Anime Lovers: May 2011

Trapped

We’re on a roll! We trapped 2 babies, one yesterday afternoon …

and another today …

So we got Wilma the mom and 3 babies so far. I hope that’s all of the babies. We really want to catch Wally though. Cross your fingers.

We just had a few friends over on Sunday for barbecue. On the menu was some ribs, pork chop, pork barbecue, corn, and hotdogs. Only remembered to take a picture of the barbecue and corn =P The kids went swimming of course.

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Monday was spent watching Kung Fu Panda 2 in the morning, more pork chops and ribs for lunch at home, then we watched The Chamber of Secrets. We already watched The Sorcerer’s Stone Saturday afternoon. Since The Deathly Hallows 2 is coming in July, we wanted to re-watch all the other movies before then (^_^).

Meet Wilma

We caught Wilma today! But upon seeing her, we realized there really is a Wally coz she’s not as big as the one we usually see. So, we have more to catch. We released her at the same place and we thought we saw the baby there earlier. Maybe they’ll be reunited.

Woodchuck

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much as a woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

But our woodchuck problem ain’t about wood, it’s about our vegetable garden … or what’s left of it. Wally … which turned out to be a Wilma, which turned out to be a mom of 3 … have been eating our veggies even if it’s fenced in. Jojo ordered this trap online and caught one of the babies. Yes, this is just a baby. Wilma would fill this whole trap. That’s how large she is. Gotta catch them all (wow, Pokemon) or else we won’t get to harvest anything.

We released this one at a park by the river in the next town. Not the one near here or it just might walk back home. I’m guessing their burrow is under our deck but we can’t get to that. Let’s hope we catch the other 3, Wilma especially.

I wonder if they’re related to Punxsutawney Phil?

Swamp …. Not!

Yes! Our pool didn’t turn out to be a swamp! Good job in closing it last season Jojo (^_^) Now he’s filling it with water. I still have to buy something tomorrow before we can fully treat the pool but it will be ready this weekend, just in time for Memorial Day!

Deck Repair

Parts of our deck have warped and Jojo repaired it today so we can open the pool sometime this week and hopefully be able to use it next Monday for Memorial Day.

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Looking good right? It’s wonderful that he’s a handyman (^_^) Good job daddy!

More fishie-fishie-fishies

6 Black Skirt Tetras and 2 Hi-Fin White Skirt Tetras.

05/16/11 – P.S.

I counted them this morning and there were 7 BSTs … guess she gave us an extra one ... or maybe I didn’t count right. Oh well.

Balloon Molly – Mango.

Balloon Molly – Cheese.

2 Mollies – Black and Yellow (are you singing?)

05/16/11-P.S.

I’m thinking of renaming the 2 mollies Tem Eeh and Lao Dee … hehehe

Maki Sushi

My first attempt at making maki sushi.

The rest is sashimi.

Accompanied with miso soup.

New Fishies

One of two Kissing Gourami and one of 8 Zebra Danio

Albino Rainbow Shark with 2 of 5 Neon Swordtail Platy females

Neon Swordtail Platy male

Minnie-me (Mickey and Minnie’s baby) in the 28gal tank. Probably close to 2cm. There are 6 more babies in here too.

We’re gonna add more fish next week.

Aquarium … again?

Yes. On May 1st, our neighbor put out on the curb this huge tank with the stand. Jojo was out watering the plants and they got talking and they asked if we wanted it instead of it ending up in the trash. Well yeah! So we brought it over and washed it and set it up in the basement. Our neighbor said it was a 55 gallon tank but when we measured and converted it, it turned out to be 46. It was still big! Remember when we started out with a tiny 1gallon years ago, then 5 (now serving as a nursery), then our current which is 28 that we bought in December. Now we’re up to 46 (^_^)

I resealed it on the 6th and then we bought gravel and decor and started setting it up the next day. Filled it with water Saturday night and let it start cycling. Then yesterday, Jojo thought that it would be better if the tank was in the living room since more people will see it there instead of the basement. So I had to vacuum the water out during the day, more vacuuming after dinner, and then we carried it to the living room, filled it again and re-start the cycling.

Here’s what it looks like. This spot is where our bench used to be. We moved that across the sofa. I think we have to move the picture frame a little higher too … next time.