WHY I PREFER FISH OVER DOGS:

The girls won some goldfish at the Fall Festival last week and somehow we have become a fish family. We have a big bowl with rocks and plants in it. The fish are so happy...the kids are happy... and so am I. I have never liked fish. They taste aweful and are quite slimy. However, I have discovered that, unlike dogs, they don't try to kill me.

Let me explain. Most of you know that I am deathly allergic to dogs, especially their saliva. I carry an epipen and try to avoid dogs at all costs. If my kids go out to play with our two dogs (Shiloh still needs a good home) they have to come in and strip down and shower. Yesterday we were breaking up some of the pool decking for an HOA project and I had to run to a homeowners house to get a key. Her dog jumped all over me and within minutes I was struggling to breathe. Fish don't do that to me. They just swim and eat and poop and never think about hurting me.

So this holiday season I give thanks to pet fish.