Today, Zan completed a rather long and arduous task that we had asked him to complete, and, as it turns out, we told him he could have as his reward a living, breathing, aquatic creature. And you may wonder why I would use the term “as it turns out” when referring to the fact that “we” told him he could have a fish, because it seems to imply that news of the fish reward was a surprise to me … almost as if half of “we” (a.k.a. Wonder Woman) had failed to tell the other half of “we” (a.k.a. me) about the whole “we promised him a fish” thing. Ahem.
Fortunately, the fish in question (whom Zan has named Coral, by the way) is small and can live in a fishbowl on Zan’s dresser, so there’s no major lifestyle adjustments to be made … but the next time we make plans to add someone to the family, I’d like to know about it in advance. Just sayin’.
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My problem is that when I say to my wife, “You never told me that,” it usually turns out that she did. She always seems to have a witness or a recording of the conversation.
And on the “At least it’s not a dog comment,” it sucks having a dog in Boston when it’s single digits. I got my dog this past spring, and I somehow didn’t realize that I would have to walk him in the winter time.
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Great picture! (and ick on the worms, Jen)
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Second’s on the great picture. I’m tempted to get a beta just so I can feed the worms to it.
–>Um, Jen had quite the explanation of the worms for the beta fish. Meanwhile, I have always struggled to remember to feed them daily.
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Betas are great for kids! If Zan forgets to feed him for a day or 2, he’ll be fine! I had one for 6 years. Then again, I also had one that died in a month. Coral looks like a hardy fish, though
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It sucks having a dog in any town in single digits. We’re only 25 here with 13 degree wind chill but it SUCKS (and that’s with the sun out!). Brrrr…I’m glad I have a fenced-in yard, I’m totally procrastinating on the dog-walk thing today.
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WW probably DID tell you, you probably just didn’t notice because you were jabbering about the new Apple mouse.
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Fish update: “Coral” is now “Japan”.
Nice. Thanks for the news.
We had a beta for 1 week, my 5 year old couldn’t understand why it just sat there so we returned it and got 2 goldfish
I keep trying to persuade my mum to promise me a cat for good deeds.
Last time, I got a DSLR. I’ll compromise.
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