This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on an Amazon link and make a purchase, it doesn’t cost you anything, but I earn a small commission that helps me run this blog. Thanks! Note: I have updated this post with new photos of our pup—he now looks much different from his puppy days! My husband, daughters and I adopted a Shih Tzu puppy ("Mochi") about three weeks ago. He's now 3 months old. We've discovered that bringing a new puppy home is like having a baby. The puppy needs lots of care and attention -- and lots of stuff! We're always having to buy new items to care for our Continue reading...
A New Betta Fish
For the past two years, I’ve been unhappily cleaning the goldfish bowl for my daughters’ two goldfish, Rocky and Swimmy. I hate the job, but since the fish are the only pets my kids have (both my husband and I have allergies) I grudgingly do it. The other day, I upgraded the fishes’ bowl to a more sophisticated mini aquarium. The aquarium doesn’t have a filter (alas – I wish it did, to spare me some cleaning), but it is equipped with a light and a pump. Since the pump pushes extra air into the tank, I figured that we could squeeze one more pet fish into the tank, especially since my girls Continue reading...