RIP Rocky Road, i'm on a diet

Greetings all,

So how are all the New Year diets going??  I'm going along swimmingly.  Certainly no Rocky Road anymore.  Couple of hidden meanings in there, read on . . .
i'm eating grilled fish & salad for dinner . . .

 & not eating the delicious homemade pasta like the children (we made a huge batch for homemade lasagne for my father-in-law on Boxing Day & with the left over dough, we made fettuccine which we let dry, freeze & it was perfect!!) 

 We made yoghurt too, delicious, but only a little taste, i'm on a diet!!

 Rocky Road in our house is not a chocolate & marshmellow treat, she was a Siamese Fighting Fish.  Sadly during the night, she passed away, in her fish tank, alone.  Rocky Road was only with us for a month, RIP Rocky Road.  Do you like the blue pebbles from her fish tank, the 4 children even dressed in black for the funeral (FYI they don't own black clothes so they actually dressed in Halloween outfits making it look like a creepy pagan/ witchy/ black magic satanic ritual - use your imagination, photos were not taken, it was a funeral!!) 

 I'm not a fan of fish, i like useful animals like dogs, however, my evil sister bought our eldest a fish for Christmas (a male Siamese Fighting Fish named Omega) & my husband condoned the gift buy buying another one + a larger tank & accessories!!  He was the hero parent for a whole week.  Anyway, after reading Rocky Road's obituary in today's newspaper, i took my chance at being the favourite parent for the day & you guessed it, i took our daughter & bought a replacement fish.  It was going well until i called the pet shop the "Fish & Chip shop" about 3 times on the trip there.  Faux Pas??  Freudian Slip??  We did eat fish for dinner??
Moving right along . . . Meet Olive. 

 I was quite disturbed by my fishy behaviour, so i took our dog (useful animal) for a walk.  How disturbing is this . . . eeewww, another watery grave, this time for a teddy bear.  Why??

Be careful by the water people, it's dangerous, evil lurks. 
What's your best dead pet story??  I'm new to this small critical life & death fish challenge, we've only had 2 German Shepherds, the first lived happily for 11 wonderful years.  See, useful animals with longevity.  Love Posie