meet oliver

this is oliver. he was my second first anniversary present from josh. when i got home from work that day, i opened the door to the bathroom, and there was the sweetest little face you ever saw, staring up at me. since he was the runt of his litter, he was a little skittish at first and cried a whole lot. but the doctor lady came and got him medicines for his poopy bum and now he is ever so much happier, though he still sometimes gets skittish around josh. i'm head over heels in love with him and i'm pretty sure he feels the same way. he loves tearing around the kitchen floor, chasing his little cat-nip mice, and he also enjoys curling up next to us on the couch and just purring away.

in other, more sad news, 2 more of our fish have died. the first was our pretty little blue neon tetra. he left without a trace, not even a few bones. all we know is that he is no longer in the fish tank. the second was Nessie. she was our biggest fish, and we never really got to see her, as she hid in the pirate ship all day long. (hence the name Nessie, after the loch ness monster) lately, though, we've been noticing that she has been a little more social. we thought that she was turning over a new, friendlier leaf, but alas, she must have been mouthing the word "help" to us through the glass. we found her lying belly up at the bottom of the tank yesterday, with the sucker fish swimming over her body, grief stricken. by the way, fish don't necessarily float to the top of the fish tank when they die. neither Nessie nor Mr. Algae Eater did.

that's about all the news i can muster for tonight. now that i know how to get pictures from our camera to our computer, i'm sure i'll be posting a lot more soon. thanks, denise, for your faith in my brains. your comment gave me the extra boost to try and figure the stupid thing out (though i must admit that i came very close to chucking the computer out the window a few times)

later :)