Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Strong Suggestion

Do not leave a dead fish (in a bowl, with a water sample) sitting in a plastic bag on your counter for three days.

DO NOT.




But DO know that PetCo will take back dead friends, aquariums, food and even the fancy decorative treasure chest.

Hot dog.


On to bigger and brighter things. We've decided to give Lexi a plant to care for.

8 comments:

Suzanne said...

Oh, you can totally kill a plant too. Just ask the plant cemetary on our back patio.

And don't let the lady at the plant store sell you a you-can't-kill-this-even-if-you-try cactus, because you can totally give it too much water and watch it die from a killer mold attack.

But back to the fish. Have you tried betas? We have a beta, Sir Theodore McGillikins, and we forget to feed him days at a time and forget to change his water weeks at a time and he's still going strong. Food for thought. (Or in Sir Theodore's case, NO food for thought. Badabing!)

Kellie said...

Seriously, you are so funny with these fish posts! I love this whole story - all good things to know. Sad for Lexi fish won't survive long term. There's always a bird, tarantula, a bunny - so many options! ;)

Mortensen Baby Farm said...

I hear Uncle Lee may send a little something to care for! I hope he does...it would only be fair. The nice tarantula he got me was such a lovely gift don't you think? Just imagine it crawling all over!

Yes Jenn, I just screamed inside!

The Ormsby's said...

Love you story telling. We grew grass in a tin can last spring. Marlee thought it was great, and enjoyed "mowing" (cutting with scissors) it every week or so.

Sherwoods said...

Wow, good luck with the plant. I have brown thumbs, so don't let me get near it. I kill them all!

Wonderland Girl said...

Good words of wisdom.

Taryn said...

awesome...because plants are so exciting!

Mortensen Baby Farm said...

Chia Pet in the shape of a fish might work!