Meet Johnny...

First of all, I have to apologize for being MIA for 2 days...internet was down...how frustrating!

Anyways, I returned today from a relaxing family Sunday celebrating 5 birthdays and an engagement, and found that the internet fairies had magically repaired my internet and it was working again.

On Friday we had afew stops to make in town. Next to one of these stops was the pet shop. Willem has been in once before, and wanted to go in again. We wondered around looking at the birds, rabbits, puppies, and skinny pigs (if you've never seen these ugly creatures, you really should...proof that God has a sense of humor) We eventually looked at the fish. We were going to get a fish earlier this winter and it never happened...so this time Randall convinced me it would be good for Willem to "take care of something". I just didn't want the fish's death on my head when the inevitable happened.

We picked out a beta, as they have the longest life span with the least amount of care (low maintnance fish...just my style) We brought him home and started the deliberation on what we should name our new blue beta. Deliberation went from "Fish" to "Grandma" to "Corney"...we finally settled on "Johnny" named after one of Willem's favorited characters from the Johnny Tractor books.

So far, Johnny seems content with his new home, swimming around his bowl...not like the sedated looking beta's at the store, who seem to float aimlessly all day. We got an active beta...great for a 3-year-old to watch.