Odds and ends

Some brief and random comments:

I hope we have more snow. I love the snow. Closely followed by the fabulous of Spring preferably.

The baby fish is still alive! One week old today. We have named him Casper :-)

I have finished work for this week, and am only working 2 days a week for the next fortnight as well. Hooray for holidays!

The most exciting thing I have planned for my Easter break is cleaning, filing and sorting. Can't wait! And I don't mean that ironically.

Off out

I have been very remiss at blogging activities lately, so am trying to at least take the time for a quick update - I know my life is not the most exciting of late but I am sure I have been doing much more than I have been blogging! So, in the spirit of that, I am off to Disco's in a few minutes (just letting X get off to sleep before I sneak out!) for a girly house warming night in. Good job it is a) girly only and b) a night in - cos frankly I look like a sack of crap and have absolutely no inclination to do anything at all to remedy that :-)

Fingers crossed

A while ago I got myself a new aquarium so that my poor lonely goldfish, Mr Hubbles would have a nice home with a filter etc. We also got him a new goldfish friend, Fish 1 (named by Y!) and 2 little minnow friends (Lightening and Houdini).

All was well for a few weeks but then Mr Hubbles began to display some signs of illness, (which is ironic as he was living in a really rubbish tank before!), and we had to remove him from the tank. A few days later Fish 1 also began to get poorly and despite the purchase of a seperate tank and filter, neither of them survived.


Since then the minnows seem to have thrived. They are both happy and healthy (to my knowledge) and we have held off getting any additions until I am sure the tank is safe, when I intend to get some aquatic miniature frogs to join them.

However, this morning I thought Houdini seemed to be acting a little strange, though as he is a hider most of the time it is hard to tell. So, after feeding them their breakfast I sat down to watch them for a while, just to check. And what did I find...? A tiny, teeny, miniature, ghostly little minnow! A baby!! He is swimming around quite freely, and is perfect, although only about 4mm long and 1mm high!! We haven't named him as I'm aware that babies don't survive easily and I'm not prepared to take any special measures. Nature will do her thing and take her course and he will survive or not. That said he is still there this evening, and it is very exciting! So fingers crossed that the tiniest possible addition to our family might just survive!

Oh its small pleasures for me these days :-)

Conversely

After my reality tv gorge of late, this evening I have been partaking of BBC 2! This has included interesting and mind boggling planetary fare, the delights and medicinial benefits of herbology, the practically pornographic but incredibly educated cooking of Ms Dahl, and now the historic delights of Edward VII!

It has happened purely by accident, but diversity is the very breath of life to me, so long may the random occur! (Even if it is just my viewing!)

Whore

I am such a reality tv whore! Give me back to back Jeremy Kyle any day :-) Big Brother, Four Weddings, Coach Trip, Come Dine with Me, I'm a Celebrity, What Katie Did Next, and on and on and on...

Long live the great british fly on the wall documentary!

Guilt

I am feeling very bad that my boy, who asks for practically nothing, has posted the following on his facebook account...

No bowling tomorrow :-(

Why? Because I don't have the £5 to pay for him to go.