It has been a bit since I mentioned our fish tank. After a couple of weeks we got a few more ghost shrimp, a snail, and another dwarf frog. It was not met to be. The shrimp lasted a few days and dwarf frog, Sardine, died the other day. Poor guys. Hopefully, we can figure out what is going on with the tank.
It was actually pretty good. I suppose I'm willing to overlook the time travel plot. Good casting. More action/adventure than regular Trek. The comedy seemed to work well and they were not ashamed of the random way they introduced characters. Too bad they blew up Vulcan. Hopefully, the sequels will be halfway decently written.
St. John Vianney had their parish carnival today so we took the kids. I was surprised how many rides they packed into such a small space. We forgot the camera so we didn't take any pictures today, we'll go back and get a few tomorrow with the rest of the ride tickets. In addition to the amusement rides they had the usual assortment of carnival games. The church also had a bunch of games aimed at younger kids like Henry and Samus. The highlight for me though was the elephant ears. Do you really need another reason to go?
The rides were provided by Skerbeck Brothers and they had a large Ferris wheel and a few other good sized ones. The Ferris wheel was a lot of fun for everyone but mommy. She was convinced the kids were going to jump out. Poor mommy, next time we'll leave her home. :)
I had to get out of bed, paint, drive to pick up sammy, drive to get some stuff from the store, not happy. Is it really that much to ask to not have to get out of bed on your birthday? :)
We spent the weekend celebrating Mother's Day. We spent yesterday with Melissa's parents. Today was at my mom's. I was rather amused that my mom and I both made Tomato Mince pie. It worked out okay though because it meant more for me. :) Plus, Melissa's dad likes it so he's good for a piece or two when I make it.
I'm not sure what happened. Everythng seemed fine last night when I went to bed. This morning when I got up the water was extremely cloudy and the shrimp were dead. It took several changes of water to get things somewhat normal. We had to wait out the rest of the cloudiness. The best theory we have is that one of the kids dumped something in the tank. We've had problems with them doing similar things before. There was also a rather incriminating can of cream soda sitting next to the tank. Hopefully, Otter and Anchovy will be okay and not harmed long term.
Melissa also apparently pulled out the non-java fern. I was going to give it more time to recover under the new light but I guess she didn't want to wait.
It is not a huge deal but we replaced the light on our aquarium with one that has a flourescent light. It looks nicer with the new light and is supposed to be make things easier on plants. We'll see what happens.
