Christmas Eve morning, my ex showed up, with a cop, and took my daughter for a week.  I was terrified and panicking the whole week, but God kept her safe, and she's back home now.

We did have a nice Christmas, despite the fact that Grandma Douglas (my mil) fell and ended up spending half the day in the hospital, instead of at our house.  Praise God, nothing was broken.

On Friday after Christmas, Mosaic shed his skin in one perfect piece.  E and I examined it in great detail, and saw where his eyes and everything were.  Sadly, the next morning, Mosaic escaped his cage.  By Monday, we still hadn't found him, and since we'd had THREE Petco hermit crabs that died shortly after purchase, I took in one receipt and the lastest dead crab, Star.  I talked to the manager, who offered to refund for all 3 crabs.  One was a "plain" crab, only $2.99, and the other 2 were "fancies," which cost $6.99 each.  He refunded all 3 at $6.99.

I considered that money as money already spent, and put another $20 with it and surprised E with another corn snake.  Mosaic was brown and gold, but I didn't see any like that.  I only saw some that were candy-cane style, and gray and black.  The black & gray fascinated me, as the belly looked like piano keys!  However, this little tiny pink candy cane snake, with PINK EYES kept following me back and forth around the cage.  She stayed with me, back and forth, trying so hard to get my attention.  So, when someone came to get the snake out of the cage for me, even though I'd said all along I did NOT want one with pink eyes...yeah, well, NEVER SAY NEVER!  Little Ms. Bindi Sue (named after the famed Ms. Irwin) was a big surprise for E, and is SUCH a sweet, tame little thing!  It's hard to not fall in love with her!

We still were keeping our eyes open for Mosaic, and last night, I suspected one of our dogs had pottied in the house.  I sent K to check, and she yelled for me to come right away!  Both cats were in there, with a curled up SNAKE in between them!  Mosaic is home!  He's so much bigger than Bindi Sue, we've had to put him in a different cage, just to be on the safe side.  Now, to go find another TIGHT FITTING cover to put on the empty aquarium, which is about to become yet another herpitat!

PS.  YES, Mosaic was VERY hungry when we found him!