Monday, February 27, 2006

A New Critter

Her name is Coconut. Yesterday it was Patches. When we got the new little guinea pig on Saturday her name was Giggles. Then Princess. And Sweetheart. It might be Jelly Bean by tonight.
We were looking for another hamster for Christina, but somehow ended up with a guinea pig. She's cute, doesn't bite and makes the strangest noises. So we now have 6 fish (including a new goldfish Mackenzie named Gumball), Courtney's ladybugs, and a guinea pig.
Beethoven went to cat heaven two weeks ago. I explained to the kids that she was old and getting sick and how the vet gave her a shot and she died peacefully. Courtney looked sad for a moment and said "Can we get a guinea pig now?" I told her to give me a few days, because I actually miss my old cat. She'd been with me through at least 5 apartments and 2 different states, and even before I ever met John.

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