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I am so incredibly bummed

My teacher announced she will no longer be coming to the area to teach after May. I've been with her for 3 1/2 years.

I feel like I am grieving.

Easy Street Images

Thanks to Easy Street Images for sharing Kismet photos with me.

A wonderful opportunity

I attended the Suhaila Level 1 workshop in Austin this holiday weekend. Stacey was so gracious and offered me a spot in her show. It was so much fun and the theater had such a good vibe. It smelled like my mother-in-law's home!

My husband and daughter drove down for the show too. How nice to have their smiling faces and clapping hands on the first row.

The growth was benign!

We are so grateful.

Turtle Whisperer

My husband called me a turtle whisperer this weekend.

The whole idea behind feeding your turtle in a separate bowl is that she will do her business in the bowl. This way there is much less food residue and poo for the filter. After cleaning Hadiyah's aquarium I was determined to figure out why my turtle would eat in her separate bowl, but would only do her business in her aquarium. I figured it out. I put more water in her bowl so that she would feel covered and there you go - poo in the bowl.

We've exhausted all of the sunning surface options at the local pet store. The next stop has to be a specialty store with huge equipment. I simply cannot believe how big Hadiyah has grown and how much she will still grow. My nephew was over recently and asked "where is your other turtle?" because Hadiyah did not even remotely resemble the turtle he had seen months before.

Back in business

I went a few months without a camera after accidentally tossing ours in the sand in Puerto Rico.

My husband gave a new one to me for my birthday.

He has taken out insurance this time......

Too much TLC

My turtle is now so big that she doesn't fit on her sunning platform. I can barely get my hand around her to pick her up. We bought a larger filter for her aquarium. It has a waterfall. I thought it might freak out Hadiyah, but she seems to love it. She is always hanging out under the waterfall and sometimes in the morning I see her sleeping there.

My sister says I am giving too much TLC for her to grow so fast.

Getting a little concerned about how I will keep her in her full grown state.....

20th anniversary trip

My husband and I went on a trip to Puerto Rico to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. What an unusual place - a study in contradiction. They enjoy great beauty and great poverty. They are hospitable and they are hostile. Horses, goats, feral cats, hermit crabs, and dogs roam. They also have the richest bioluminescent bay in the world.

What an interesting experience.

One I won't forget.

Corn fest

My little Aussie mutt loves to eat corn on the cob with her daddy. She has the Alien-movie-like ability to extend her jaw and nibble the kernels.