This week we had to give away our two dogs because we found out our daughter is allergic. That was Wednesday.

Thursday I came home to fnd all of our fish, snails, and conch in our salt water aquarium had died. We lost 2 clownfish, 3 firefish, a diamond goby, turbo and nassarius snails, tiger conch, and peppermint shrimp. So far the 2 rock anemones, corals, hermit crabs, corals, and emerald crab survived.

Found a bristleworm last night which is suspect for killing something at night in a hidden corner which started to rot and cause an ammonia cascade.

On brighter notes we added budgies to our menagerie to make up for the gap the dogs are leaving and they’re wonderful and our other aquariums are all doing fantastic. We didn’t get all our garden planting done yesterday so I’m looking forward to planting some echinacea, a hard chicago fig, hardy hibiscus, and coral sedum this afternoon.

Our daughter is starting her summer vacation with a road trip and stay at a resort in Panama Beach with her cousin. With her out of town for a week we received delivery of her new bedroom set (graduating from her first bed to a full size “big girl” bed), cleared out the old furniture, and started painting her room the color she’s been asking for. She’s not aware of all this and I can’t wait to see the light in her eyes when she sees her new room.