Welcome to the Zoo!

We've always intended to keep updating the other website we had, but it was not very easy site to work with. This one is much easier, so we should be able to keep it updated much more often. And, since it's easier, Trinity will be able to do it too. So, welcome to our new and improved website: The Honse Zoo!

Trinity and I are back in school for the year. I am almost done, with just one more semester after this. I can't want to finish school for a while (or maybe for good!). Trinity still has some time to go, so we're not looking at moving anytime in the near future. We have really settled in here in Atlanta, and have many good friends and a wonderful church. But who knows where we'll end up when Trinity gets done with school.

We have also had a few new additions to the Zoo recently. You all already know Twister and Frances. Well, our first additions to the Zoo were two fish, named "the guys." Some neighbors here in the apartments moved back to Lawrence, KS where they were from originally, and they were afraid that the 6 year old goldfish might not make it. So, we took them in, and we promised Ashlee (our former neighbor) that we would not name them. She believes that naming fish is an omen on them, and that they owe their long life to the fact that they never recieved individual names. A little wierd perhaps, but we have promised to honor her wishes ;)

Then, a good bit later, we got the idea to get birds. Actually, I got the idea, and Trinity wasn't too fond of it. A friend of ours has a really cool bird who can do some tricks and knows all kinds of words. I thought that was pretty cool and wanted one since we met their bird. Well, Trinity didn't think it would work out too well with Frances in the same house, but I did some research and many people said they could in fact live happily together. So, we went to the pet store and came home with two Parakeets, which we named John and Yoko. They haven't learned any words yet, and they will only sit on my hand if I have food, but they're working on their people skills.

We thought that this would be the end to our Zoo additions, but then the very next weekend a friend called with an animal emergency. We went over and she had found a kitten who had some pretty bad injuries. We coaxed him out of his hiding place in the back yard and took him to the vet. He had severe burns on all four of his paws, and was not able to walk for the first few weeks we had him. The vet had a few theories as to what could have injured him, but we will never know. We gave him some intensive care for a few weeks and he is as good as new now. We had not intended to keep him, but after all the hard work taking care of him, we couldn't part with him, so we named him Grant (because we found him in a neighborhood called Grant Park).

That sums up the residential additions to the Zoo, but we also have many other visitors as well. Allison and Wes from church got a Great Dane puppy named Ella. She is about to outgrow Twister! Kevin (also from church) also got a puppy named Memphis, and he looks just like Twister. We also saved an abandoned baby squirrel a couple weeks ago. Trinity found it on the sidewalk almost dead and just couldn't bear to leave it there. She brought it in and got online to see if there was anything we could do. Little did we know there is like a whole wildlife emergency underground network! Trinity took the squirrel to a woman who specializes in baby squirrels of all things, and she had like 10 others that she was taking care of!

Well, I guess that's enough update for now. Please check back often to see what's going on with us. Also, what's cool about this site is that you can make comments on our posts! See just below these words and click on the word comment. So, we'll make a deal with you: if you want us to update it often, then you all have to make comments! It's only fun if we know you're checking it out. No comments, and no updates. Does that sound like a plan? Alright, let the commenting begin!