Operation Koi Pond

Wes has been adamant about building a koi pond. He tried to justify it by telling me koi eat mosquito larvae, and since I’m bitten every time I step off the porch, I agreed to the project. This week he began the dig with a real feel of 96 degrees. He and Evan worked all through the heat of the day, but they got the hole dug and the pond set in the ground by dinner time.

All of that sun exposure gave Wes a headache. He told me he knew he must be old because he could remember the days he was able to easily do hard labor in the heat while hungover and with only four hours of sleep. 

Tuesday Wes and Evan set the gravel, stones, and rock. I pulled weeds, and Keagan supervised from the second floor of the house while playing FIFA. By dinner time we had a pond with a working pump and filter. 

On Wednesday we added water plants. 

Upon further research we found the koi fish are too big for our pond, so today we added three goldfish. 

Now get to work on those larvae!!

Craft Space

It’s only three weeks overdue, but my craft room is done! It is exactly what I sketched on my graph paper back in January.

I’m sure you see the resemblance.

When Wes saw my well sketched designed, my meticulous measurements, and my pencil outlines on the wall of the craft room, he laughed. I told him I was confused. Doesn’t everyone draw, measure, and plan before a big job? Because he wasn’t able to “see” my vision, I had the carpenter draw it up for me. 

They look exactly alike, but he some how thought this pic made it all much clearer. 😂

I’m so thankful I had a carpenter who could follow my rough sketches and the lines drawn on the wall to give me this! 

Although I was hoping for a few snow days to keep me home, an anticipated quarantine in the next week will also do the trick. If you need me, I will be in here just scrapbooking away.  

Next job? The screened in porch! I can’t wait to sit outside bug and dog free!