The Big Reveal!

Brad's birthday went very well. I was successful in keeping him out of our garage unit all day yesterday. Big sigh! Just as I planned, upon returning from dinner I said I wanted to go by the garage to get some waters. We buy lots of household items in bulk storing them in our garage unit. So it was quite believable to want to stop by the garage to get more water bottles. As soon as the garage door went up it wasn't long before his eyes focused in on the brand new fish tank complete with a new stand that was occupying the exact middle point of the garage. Big reveal was a good success!

After the awe of it all wore off, his first question was, "How did you get this in here?" My response, "I lifted it." He quickly added, "There's no way...you must have got help." Nope, afraid not folks, I muscled that sucker in that garage and finished building the stand all by myself with 2 pint-sized pug onlookers.

Brad loves fish tanks. When we first started dating he had a 55 gallon tank and a 30 gallon tank. We still have the 30 gallon hexagon tank in the corner of our living room. But his dad now has the 55 gallon tank and has had for several years. The new tank is a bow front and a little larger than the current hexagon tank. I fell in love with the bow front design, adds more style in my opinion. So out with the old and in with the new. However, Brad doesn't want to get rid of the current tank completely. It will be relegated to the garage until we have a house and can display 2 fish tanks. Right now though displaying 2 fish tanks is a little much for our living room. Although the current hexagon tank could be moved to one of the bedrooms. We'll see.

One thing is for sure Brad has a fun project to get his new bow front fish tank up and going in the coming days. I hope he doesn't delay too much in changing out the tanks. I hope the new tank gets moved to the household before the end of the weekend. Brad likes to "build the anticipation" of new items. I like to get things out and start using the new item right away. He does things in his own time though. I respect that!