the chaotic zoo

a little blog about us and all our crazy pets

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 1:51 pm
by Bonnie
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I Love Craigslist…For the Lulz

The other day I posted a listing on Craigslist for our fish tank setup.  I’ve gotten a few inquiries here and there, mostly people asking if I’d be willing to part out pieces of equipment to sell or even inquiring about equipment that I don’t even have listed for sale. But the best one yet has to be this one that showed up in my inbox yesterday.   Continue Reading →

Monday, January 23, 2012 at 1:50 pm
by Bonnie
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Bye Bye Fishies

Well, I sold off all of my fish yesterday. I was surprisingly verklempt about the whole thing afterwards. They’re just fish, after all, and I’ve sure as hell had a number of them die on me and whatnot, but seeing them in someone else’s bucket made me realize these were my pets that I was giving away.   Continue Reading →

First floor of the frame is up!

Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 8:20 pm
by Bonnie
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We’re Buying a New House!

So after about a year and a half of thinking about it, and about a half year seriously looking, we signed a contract Saturday morning on a new house!  We’re super excited, as it’s brand new construction, in a great location.  The lot has a huge backyard, and the house backs up to the hills, so there are no rear neighbors, and it’s super private. We love it! Of course, nothing we do comes without a little drama, so here’s the story of how it all went down (warning, it’s epically long!).   Continue Reading →

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 3:06 pm
by Bonnie
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Beware the Bouncy Balls

Let me first say that anyone who comes to our house should never bring any sort of inflatable ball.  Because it will be destroyed within minutes, nay, seconds.  Every once in a blue moon, Marc and I get the bright idea to pick up some sort of cheap, bouncing ball thinking that it would be fun for the dogs to play with.  And every time, the dogs’ eyes light up, and they’re super excited about this new toy, and within seconds of possessing it, there is a loud ‘POP!’, and suddenly the dog is carrying around a sad, deflated piece of rubber. Bandit at least has the sense not to eat the rubber. Riker, sadly, does not.   Continue Reading →

Outside Club 33 Entrance

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 2:26 pm
by Bonnie
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End of Month Roundup

I came down with a cold over New Year’s weekend (first cold in like, 3 years), and woke up still feeling gross and lousy, so I called in sick today.  So if this post comes out disjointed or off, I blame it on the fogginess in my brain due to my sinuses being clogged.

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Friday, December 30, 2011 at 2:01 pm
by Bonnie
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Here It Is

Okay, so here’s my long overdue update.  I looked back at my last post, and I guess it hasn’t been quite two years since I stopped posting, just a little over a year, so not bad!  That will make this catch up a little less painful.  I’m going to try to do this in a bullet-point timeline sort of way – and no doubt there will be a ton of things that I’ll miss, so I’ll probably have to go back and edit this post a few times.   Continue Reading →