Meet Grover! (the new family member)

Ok, so I have not posted in a while.. a lot going on!

I snuck a new critter into the fish tank and this one is a silly, little, animated, and BLUE monster. So I named him Grover. Here he is being fearsome:

He is a Crayfish / Crawdad / Miniature Lobster. He has the two big pinching claws and 2 pair of teeny tiny claws on his next two sets of legs. He uses these to pick up food and it's kinda funny because I don't think he can see under there. He has two more pair of legs and he is missing a foot on one of them, but he sure is able to climb around just fine!

Grover is also up to some antics. I transferred one of the Lilly plants from the frog tank into the big tank. A few hours later he had dug it up and was riding around on it as it floated at the top of the tank!

According to http://www.bluecrayfish.com/ there are MANY species of blue Crayfish and apparently they can even be white.

Toby saves a stick from the fire.

So here is a WONDERFUL picture. It has one of the smaller piles of trees/shrubs/jungle cuttings on fire; it has my sweet thoughtful sweety pie; and it has silly Toby with a stick he claimed for himself to play with. A wonderful 1,000 words:

Yard BEFORE pics

I forgot to bring the camera, so these were taken with my cell phone. I hired a couple teenagers to help with the cleanup.

Believe it or not, there is a window behind that tree. I had already started cutting a few branches but you could not get to the front door without being attacked by branches.

This is the side. behind those bushes it's very difficult to get to the electric meter or cable or other stuff back there. The fence is torn up and the jungle beyond is also overgrown.

First Post

Hello!

Well, here goes the first post. I am new to this stuff but I'm hoping that it's easer than doing each seperate Facebook, Myspace, etc.

What I have going on in my life right now:

Work
- Hoping to stick to one shift (been moving between swings and mids)
- Trying to get my tech school scheduled
WR House
- Inside needs paint prep, paint, floors, and countertop
- Outside needs serious work and nice weather to do it in
Love/Home Life
- B is the most wonderful boyfriend EVER!
- Toby is the silliest dog EVER!
- Worried about the red wag platty fish, it's acting sick
- Recently had a frog tragedy :-( may post on that later
- Concerned about the dryer thermostat.. need to research the overheating thing

I will try to get some pics of the house remodel up soon.
That's all I can think of to say a the moment.. so
Ciao!