Life Lessons

This morning was like any other Saturday morning with the exception of the death conversation after breakfast.  As I was making breakfast I looked over at Goldie (the pet goldfish Em had received as a birthday party favor a month ago) and noticed she was floating looking up at me.  A floating fish is never a good sign.  I quickly called Paul over to take a look and we agreed we would tell her after she ate and simply explain that "goldfish don't live forever."  No big deal.  I also had planned in my head that I would NOT be purchasing another fish.  After all I was the one feeding it, changing the water and cleaning those dang little rocks every week.  Well................my sweet, over sensitive, emotional and a little on the dramatic side daughter took Goldie's death extremely hard.  So hard that when she asked if she could get another fish as giant tears fell down her little face I folded like a cheap suit.  "Of course we can sweetheart, we can get a few.  We'll go to Petsmart this afternoon."  Sucker.

Meet Sam the Betta Fish along with 2 snails and one water snake thing.

Prologue......

I wanted to title this post A New Chapter, however my husband reminded me that this is nothing if "this baby doesn't sell." Right you are hubby.

About three years ago we got a wake up call when my husband's job was being eliminated. It was surreal. It was happening all over the country. We didn't panic. We had savings and he received a generous severance package. He quickly found a job that was here, it wasn't his dream job but they promised him "big" things in the future and it was in his same field. And most importantly (at least we thought so at the time) it meant not having to move the family to another city or state. For the last few years he searched for a better job, some have been here and some have not. For various reasons none panned out. Either is wasn't the right fit, we didn't like the area, the schools weren't good enough,we had just had a baby, you name it the list could go on. Well a about a month and half ago he received a phone call. Long story shorter it was a great opportunity for Paul. After a few interviews, meetings and many discussions he accepted the job and starts Monday. We are very excited about it. Oh did I forget to mention the job is in Oklahoma? That's right, this Texas family will be moving 7 hours north.

So for now this is the prologue.......

I will let you know when the new chapter begins.