Why you don't buy a pet fish.

Jana called me from the pet department in January with a family problem. Riley wanted to get a fish. Up to this point, we haven't had any pets in our house. Something told me that we were in big trouble.

Well I said yes to the fish. One week later, I get the call that the fish is dead. I got home to find the family in a state of mourning. I was then told we should try and give the fish a proper burial in the backyard. You ever tried to dig a hole in the middle of winter?

It was then decided that we should get another pet to fill the void left by the fish (even though the fish was only in the family for one week). So in February, our family added Topia (a blue feathered Parakeet) to our family.