a little fishy.
Thursday, May 13, 2010so my husband may or may not be a total fish nerd. let me explain...when i met him (while working together at a coffee shop...but that's another story for another day...), we would talk about what we did outside of work. he talked frequently about fish. the fish conversations actually started after i took a vacation to hawaii, came back and told my co-worker (now my husband) about my snorkeling experience. and he started naming off all sorts of saltwater fish, what they looked like and where they might live. from that point on, i would ask him questions and he would tell me bits and pieces about his fish knowledge. as i continued to get to know him, i came to find out that he bought and sold fish and fish equipment to different people all over the city where we lived. his biggest love in the fish world lies in saltwater aquariums, particularly in clownfish (like nemo, in the movie, finding nemo). he knows a LOT about clownfish and has even done some clownfish breeding. i now know more about clownfish than i ever thought i would know in my entire life, ha ha! at one point, while dating him, he had at least 10 fish tanks set up in his little apartment, with lots of clownfish, that he would buy and then sell to various other clownfish breeders and enthusiasts. it was a bit crazy! and although i hope to never have our house over-run with clownfish like his apartment was, i know that at some point, we will drag his favorite fish tank out and set up a little clownfish haven in our home :)
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That is awesome! It is the best when you get things for the troops from totally unexpected places. And that is great that there were people that had what you were looking for and generous enough to send them to you.
ReplyDeleteThis story just made me smile SO big! :)
ReplyDeletevery cool. LOve hearing about all your adventures. Would love to help with one of your themed packages in the future (after we all get home and figure our the 12 hour time change)
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