Happy Holidays

Last night, I found a tiny ball-shaped piece of string, so I put it on the bed and called out to my brother: “Ew, look! A spider!” Then I proceeded to take his pillow and bash it on the piece of string. After a couple good hard hits, I took the pillow and deftly squashed the ball of string. My brother, unwilling to believe that the “spider” was only a piece of string, was rather mad at me and hit me a couple times.

Happy Holidays.

Alpha

When I checked in on my fish this morning, he was already dead.

Alpha, the Betta Fish

Almost 4 months ago, I bought my very first male betta fish from Petco and I called him Alpha :) And he is the prettiest fish you'll ever see. These pictures were taken with my phone:

I had to shine a flashlight on him to get this effect, but look at the way his scales catch the light!

Last night, though, I found Alpha lopsided (floating weirdly on one side) near the top of his container. Tonight, Alpha is stuck at the bottom right corner of his container, just sorta sitting there. His gills were still moving but there wasn't much movement besides that.

I've lost many a fish before but I really want this one to live...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello Americans and non-Americans!

Today is American Thanksgiving!

Here's what I'm thankful for, in no particular order:

1. My best friend :)
2. My blog :)
3. Warm place to live and sleep
4. Facebook and the internet and the way we communicate
5. TBS and the movie I'm watching Yours, Mine, and Ours
6. Peanut M&M's
7. God's love for us
8. Work to do
9. A good working brain and body
10. A working computer (though not the best, I'm still really fortunate to have one!)

Happy Thanksgiving.