Fishies

Today is yet again a sad day for fishies...I've been expecting this to happen for the last couple of days but I couldn't help but hope little whitey would pull through. It turned out that Whitey had something called "ick" and we just didn't get him treated fast enough. When I checked on him this afternoon he was stuck to the pump and looked a little bloated. Sadly he is not the only one who has this horrible "ick". I'm hoping that we will be able to have the pond treated in time to save the others. With luck things will work out and we won't have too many more fish kick the watery grave.

On a brighter note...we have plants in our pond!! We bought two water lily pads, one in the large pond and one in the wee pond. We also have another type of lily that produces flowers in the summer but otherwise looks like really long grass...one plant will have a black purplish flower while the other does red, and we have a small tree type plant that also sits in the large pond.

blarg

For some reason I have been having a hard time with my neighbors. I don't know why but lately it feels like I just don't fit in and there is nothing I can do to resolve it. I even try to be social which is totally against my grain!!

But alas, why I care now what my neighbors think of me I do not know. One day I'll be back to my old self with the "who cares" attitude.

Until then I'll have my crying spurts.

Sad day for fishies

So last weekend we bought 8 goldfish Friday,no the picture is not our goldfish...just one I found online. Then Saturday we decided we didn't have enough...you couldn't find them...so we bought another 20. Bringing our grand total of fishies to 28.

Today I thought I'd feed them in the morning and see how they are doing, but sadly we lost one of our fish...he was just lying there on the bottom of the pond right in the middle, where none of our fish really stay. They'll dart through the middle but they don't just float there. I even netted him to see if he'd move or squirm...you know try to get away. But to no avail. So his new home resides in the bottom of our garbage can.

We'll see what this week brings to the fish...Let the trials continue!

Front Yard Project Pictures

So some may know that I like projects. This year we have started a larger pond in our front yard and a fence. Below is an attempt of a slideshow of some of the pictures I've taken...I'm a slacker and forgot to actually take some of when the pond was being dug, so you see it almost finished.

But the slideshow will show also shows our wee fence and our lovely new swing!! One of our favorite places to sit now in the yard!

My Work Update

Since I do have family asking about my work...mainly my folks & sis, I thought it'd be something to write as I haven't done anything forever...okay for a couple of weeks.

I am now in the long commuting land. But, for now its only 2 days a week that I commute to Draper and even then, its later in the morning so I don't deal with rush hour. Same thing with the drive home. So basically my work hours are from 9 to 3:30 for now on Monday and Wednesday.

The rest of the week I work at home, which is awesome!! I can be totaly lazy and be in scrubs & tshirt all day or I can get decent clothes on if I venture out of the house. Currently it is enabling me to do some projects I've wanted done. But I'm still setting up the office downstairs, so in the meantime, we still have remnants of our old office upstairs...

(Anyone want a desk? or an Entertainment center? If so holler!)

Its all good, when the guys, I work with 3 guys in the office, when they are out of town I get to stay home the whole time. And they are trying to make sure that I'm happy, which is really neat because I haven't really had a boss that wanted verbally noted to keep me happy so I stay, and these guys have!

Anywho, thats all I have about work for now....they've just been really good to me since I've changed divisions within the Layne.