It's been a while since we had our deep well put in, and I thought I'd update a bit. The well is great, so far as working and maintenance goes. On our shallow well, we had to run a brooder/heat lamp to the well house and wrap it in a tarp to keep the switch from freezing in winter. Not so with a deep well, it's all underground. No frozen well this year, and it's been cold! So that's good. On the not so good side, the water is rusty. Like, leaves a dusty film of it on the tub, sometimes dishes from the dishwasher, and it is yellow from rust. With the shallow well, we had sand. Now, we have rust. We think it might be the water heater, caused by all the sand before. We don't have $400 to replace it right now. Dh wants to get in there and drain it and see if that helps. It heats fine. So, we have water delivered for a dispenser from Crystal Springs. It's great water. We cook and drink it, and only bathe and wash clothes and dishes with the tap water. Like I said, straight into a glass and it is yellow. Turns the inner dishwasher and my washer yellow/orange. So far no yellowing of whites, but we don't have many of those. Other news, I've laid about 75% of the weed fabric down around the front and entry side of the house, in prep for a pine straw delivery next month, hopefully. I'll finish it once I'm sure the ant bed at one corner is truly dead. lol After that, I want to get some hardy plants for the border, and some bright red azaleas for our yard edges. Perhaps some pink pampas grass for the drive, DH hates that stuff, and some red flowering trees....cant think of the name right now. Prob won't happen all at once, but I hope to make a start. My porch is covered with pollen. Sigh. As we are not entertaining, I ignore it. Fortunately, none of us have allergies. The pond area is filling with growing pine trees, and it is making me nuts. I wanted to get out in the winter and chop them down, but Dh is often under the weather. We need to win the lottery!

Bonus dig!

Apparently, the backhoe guy likes to play in the dirt, lol. Good for us, bc while he was out here for the well, he offered to cover up the ugly hole that the prev owners had used as a burn pit.

It was about 2-3 feet deep, and about 15 feet across, so pretty big. Filled with plastics!, shingles!, old stumps, a side table, and more crap. Also, 2 pine trees had begun growing at the edge of it. We don't want them that close to the house due to hurricanes and storms.

So we eagerly said yes to covering it over.  First, he dug a deeper hole, then pulled all the mess into it, then covered it over with left over dirt from....somewhere. The well? Back of the property? Not sure, I wasn't out there during that time. At any rate, its nice and smooth now. Just raw, sandy, dirt. Given a few rains, the grass will begin covering it and you soon won't know it was even there.

We used it as a burn pit once, but it was so wide it easily got out of hand, and once we realized that there was plastics in it, we doused it quickly. Burying might not be the best answer either, but given Dh's health, it was the best we could manage.

It was an eyesore when you pulled into the yard, between the house and shop, and made the place look junky. So much better now! Best of all, no cost!! Double win!!

Today, Dh will work on the pipe layout to the house, though he'll have to get a ditch witch to dig the trench. It's around 80+ feet to the house.

Next up? Getting a new power pole and box to run electricity to the shop, and move the old pole out of the way (also ugly and in the way).  Stay tuned, it's the year some things actually happen around here!

Down, down, down

Finally, we are getting a well.

A deep well, that is. Our shallow well, which has been here over 12 years, we reckon, is spitting sand, and has been a while. A shallow bath shows nothing, fill the tub for our 11 year old a bubble bath and the bottom has a ring of sand.

Dishes in the dishwasher come out gritty. We've switched to paper plates and cups to limit what needs rinsing after a wash. In the same sandy water, but a good wipe down with a cloth gets it off.

We now have Crystal Springs water delivery, and love the quality. However, we are hoping the new deep well will eliminate that need. Even before the sand issue, the shallow well smelled of sulfur, and we never drank it nor cooked with it.
Now it only smells after a good hard rain, but still. Ugh.

The well guys showed up today, while we were in Savannah. Not sure how deep they went today, they were gone when we got back at 5. There's grey watery mud around, and a long L shaped trench with it at the bottom they dug. I dont know why.

They'll be back in the morning to hopefully finish. I'm so happy. We've been officially on the list for 4 months now!

After this, we want to see about a hand pump to go on the shallow well, for when the power goes out. Neat, huh? It would be sandy water, but better than pond water, I figure. We'll see how it all turns out. :D

Appraisal

Just had our home/land reassessed for a refinance, and it appraised for $119,000!
This is a place that sold for $55,000 4 years ago. We are most pleased, as you can imagine.

Don't overlook bank foreclosures, mobile homes, and other 'forgotten/unacceptable' places
to find your next home. You might be surprised what you truly get, with a bit of work and time.

Canyon Brown, for the win!

We got it done!

The porch is painted (well, the main posts) and the floor stained.
We went with Canyon Brown by Valspar, in the semi transparent shade.

However, b/c of differences in computer 'recipes' at the store, the color varies
according to which computer you pull the 'recipe' from! Ours is a rich, deep,
brown, but when we needed a second gallon for our 16x12 porch floor, the
worker at Lowes (diff lady) pulled from another computer, and that batch was
a nasty rusty orange color. More orange than anything, with no brown to be seen.

I did not know this til Dh came by work to show me, he thought it was diff (he has
some color blind issues, and glaucoma), and it was awful. No way were we putting
that on the porch. Thankfully, Dh just poured some out into a tray and saw the diff.

We had to take it back, and wait for the first lady to mix it when she came in the
next day, but she got it right. The porch looks great, and if I could share pics here,
I would. They are up on my FB feed.

The little bit of red that was in the tray wound up being a happy accident. I used it
to stain the metal sheet of 'stone' that faces the porch under our picture window. You
can maybe see it in pics of our house earlier in this blog. The sheet was faded to pale
pink, and gave a shabby, worn air to the porch. So I dabbed on some of the rusty
orange here and there, then went over it with watered down Canyon Brown.

It honestly looks more like the dark brick than any stone color, but the blocking on
the metal sheet is def stone shaped, lol. Nonetheless, it is SO much better, and I"m
quite pleased with it, and myself, lol.

We removed one rocker b/c of a broken runner, and rearranged the seating and
grilling areas. We added a deep navy blue loveseat in wicker, and I repainted the
tables either white or 2 diff shades of blue, as blue/white are my porch colors.

So cozy, and welcoming! Around $200 (this includes the $60 loveseat and a cushion),
and we have a whole new 'room' in the house. Well, out of the house, but still!

Well worth it.

2019 Update

We have added a small deck off the back/side door, which greatly helps with grocery unloading and just general going in and getting out. A 4x4 stoop isn't enough. It's actually two sets of mobile home steps side by side next to the existing deck, with the center arm rails removed. Makes it 4x12, or 10, I haven't measured it. Sounds weird, but it works until we can afford a 'true' deck. You do what you have to. I've painted it white to match the front porch, so we'll call that a day.

Our porch has begun to leak. Or rather, it has leaked for a few months now. So tomorrow, a gentleman is coming to fix or patch that area. It's the porch roof, and not the house, so not a panic inducing thing. Still, we want to get it done before it becomes unfixable, and way more costly. The price was very reasonable. Let's pray he does a good job.

The pond area? Well.....
It hasn't been cut in over a year. Year and a half, actually. Dh got really sick, the lawnmower needed repair, ect. We may have it bush hogged as fall moves in and the grass stops growing, then maintain it from here on out next year. That's the plan, anyway.

I want to retouch the front porch with white in the next few weeks. The past year or so was very wet here, and there are mildew patches all over. Yuck. I also want, still, to stain the floor. Prob a deep walnut to hide the existing stains. Ds's 11th birthday is in a month, so I need to get busy!

An end of year update

Not much to tell, honestly.

We have torn the side steps off, and replaced the hole behind them with a panel of lattice, to match the rest of the porch skirting. The rest of the porch needs painting badly. It's not peeling, but rather turning green b/c of the tremendously wet summer we had. Ugh, I dread having to paint each spindle. lol

The porch floor will likely be painted, or stained, come spring. We need to finalize the color choice.
We want to replace the band of 'stone' under the main window, but I'm not sure if we can buy just one panel of that. Have to see, I guess. Another spring project.

We did have the yard cut the week before the boy's birthday, back in Sept, and it's looking fine. We've wrapped the pumphouse in a tarp, and have the brooder light turned on during freezing nights, which have only been once. Not overly attractive, but until or if there is money to build a nicer cover, this has to suffice.  It's currently in the 60's and wont drop any further tonight. It is rainy, however.

The pond area will need bush hogging in the spring, before we can get back there with a standard mower. The blades on our mower will need changed before we use it, too. So much to do! We have 2 piles of debris to burn. Plan is to get to those one cold night or two. That way, by spring, the grass will come back and cover the burnt scar.

We want to landscape around the house some way. Rock is my choice, but money is an issue. Might have to go with pine straw to start. We need to replace several panels of skirting that have holes from weedeaters, or were never the right length when the former owners put them up. Again, so much to do!

Right now, we are cozy and dry, with full tummies (taco spaghetti!), and watching Jim Carrey in The Grinch. Ds has never seen this one. Not my fave, but as he and I are both sick, it's a comfort and keeps him calm and quiet. And, I can visit here!

So, aside from the side steps, no real projects have been done. No money, and Dh's health is such that he just can't do much at this time. Please, God, send a kidney!

But, we have the winter to plan and dream of small things we can do next year. Paint is inexpensive, or can be. I can do the painting, we can burn the debris together, we'll see how landscaping works out. It's a plan, and it's usually fun to have one of those, even if you go off on a tangent!

Merry Christmas!

What to do when the hired help takes a hike

Or things we need to do around Little Pond.

Of course we don't really have hired help. Haha, that would be funny. If we did have the money for hired help, it would not go to pay hired help, but other needed things. No, around here, if it needs doing we do it ourselves. Eventually. Maybe. Er…

Dh has been in charge of grass cutting for most of our marriage (nearly 20 years now), but I will occasionally take a turn while he takes a break. Now, with his kidney disease progressing, this chore will now be mine. He just cannot take the beating the vibration of the mower gives his kidneys. Last time, he missed a day of work due to the pain.

So on Saturday, I mounted up and did the deed. Sounds risqué, but was much less exciting. He had to help me figure out all the workings of our new to me mower, but then I was off and mowing. He did take up part of it for the weedy back yard (has to keep his man card somehow, I guess; arguing is futile).

Killing weeds? I bought a container of weed spray, with a nifty battery operated spayer, and Dh was going to do that while I mowed. But he could not get it to spray. Couple days later, we both tried again, but while the 'motor' in the sprayer handle would work, no spray came out. So I took the lid off it and just poured the killer where we needed it. Except...two days later, and the weeds aren't dead. Not even wilted. What the world???? So that's a bust, for now.

The weeds around the front steps were handled by tipping the steps to one side and then the other, and mowing while they were down. More labor intensive, but it gets the job done. Can't do that at the back door, though.

The pond area. It needs mowing badly, haven't been touched since early spring. It's on the list for next time. We don't even go feed the fish b/c it's so 'snakey' back there.

Porch staining. Has yet to happen. Dh is not able to help move furniture (causes pain later), and I just don't  have the gumption to do it myself in the heat. Maybe in fall, before ds's birthday.

All this bothers me, in a back of the mind kind of way. But there's little to be done about it, so we live with it. It's life for us right now. I tell myself, one thing at a time, and, it's good to have goals. :)

Still, we love it here. Continue to see rabbits nearly daily, which thrills the boy. The heat has abated some, and it's nice around 7pm. We sit on the porch sometimes, taking it all in. God is good, all the time.

Brer Fox!!

Today was such a neat time here at Little Pond.

Being rather secluded on our 6 acres (we have one neighbor beside us, and one waaaay in the back, and more moving in on the other side, but it's really wooded here), we've seen rabbits, opposums, deer, birds, and at least one fox.

We knew there was some kind of den on the high bank at the pond, in a dry scooped out side piece, and Dh's cousin affirmed that he believed it was a fox den. As foxes are great mouser/ratters, we were glad to have them.

I tossed out some red apples the other day, and within an hour most of them were either gone, or eaten to the core. This was in the front yard, closer to the woods. Today, I tossed out some yellow squash and old cucumbers in the back yard, which is larger and more open. After an hour, I glanced out the window and saw our resident rabbit, Pete (as Drake calls him, I suppose it was the same one) nibbling grass and eyeing the veggies from a distance.

Then, a bit later, Dh calls me over quickly. A larger, furry animal, that I first thought was a coyote, came from the woods *on the same side as the rabbit* and passed *within 50 feet of it* and went to the veggies. It did not notice, or else ignored, the rabbit. The rabbit froze in place, of course. The fox sniffed around each squash a time or two, then chose the biggest one, grasped it firmly in its jaws, and trotted to the other side of the yard, down the back driveway, and down to the pond.

Foxes DO eat veggies, and it may have a little down at the den. It might have been going to feed the squash to its babies. The rabbit remained frozen a few moments more, then again began to nibble grass. I didn't see it go the veggies, as it was getting too dark to see by then. But what a neat experience!


Life at Little Pond is full of these small, beautiful, moments, and we are grateful.

On Frozen Pond

NOTE: I've been trying to share this post for weeks, but the pics would not download.
At any rate, they did this time. Enjoy our SE Ga snowfall, the first in 29 years!

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Well, the pond didn't actually freeze, but the basin sure did!

Here in SE Georgia, we got the first real snow in 29 years, and it was glorious!
Okay, waking up to no water b/c the well pump switch froze (on two days) wasn't
fun, but we've insulated and heated the pump house, so we're good to go on that.

The snow was gorgeous! Hopefully, I'll be able to load some pics of the house under a
blanket of snow, soon. We all enjoyed playing in it, trying to make a snowman *pitiful,
and having snowball fights, followed by hot chocolate and smore's.

Our pond area became magical. I wish you could have seen it in person. We were enchanted!
We rode around it twice, and walked down in the basin once. So lovely, and the
sound of crunching snow is one of my favorites. It was a really big deal for all
of us in Ga and Fl, and we thoroughly enjoyed it!

I'm putting in my order for more, and I hope it won't be another 29 years before
it gets filled (though we could do without the icy roads, lol). Happy Winter, y'all!

Above, you can see the snow coming down!

The pines were lovely under their dusting of snow.

The sun, trying to peek out.

Hope you enjoyed!

Irma Aftermath

Or, the not so little pond.

So  much rain here in SE Ga, that it's spilled out of its banks, and into the two adjacent hollows.
These are two separate spots that were dug, we believe, at the beginning of the pond making, but never completed. One is about 3 feet deep and never holds water (it is now), and the other is around 5 feet, and keeps water even in summer to about 1' depth (the water table, we think).

Now? they are all connected! We might need to net the fish that 'migrate' once the water goes down, to relocate them to the main pond. Enjoy your vaca while it lasts, fishies!!

That area of water in the back is the real pond, only it's now a lot wider. This in the front is a dug out depression that will hold water some of the year, but never this much!

Be sure to read my other post for an update on life at LittlePond!

Finally Fall

And I am loving it!
Southeast Ga doesn't really get 4 seasons. More like 3, maybe. lol

Days will climb to the 80's even in November down here, though the nights
get cool and require heat and plenty of blankets. Anyway, slowly but surely,
we are seeing the leaves change and the weather become cooler.

The last hurricane left us with an overflowing pond (no pics, sorry) that is
STILL over full. In the year we've lived here, the small fingerling fish have
become bigger, but we have yet to see evidence of grown fish. We speculate
that a turtle is eating them before they make it to adulthood.

We're considering having a cousin try to fish it out, if it's there. Dh's health
doesn't permit him to do much other than go to work and rest (so he can keep
going to work). He has PKD, and is on the Mayo transplant list at Jacksonville.
See Untangling the Skein at blogspot for that.

On our fish feeding journey the other day, we were emphasizing again to Drake,
who is now 9, to always, always, always watch where you step, even later in the
day/evening. Sure enough, on the way back to the house, he gasped and stuttered
 and finally managed to say "Snake!".

It was a ground rattler, about 14 inches long, just lying in the path, stretched out.
It never coiled up, or tried to slither away, but played dead, as they sometimes will.
We stepped waaaay around it and called for Cousin Donnie, who was on our property
at the time looking for snakes (he sells them, got $60 for one).

He came, held it down with a boot, and lopped off its head with a knife. No rattles, but
the customary yellow tail. Thought at first it was a copperhead because of that, but
the pattern was all rattler. Drake got to see the fangs on the tiny head, and even
touched the body of the snake. Great learning moment!

Donnie did not find any other snakes here, in 3 days of searching. Go figure!

Last night, we came in from a late soccer game and supper to see a gray fox trotting
away from the back door area, where I had tossed some leftover pizza. There is a cat
we've seen that I thought might come and eat it, but it was a fox last night. It had the
bushiest tail!

We see lots of wildlife here, and love every bit of it.
Deer, fish, turtles, rabbits, and foxes, we've got it all! (well, no turkey's so far, but I'm hoping)

Happy Fall, Y'all!

I can see clearly now....

The forest is gone.
Sigh, the land next to us sold. At least, the bit right next to our house did.
It was all woods, with no neighbors to be had for a mile. Now, they've cleared it,
and are waiting on the piled up brush to dry before moving in their home. At
least, I think it will be a mobile home. They could build, I'm not sure. We have yet
to meet them. Sure hope and pray they are nice and quiet!

View from our front porch, where forest used to be. There goes the privacy!

In other news, I might see clearly (the lot next door), but I'm speaking with bugs in my mouth. And hair, and all over my car, porch, and everywhere else. Why? It's love bug season! I'll be glad when these jokers are gone. What a mess.

You can read about them here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovebug

This is two of them, mating. They fly around like this, connected, and get everywhere. Go outside, and you are swiping and waving like mad to keep them off you. They don't bite, but are just aggravating. At least the love bug season is short. Yay.

Hope you're all doing well!

A kidney for Tony

Hi all,

I think I've mentioned, either here or at my other blog (untangling the skein), about my husband's PKD. That's polycystic kidney disease, and he's in stage 4. He is also on the transplant list at Mayo Jacksonville.

We are humbly asking for help with anticipated expenses. Meds (initial, they won't let him leave the hospital without $1000 worth of them, not covered by insurance), lodging and food for me while he's in Jax (we must stay 30 days after surgery to be close to his doctors), and home expenses until he's able to return to work. 

I've estimated these to be around $7000. A scary prospect, and more than a little overwhelming.
Would you prayerfully consider donating? We appreciate it, and to God be all the glory!

www.gofundme.com/kidneyfortony

Summer, flying by

Where have I been? Spinning and spinning, seems like.
This summer has been full of fun and family, and lots of going to get it all done.
Here's a small pictoral of our days:

Hanging out in the late evening at Lake Grace (highlight: seeing the Canada geese fly over, complete with honking)

We've been spending time at Lake Grace because...CANOE!! Meet Red Feather, our Old Town Saranac 146. We love her, and have already had several adventures. This is another view of that same island above, btw.

Lake Grace from the pavilion/bathhouse side. You can again see the island in the background.

Swim lessons! He didn't really 'get' it, b/c he didn't want her let go of him. Soooo...he still can't swim, or float, or dog paddle, sigh. More lessons are in order. Still, he had a good time.

Giant grasshopper! The pic does not show how big this thing was. Very impressive.

Our Red Feather, all dressed up for the GORRR. You can see more folks in the background, and a few of the actual rafts already in the water.

Game night! Drake loves a good board game, esp when he wins. ESP when he wins against daddy, lol!

Great Oconee River Raft Run 2017

A 4.5 mile paddle from Dublin, Ga. If you look closely above, you can just see the next group of paddlers ahead of us. There are more behind, too.

One side of the landing, before the race. This is not nearly as many as were there. Yes, those girls pedaled that boat the whole way! Paddling ain't got nothing on that!

There are more pics, but that gives you an idea of our days. Hope you're having a great summer!

Easter at Little Pond

A Bunny-ful table, and more!

We hosted this years Easter Egg Hunt/Party and it was a success. Lots of food (hamburgers, hotdogs, chips/dip, potato salad, baked beans, and more desserts than you can shake a stick at!), a giant water slide, trampoline and an egg hunt with 240 eggs for 3 kids to find!

Our front porch was the hangout du jour, with the slide and trampoline right next to it for easy kid watching. I'll be posting pics of it next time, so stay tuned!

Happy Easter. He is Risen, He is Risen, Indeed!!

Edible Centerpiece Idea

Have your centerpiece and eat it, too!
This is too neat, and I have just the placemats (farmers market themed) to do this with.

https://thepaintedapron.com/2017/03/16/tablescapes-have-your-centerpiece-eat-it-too/


Pic copyright to The Painted Apron

Yes, all that is REAL food. Well, minus the dishes, of course, lol.

Tablescape Thursday!

Sounds better to do this on a Tuesday, but I'm a hopeless procrastinator. Heehee!

This red getup will be a good summer table. I don't do the whole dishes-stemware-flatware thing. I don't have enough of my 'good' china (white) for six settings, and since it's only me, dh and the boy, I keep it simple.

Also, we not only eat at this table, we homeschool, play games, do crafts and more, so it has to be readily accessible. You can see that I only have 4 of the patterned placemats, so I finish the ends with round, woven ones in a complimenting color. Sometimes, you just can't find 6 or 8 of a set you really like (at a good price), so you make do with what you have.

Now here is my purple cloth, with the pink plaid placemats. We'll see these mats in another setting below. This was a very simple table. I only folded the napkins into a diamond, no ring. Also no flowers at this point, either, or a candle in the hurricane.

As promised, here are the same placemats, paired with a pink tablecloth. Ignore the wrinkles, I ain't ironing that 72x120 monster! I figure they'll fall out with use. For a big dinner with family, I'd have it steamed and pressed, but this is everyday life, y'all.

About those mats. They are a loose weave, with the strings tied on the ends. When I got them, they were fluffy, but musty from storage. So, I washed them. Ugh. Twisted them all out of shape, loosened the strings, and shrunk them all!! I had to hand shape them back to the correct size and iron the dickens out of them to get the wrinkles out. Now they are flat as paper, lol. I won't buy another set of this kind again b/c of this, and I dread having to wash them. Still, they are pretty and go with lots of color combinations.

Here's a closer look at the plaid, and the strings. Please to be ignoring the tag still on the flowers, I cut it off right after. For reference, the cloths and napkins all come from tableclothsfactory.com, the placemats are Ebay and Amazon finds, the rings are mostly Ebay. The vases (green) are from a local thrift store, the clear hurricane is a Home Interiors buy from years ago, and the flowers from Dollar Tree.

And that's a couple of my tables, a glimpse at my new hobby. Happy Friday, and weekend!

Doings at the Pond

How is it nearly three months into this new year already?? Time really does fly, as they say.

Yesterday, MIL had knee replacement surgery, in a small town hospital an hour from our hometown. The doctors and nurses were great, but wow it took forever to get her to the OR once prepped! Still, she came through fine and is resting well. I'll go back and pick her up Wednesday, if she's ready.

The boy stayed with my sister, for the first time ever. Yes, he's 8. Sad, but true. God worked it all out so that MIL's surgery was on a school holiday, so the boy got to play with his 6yr old cousin, who stayed with my sister/his granny. Our boy had a good time, but was ready to come home!

We still, STILL, have to get the tiles glued. They are being held by tape at the moment. The back faucet/outside needs work to find out why it won't work. We need to replace the rockers on two of the porch chairs (one runner each). We have a swing, made from pallets, that needs sanding, painting, and hanging. We want to paint and stain the porch. Maybe build a bigger side entry deck.
Yardwise, I want to set up the firepit area. Brick around the tub, lay gravel, and trim with landscape timbers. A set of Adirondack chairs (with a regular height chair for MIL) will finish this space.

Will we ever get it done? Sure, in time. That's the beauty of home ownership-there's always something to do, fix, or add on! God willing, we'll be here many happy years to see these plans and more to completion. In the meantime, we are loving Life on Little Pond!

Happy February!

Where have I been???

Wow, time has really gotten away from here at Little Pond!

Life continues on apace, as they say. We had a good T'giving and Christmas (though
only 6 people of 15 came, for various reasons). I had a total of 4 trees up, one of them
real (the main tree). Lots of work, but def worth it.

Now winter has settled in (kind of , we have 70 and even 80 degree days in January
here in SE Georgia), and things are pretty routine. Today, the sun is bright and the
breeze is high. My chimes are singing almost nonstop as I write this! I highly recommend
a set of the large barrel chimes. The sound is so rich and carries so well.

Dh didn't get a deer this year. Juice, the neighbor's dog that has adopted our house as his
own, always showed up and ran them off before they came from the woods. Dh is not
pleased. NOT pleased. lol

The boy has decided he'll try this hunting thing, so they spent a few times out back sitting
in the small blind and learning to be quiet and other hunting lore. He wasn't too impressed
with the cold, however. :)

MIL bought him a trampoline for Christmas, and hopefully next weekend, Dh will have
time to work on getting it put up. We've finished reglueing the tiles in the kitchen and bath,
hung a few more pieces of art, and restained some old furniture and moved it into the house.

I love to spend Tuesdays at our local thrift shop, for Home Décor Day, and Fridays, for Kitchen
days. Half off the one, and .25 for the other! I've fallen into table setting and love it. Simple,
just a cloth, placemats, napkins and rings, and a centerpiece, but it really cheers up a home!
I have around 12 sets of placemats and 6 different colored cloths.  It's become my hobby, and
I find great sales at thrift stores and even Ebay to round out my stash.

And that's my life at Little Pond. Simple, easy days, enjoying this life we've been graced with.
I hope your life is as blessed.