Wednesday Morning Coffee Catch Up

On By Erin @ Cracker Crumb LifeIn Coffee Catch UP

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is doing well! I was in a bit of a mood yesterday, and looking back it seems really common for me to be in a bit of a funk in August. In my blog last year I even quoted Sylvia Plath, and her reference to August as the “odd uneven time”. And who am I to argue with that, it feels so true. Today though, the sun is shining and I am feeling a bit more me, and less like the algae at the bottom of a pool during a long humid summer. (last night I was texting my friend Lisa and I was being super emo on purpose and referred to myself as the algae and she told me to write a poem, and I added on some worn out and dirty flip flop imagery. Just being silly. Lol)

We have been having a lot of fun though lately. We went to a Parisian-inspired brasserie for Billy’s birthday, and then the next day, which was way too hot and humid to actually be outside, we went for a drive to see what we could see.

Everyone was enjoying the lily pads, including that adorable young buck there. We hung out riverside for a bit, the breeze just idling past us as we sat in the back of the Subaru until we just could not do it any longer. Look at my poor little guy! He shows heat immediately!

Afterwards we were feeling peckish so we pulled in to an A&W. Are these just a Michigan thing, or are they all over? It’s just a drive up restaurant, like you see in all those 1950s movies, where you eat in your car. Billy ordered a root beer float for us all to share which was the perfect idea on such a hot day.

We also had a sad moment Saturday morning. Our beautiful Betta, Moon, had passed away in the night. Wyatt was upset over this, as was I. I could not figure out why either, which was more troubling. We took a sample of our water in to the aquarium store we go to, which only deals with fish and they are very knowledgeable, and the nice lady who always helps us, Sam, checked our water parameters and said our water was perfect. I showed her a picture of our set up to make sure I didn’t have to many plants, and nope that wasn’t it either. So we talked about some different things, trying to brainstorm what happened to our poor Moon – is the filter too fast, creating a current? No. Anything obviously wrong, like discoloration of the fins, etc? Nope. Then we got to feeding. I only fed him 3-4 pellets once a day, with a fasting day, which is what you are supposed to do. However, I do feed the snail in there as well, and we came to the conclusion that he was snacking on Sunny’s food too, and Betta’s will eat themselves to death. We decided as well that since I do have so many plants that I don’t need to give Sunny a wafer to supplement his food. We did end up getting another fish for Wyatt, which he has named New Moon. This one is a female Betta, and has the shorter fins. She is very pretty, petite, and very zippy. As a mother I am obsessed with keeping this fish alive for my kid; I told my Dad, of all the pets we have Wyatt decides he most loves the two fish, who are the most fragile. I am happy he loves them though.

We also went to a good old-fashioned block party on Saturday! The next block down was having a block party, with the street closed off and everything, and one of the families who we talk to here and there invited us down. We didn’t stay super long since it was so humid and hot, but we did go and hang out for a bit. It was nice to chat with them more than just the hi here and there small talk. And Wyatt had a blast!!! They had a ramp for bikes and of course, Billy took Wyatt up and down it. And his face! He also tried to go up it by himself when were chatting which gave me a heart attack. That kid, I swear. Lol.

Overall, it has been a fun few days!

And here are just some random photos..

And I hope that whatever you all do today, that you do something that makes you smile!

16 thoughts on “Wednesday Morning Coffee Catch Up”

  4. I’m still waiting on that poem. Then I want you in all black, with the black beret, and you’re going to be sitting on a stool with one of those long cigarettes they had in the 20s and you’ll be reading your poem in a soft, deep tone. 😂😂

    Anyhooooo…. A business man around here opened a Stewart’s restaurant around here (from the rootbeer brand) and added the drive in feature like an A&W. It tanked, sadly, but it was a fun idea. I think the guy was just a bad business man. We had an a&w about a half an hour away when we lived at our old house but it was just one combined with a Long John Silvers.

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  5. Joanne's avatar Joanne

    There is one A&W that I know of in Rhode Island but I don’t think we’ve ever been there! It looks like such a lovely day by the river. We’re getting a break from the heat this week with 4 or 5 days of rain and cooler weather. I’m trying to be happy for the cooler weather and not mind the rain so much. That is a pretty new fish! I hope it lasts… my middle son had a fish tank forever and we struggled to keep our fish alive.

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    1. It was a nice day. We loved just watching the birds and looking for frogs. We didn’t spot any though. Maybe it was too hot. Whew that is a lot of rain! Are you getting some rain from the hurricane? At least everything will be nice and green afterwards.

      Oh my gosh I know. Fish are so hard! Lol. I think if we lose this one I am going to talk him into some small little schooling fish so there are always a few to make things easier maybe when one passes.

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  6. We also like to take drives when it’s just too hot to function (and it has been a lot this summer).

    Poor Moon! But New Moon is a very pretty little thing. And I had no idea bettas would eat themselves to death!

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  8. marsha57's avatar marsha57

    I don’t know…this may be too soon! My brother bought my oldest a 20 gallon fish tank for Christmas one year. We had all the stuff necessary for tropical fish, but I just had to clean it sometimes. One time, the water I filled it with was too hot (hey, they were tropical fish, right), and before I knew it, they were floating on their sides with their mouths gaping open and closed. I quickly put some ice cubes in, and they all recovered! Whew!

    I love the idea of a block party. I wish our little neighborhood would do that. The big neighborhood we left had little groups who would have something similar to a block party, but they never closed off the streets. I love seeing the photo of Wyatt on the ramp! He is going to love your new backyard!

    Emo Erin! Somehow, I have always thought you may have had that inside you!

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