The pond dig has begun!

[j.w]

W/all your tweaking and trial and error you will get it just right for your pond to run the way it should to keep some open water eventually CE. Hoping it works for you this year. If Colleen can do it then you can do it too.
Glad you are so happy and enjoying life so much.

 

[callingcolleen1]

I am at 16 Fahrenheit and CE you are at 29 Fahrenheit. I still have not plugged in the pond heater just yet, and it is close to midnight. I was outside and everything is running well and not too much ice, just thin ice right now on the bottom pond and next to no ice on the upper top or middle pond. Debating plugging in the heater tonight, not needed cause it should start warming up tomorrow.

Little Rio is running like crazy all threw the house, Poppy and Bear were tired and ran from that big bad black mouse!
The Tree is up and the ornaments were hung with care. and I am hoping that bad Rio won't see them hanging there!
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[callingcolleen1]

Should have plugged heater in pond last night cause their is thin ice on top ponds now. Got heater on now so it should melt fast.

 

[CountryEscape]

No ice on either ponds here yet. Been in the 40's F during the days, though, so no worries yet. It can get down to the 20's at night, as long as it gets up to 30's during the day and sunshine. Sun actually came out all day today! Wow that sure makes a difference on heat in the house. I hope the curtains on the south and west exposures when I leave in the morning on a sunny day, and heat barely runs. Sometimes house is several degrees warmer than I have thermostat set!

 

[callingcolleen1]

Nice weather here so ice is all gone here too

Have A Very Merry Christmas CE!!

 

[j.w]

Was nice here today too and I spent it outside clipping off dead stuff on plants.

 

[CountryEscape]

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! My daughter and SIL were here from UT from last week Wed until yesterday. WONDERFUL time was had by all! My son and his GF were here from Indiana the same time period,. so the kids all had a great time together, and they shared time with their dad and me and their grandparents in the area, too. I had a house full with Joe and his 3 girls and their families here for Christmas Eve. What fun!
Back to work yesterday, and only get off on Jan. 1, but that's ok. Boss has been off since last Tues., (I was also off last week Wed-Fri for Christmas), and she won't be back until Monday, so I'm playing catch up and doing a great job of it!!!
Oh, not sure I announced this or not, but my daughter is pregnant, and due in May! She announced this past weekend that the sonogram they had last week says it's 95% sure it's a girl, too! She was certain it was a boy, so that took a few days to get used to, but now she is super excited about a girl, and her husband is ecstatic! She has the name picked out and everything, but has not told anyone, not even her husband! LOL He says he won't sign the birth certificate if he doesn't like it, but she tells him she is positive he will love it. It's funny how they worry about someone else that is also pregnant same time frame "stealing" the name. I never thought about that at all! Kids these days worry about that. Anyhow, I have a new SIL as of July, and now going to have my first grandchild in May, 2015! My son has been dating since beginning of this year, and I really expect him to get engaged soon, too. He's not the type to do that for Christmas, so that didn't surprise me at all. He will pick a special time and place to propose. I love her to death, and am soooo lucky to love my kids' spouse/GF. It's like they were hand picked, someone I definitely would have picked for each of them. How great is that?!

 

[j.w]

on a new grandbaby @CountryEscape

 

[addy1]

Woo Hoo! Fantastic CE!

 

[sissy]

Great news CE .I am just hoping this New Year will be better than last year .

 

[callingcolleen1]

PEARL PEARL IT'S A GIRL!! And Her Hubbys going to spoil her!!

Lots of excitment and celebrations in the New Year CE! Get busy knitting and make some pink booties Grandma! !!

 

[CountryEscape]

Thanks everyone. Actually, I would love to crochet her a blanket, but my daughter has told others to NOT make her a quilt, because it appears that's the "thing" in UT, everyone makes a new baby a quilt! She said she has 3 or 4 already, and another that many that people have told her they are working on. A lightweight afghan would be nice, though ... pretty sure I will HAVE to make one for her still!

 

[CountryEscape]

Here is a short video of my ponds today, January 1, 2015! Lots of open water, thanks to having both bogs running, plus the stream. The other open water in the second pond (the koi pond) on the left side is the skimmer water line I unhooked from the bog, and just put a pot on top of it so it would not float to the surface, just to keep water moving. Probably will unhook that, though. So far, so good! It got down to 8 degrees yesterday morning, and my pump out by the barn froze (I stupidly forgot to plug in the heat lamps UGH!!!), but was thawed by evening, and no cracked pump. Woohoo!!!

 

[j.w]

@CountryEscape the video says it is private. Glad you didn't get a cracked pump and glad you have open water.

 

[callingcolleen1]

You have to change the settings from Private to public on UTube. Can't wait to see your video CE!!!