Fishing

The Size of Our Original Fish
The Size of our "Pond" Fish

A little update on our life as fish owners. The second original fish died. Yes, I know we aren't doing good. It is the Humiston curse. We used to bring goldfish home from the Halloween Carnival when I was little and keep them alive forever. Jeremy however has a history of dead fish in his past. So my dad brought some "hardy" replacements from his goldfish which were at his clinic, but normally live in his fish pond. If you want a good laugh just look at the picture. He brought me this ridiculously LARGE fish. She is not staying (yes, I know its a she because her belly is huge, dad thinks she is pregnant) Have mercy, I do not need an oversized, pregnant fish in my little fish tank. She will be being served with an eviction notice very soon!! She is either going to my backyard or back to Illinois. Grace is still hoping she can live in the backyard, we will see.

On another funny note the other night Grace came out to see me when she was supposed to be going to sleep. She said, "Wet!" I inquired how her pj's got soaking wet up to her elbow. She simply said, "Fishing!" My dear daughter took the top of her purple fish tank and proceeded to fish. Lovely! I didn't know whether to laugh or scrub her with Dial soap. So I did a little of both and then explained if she continued to "fish" her fish tank would be removed from her room. She thought that would be very sad.

Hopefully we are done with fish drama for awhile, I will keep you updated. 

Girls Night Out

On Thursday some of the girls from my small group rescued me from my little hospital (a.k.a. my house) and helped cure some of my cabin fever. It was absolutely lovely to have dinner & chat. I am so touched they thought about me. Once again, God knew what I needed and he totally blessed me. Faith is doing better and no longer having to do her breathing treatments. I am very thankful.

I love surprises!

Last thursday I did one of my most favorite things to do, surprise my husband. He is really hard to surprise because he LOVES to try and figure them out. (yes, he shakes his presents at Christmas) He was feeling pretty overwhelmed trying to keep up with all his stuff plus taking care of all of my stuff as I recovered. And I wanted to thank him for being such an amazing & supportive husband.

So I sneakily planned a surprise date night for us. Our best friend  "Aunt Ashley" agreed to come and stay with the girls. On thursday morning I took the girls to a friend's house to play. I went and bought myself & Jeremy new outfits ( a huge splurge for me!!) Then I laid out his outfit with the movie listings for that night. The girls and I hid in our bedroom and when he came home yelled, "Surprise!"

We went to eat at a fancier place downtown. Then we went to a movie. Hannibal just got a brand new fancy digital theater. We went to see Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D. Neither of us had ever seen a 3 D movie. We then headed to our favorite "coffee" shop for white hot chocolate. It was a great night!!! It had been quite awhile since we had a date night.

I am so thankful the Lord gave me this idea. I had no idea we would be gearing up for another exhausting weekend with Faith getting sick, but the Lord did. He gave us just what we needed time to reconnect and recharge.