Not enough time

Every Thursday I actually sit down and get on the computer. I put it off during the week because I feel it's such a hassle to set it up and wait for the slow internet connection to come up. I am sure it is me that makes it slow but I get frustrated in the time spent waiting. I know I can get up and do other things while I am waiting but I did that over the weekend and ended up watching a movie and then said the hell with it. I try to make a list of items of interest that I would like to look up when I finally sit down but once you look up one thing another thing looks interesting and you start reading about that. The afternoon has flown by and I haven't really accomplished what I had started out to do.

The day started out bad anyway. I have three African Dwarf Frogs and two fancy guppies. The newest ADF had not been acting well last night and we thought that maybe because he was shedding his skin for the first time. He was very pale in color and would not leave the spot underneath the filter. After a few attempts, we managed to get him out and he slowly made his way to safety under another plant. I checked the ammonia level, etc. and everything tested perfect. The water was just right and they had been fed flakes the last two days. When I woke up this morning and looked all over for him , I finally found him floating at the top. He had no marks on him and was not bloated or red. I took him out and held him and he made no move at all to fight me. I said a little prayer and put him at peace. I had named him Caspian as the other frogs are Meridian and Orion. We had lost Luna previously before giving Caspian a home. For now I will wait to buy any more frogs as I hope that Meridian and Orion have babies. I have another smaller tank set up waiting for their arrival.

I searched for awhile today looking for a way to heat an aquarium for fiddler crabs. I know what I want in my mind but searching for it is much harder. I finally ordered a mini flat heater from Dr. FostersSmith website that I am going to try. It is enough to heat a 10 gallon tank. It is used to heat the roots of plants in your aquarium and should work perfect for the small amount of water I will use in designing the crab tank. I am now going to focus my efforts in looking at 10 gallon tanks that are longer than they are tall.

I am still hoping to put out a small vegetable garden. I ordered two potato bins from the GardnerSupply company. This way you can grow potatos in a bag instead of digging long trenches in the ground. I also want to have tomatoes, lettuce and possibly cucumbers if I can make the trellis I have seen that lets you grow them up the netting instead of taking up a lot of space on the ground. We will see. I feel a trip to GlassGardens is in order.

Looking forward to camping out with my family in the near future. Just to sit by the fire and enjoy the sounds of the lake and the woods and being together. We hope to plan more small trips like this over the summer. Working day in and day out gets old and having little things to look forward to makes it seem tolerable.

I hope to write more often and learn how to upload pictures in the near future.