Oh, Richard!

So, that's not Richard, but it's what Richard looks like. Richard is the most wonderful little fish a girl could ask for. He is the epitome of cool. He just swims around his bowl looking for a fight. He's a fighting fish after all. He loves to follow my finger and he'll watch me read or get ready for work from the back of his bowl. He loves to eat. Oh man, he swallows up his food almost faster than I can drop it into his bowl. Richard likes warm water, so at night he gets to sleep on a heating pad. I wake up every hour or two to make sure he's staying warm. He's really active at night. He just swims and swims and swims and seems completely content doing so. Anyway, there will be more Richard updates later.
So on my way into work this morning I was behind a Subaru. Now, I'm only mentioning the make of the car, because I completely and totally unfairly judge people who drive subarus and here's why : He had one of those little "Coexist" stickers on one side of his car and the ever more popular equality sticker. Then I pan over to the right side of his back window and there's a sticker that reads, "Save an elk, kill a land developer." Really, buddy? REALLY? Does he not understand the message(s) he's sending? The one I'm sure on the forefront of everybody's mind who has the displeasure of following this guy is, what an imbecile. Anyway, I don't get super uptight about most things, but when I see these people who drive around town with mobile soap boxes adhered to their car windows that tout such messages as "Coexist" and "=" then please do everybody a favor and practice what you so publicly preach. So, anyway, I ended up laughing the whole rest of the way to work, because I just found it funny. Well that and I kept imagining that he has a refrigerator full of elk meet and his father-in-law is probably a land developer. Don't you wish that you could sometimes crawl into other peoples' minds if even for a minute? I would totally choose to crawl into that guys' mind.
Alright, so since Richard has brought me so much joy in the last several days, I thought I'd include five additional things I'm grateful for and five additional items to my top five list. Here you go! Enjoy!

Ten Things I’m Grateful For –
1. My Father – He is the definition of Honorable
2. My Sister – She makes me laugh
3. My Brother – He understands
4. My Niece – She’s beautiful and pure and everything good
5. My friends – They are all so amazing and selfless
6. Old-fashioned, Handwritten Letters
7. Richard – He’s a good little fish
8. History – The best education you can obtain is to study the lives of those who came before you
9. Good Books - Are medicine for the soul
10. Conversation - The one tool in getting to know the true character of others

Top Ten Love Songs (I’m getting cheeseball on you with these)!
1. Something; The Beatles
2. I Fall to Pieces; Patsy Cline
3. I Walk the Line; Johnny Cash
4. Read My Mind; The Killers
5. How Sweet it Is; Marvin Gaye
6. Eternal Flame; The Bangles
7. Together; The Raconteurs
8. Crazy; Patsy Cline
9. The Long and Winding Road; The Beatles
10. O Valencia; The Decemberists
Honorable Mention : 1234; Feist & Dancin' in the Moonlight; Van Morrison

May you always recognize your blessings for what they are