So my childhood friend came to visit me today. Gina got to my house around 10am and I was barely rolling out of bed. :) We made some delicious english muffin egg breakfasts and of course when we get together we have TONS of fun and we decided to head out and about to see what we could get into. First we made a quick stop at Bud's Sno Cone Hut which is a bit out of my comfort zone since I'm used to going to Bedford Snoball. :) Gina ordered some sort of Hawaiian sno cone that had strawberry and banana in it and I ordered the pink panther which had bubble gum, some other flavor, and gummy bears. I stick to the gummy bears since it's a sure guarantee of enjoyment. Anyway, we enjoyed our treats outside and as I looked up I couldn't help but wanna take a picture of the pretty colors under the patio umbrella.
This umbrella along with pin wheels remind me of summers from way back when. I love this shot.
Once we were done there we were in the mood to see some animals. We looked for local petting zoo's but no luck so we headed to petsmart....I know...we are silly. We ran into a Chinese Water Dragon which is what my hubby has been wanting for a really long time. He's cute but agile and not really expensive. They cost about $30 buckaroos but you will need a gigantic tank to house him...at least 200 galloon tank because they grow to be a little over 4 FT LONG!!!!! As we stood there getting all of the specs on this reptile...Gina decides she wants to hold it. I look at her....take a step or two back and say "go ahead". So the pet keep opens up the cage and picks the little guy up and as Gina is holding him in her hand....HE JUMPS ONTO HER SHOULDER!!!! YIKES!!!
There he is...this little green lizard just hanging out on my Gina's sh
oulder. So weird but so cool at the same time. She's an animal lover and so am I but I don't know...reptiles give me the creeps sometimes. :)Over on the left you can see that the little baby lizards wanted a piggy back and if you look closely you can also see the reflection of the store pet keeper with her arms crossed thinking, "are you gonna buy it or not! Show and tell is over!" haha! Well....we didn't buy it but we did venture over to the fishes and aquariums....o
ne of my fave spots! I was looking into getting a shark tank set up in our bedroom but when I ran across this cute fish I decided I may set up a "fancy goldfish" tank or "coi fish" tank up instead. The fancy ones are really fat and puffy and they don't look like fish in the face. They look like cute little woodchucks. I know it's weird but they are adorable fish and come in black and spotted colors as well. Hmmm they need a big tank and the other tank I have is only a 20gl so I think I'll stick to a coi fish tank instead. These will have to be for la
ter. :) As we were there looking at all the fish I mentioned to Gina that I had a lonely aquarium at home with only ONE tiger barb in it. I also told her that we have tried to put another fish in there but we think he is really aggressive and killing them. She suggested I ask the fish guy about it and I did. He said that maybe I should add about 4-5 more tiger barbs to the tank along w
ith tons of fake or real plant vegetat
ion. Apparently the plants help fish hide if others are being aggressive. It's a form of safety for them. So after talking to Gina about it and both of us knowing that I was going to go home with more fish, I chose 4 more tiger barbs and tons of fake, colorful plants to put into my tank. As soon as we got home...Gina started setting it up as I took some cute pics of her. She would flinch every now and then as something would brush up against her arm and she thought that it was my killer fish Speedy coming to take a chomp! Haha! Here she is smiling for the camera as she adds another vine to the tank before releasing the other killers in. :)
Here is the finished tank! She did such a wonderful job helping me pick everything out! I went will full color because in my coi tank I want to make it more greens and add live vegetation. You can see two of five of the Tiger Barbs swimming for food up top! I absolutely love it! It's beautiful and relaxing to stare at their lit
tle home. So peaceful.After all that work we made some delicious turkey tacos and then watched a movie. "Failure to Launch" which she liked and thought was funny. We also had some fresh strawberries in light cool whip. YUM! Crafting also took place as I watched her put together a Dora pillow case for her little baby girl Angelina. The day was great and soo much fun. Every time I get to see Gina even for a little while....I have such a wonderful time. I always miss her and I love her so much. :)
