So that's why we have a truck!

Note: This entry is specifically for those who know (and love) my sometimes quirky husband.

I think I have found that once you get married or after you get your first house, inevitably, there is a conversation about a family pet, usually of the mammal species. Kit and I have had many, most of the time comical, conversations about what type of pet would be right for us.

In the Rae household, we don't discuss typical breeds of dogs and cats. No, we discuss zoning in our yard for a chicken (Fullerton allows one chicken, no rooster and it has to be 10 feet from our neighbors houses), how we could get a mini pig (not pot belly, but mini) here from Australia or England, even though they are illegal in the States, and we've talked about getting a bunny. (Probably our most normal and logical conversation of all three.) Apparently when you marry someone who did 4H as a kid, no animal is off limits.

So we always come back to fish. We have always had a fish tank in our apartment or house. Our first one was 15 gallons. When Kit was growing up, he had a goldfish named Goldie that survived 16 years. I was the kid who couldn't keep a fish alive for more than 24 hours. Kit LOVES going online and researching fish (all fresh water) and then trying different breeds to see how well they get along. I've noticed in our almost 11 years together that I married a little bit of a nerd. I guess Kit did too. If you ever want information on fresh water fish, Kit's your man.

So, all that to say, last night, Kit came home with a new purchase from craigslist. We have a 55 gallon tank and it's inside and has beautiful blue and yellow fish. So Kit decided to "upgrade" and found a great deal on a 125 gallon tank and has decided that that will be his new project. The sucker is 6 feet long and 2 feet high. Kit has plans to have an area in our garage for it, because Lord knows it won't fit in our little house. It's the size of a tank that Joe Rogan would put you in when you are a contestant on Fear Factor and then would add something like snakes or hissing cockroaches... It's that big!

I will keep updated pictures of his project, which I am sure will turn out amazing, because any project that Kit touches always does. If you know my husband, you know it was no surprise when our truck pulled up with his new tank in the bed.

So here are photos of our current tank and fish and the the monstrosity that kit is calling his "fun after work project."