoughtless when it comes to making a quick buck.

Anyway lets pray these new conditions are better for him since I have no chance of releasing him back to the ocean. :^( I would if I was near it tho...

Also say a prayer the other fish dont mind the aquarium salt I added....

I am praying.

:^(

Well, Ive had a great week of content...

FOF on monday, The fishttank on Tuesday, but I got nothing for today really.

Other than to say I have work scheduled for the rest of the week.

Right now Im going back to bed. (I just got back from taking Stephen to football practice)

Have a great day.

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It was half full of potting soil and no one wanted to deal with it at the place I got it from so I hauled sludge and removed it for them. Fish and Crab included.

:^)

I love it!

I spent so many hours playing this game over the weekend the carpet started crawling on me (I aint lying).

Its called Frets On Fire and basically its guitar hero on your keyboard. (Yes Kathryn theres even a mac version)



PROS: FREAKING AWESOME! FREE! No $80 peripheral required! FEELS GREAT(using F1-F6, less depending on difficulty, and enter to strum)

CONS: Crashes sometimes, never in the middle of a song tho...Only at the selection screen. Base Game only comes with 3 songs.

It does support importing of guitar hero songs. But I thought it was alot easier to download the already processed ones with bittorrent, here is a link for the torrent with all the guitar hero songs.

FoF_All_Guitar_Hero_Songs

Rock out, old school.

I guess I would post video of my more local family members, So why not post some of the less local variety! :^) My only regret is that I am missing footage of my sister.

This is at Nan's apartment, Nan is at the table, Carol is in the kitchen, Thats my mom in the blue nightgown, Its about 8 AM on a Sunday morning.

:^)

I think they are pretty cute.

I also think its funny that Nan thinks I cant do anything to her that hasnt already been done...HAHAHAHA Say hello to the internet Nan!

What do you guys think about my grandmothers giant black cat?

Well, Im back now. I took a day off yesterday because I was recuperating.

Kids are good.

Wife is good.

I feel alot better about myself now that I have made up with and am staying in contact with my sister, mother, and grandmother.

Its nice to be nice.

Hope everyone has a great day and I hope to get back out on the blogs sometime today. (Though it may be tonight)

Have a great day!

Bush Vs. Zombies

HAHAHAHA!

I feel so bad for my Nan (grandmother) and my mother and aunt. They are very well, as well as could be expected, compared to what I imagine my reaction would be like for my spouse or parent dying.

They are quite insistant that I take some money, I have so far been steadfastly refusing.

There are bouts of tears sometimes. But I have been doing all I can to keep the mood from overwhelming moroseness and great sadness. I miss Pap(grandfather) too but I dont think he would want us moping and crying that he has reached his final destination.

I will be back in MN tomorrow night. I miss my wife and children very much but I cant really rush going back as I am exceeding worried that once no one is here and Nan finds herself in an empty house her greif may be too much to handle.

Friday will be the first day that all of us "out of towners" will be gone so I need to try and remember to give her a call and make sure she is still doing alright with it. I believe she is going back to work on monday and she insists that that is the best thing for her. (She does hospice care for dying patience in a ironic twist of fate, she has for years and years, as long as I can remember.)

And also, IT IS SO FN HOT HERE!!!!!!!

Hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend and also a good day today.

I also very much appriciate all the condolences, well wishes and prayers I have recieved for myself and my family. It helps more than you could all ever know.

Bye now.

Today is the day.

BTW I didnt make it time. TOD was yesterday at 2:20.

Sorry Ive been too busy to make the blog rounds.

I did however find enough time to be on the fone withmy sister until 4:30 last night.

I leave 2morrow. :^( I hate airplanes.

Checklist for today

Wash Clothes for Trip
Pack Bag
Finnish Training kids on Taking Care of Fish
Clean House for Wife.
Make Sure Someone is Waiting for me in AZ

UGH! I hate airplanes!

Well, they put my wife on some sort of steroid antibiotic, and let me tell you. Today should be a good day.

One minute she is pissed off over nothing,

Then crying,

Then telling me how much she loves me.

I think her rash is going away tho and she sure seems better if alittle emotionally unstable today.

HI!

Im still sick with headcold/cough but Im feeling better. My wife on the other hand has caught the cold and I think she is breaking out in a non itchy rash from it.

She is going to the doctor right now.

Say a prayer this is nothing serious.

A note I left my wife at 1:30 AM last night.

"Jen,

I caught john with his pants down (literally) in the dining room last night.

I proceeded to smoke almost all my smokes after I punished him.

Pls leave me some money to buy more before you goto work 2morrow.

Love you Thanks,

R"

I started collecting crickets for a big cricket fighting tournament we are planning to have on aug 21.

So far I have 6 crickets and I found a giant toad in my yard about the size of a softball. (I let him go).

In other news I still have more laundry to do. And Melissa and I are going to go shopping in just a little while. She has birthday money to spend.

However she is not out of bed yet.

Also, I could spend all day updating my "read books list" at facebook. For some reason I find that to be alot of fun.

Hope everyone has a great day.

I think Im making salmon for dinner.

Man there are some messed up wacko people out there.

And some of them have computers.

As far as I can tell they sit around and talk to themselves, but its not like you and I when we talk to ourselves...I mean, whenever I talk to myself I am me...Not someone else, I guess they just want people to agree with them, or argue with them or whatever, but they just invent the person and treat it like a puppet. In fact even their puppets have puppets, I find it hard to find out who the real person is...

If there is even a person there at all.

Its weird. Its sick. And it sure as hell kinda freaks me out.

Get away weirdo internet non-person(s)-ego-thingy(if your reading this)!!! get away!!!