THE BEGINNING

I am starting a Koi Pond in my backyard!
I meant to take photos before I started digging but I got waaay too excited and forgot all about it. My first design looked nothing like this. I was going to have an 8 by 12 rectangle built up 2 feet above ground and 3 feet below ground but my design changed completely.

I completed the hard part (digging) and now I am working on the waterfall. The basic idea is to create a wall and "marsh" area for the waterfall. The water will be pumped up from the bottom pond, and will filter through rocks/plants in the above marsh that you will see in future photos. The cinder blocks will be covered by rocks and it will look very natural. Stay tuned for more.

worst day ever

So, I had a pretty crappy week at work last week. A lot of stress and all i wanted to do was go out and do some fishing on Saturday with my friends. After waking up at 5am to get an early start on trout, I kind of had a weird feeling about the day. I met my friend Jeremy at Pine Creek and we did not catch one fish. We decided to go to Moraine State Park and fish on my boat. Well, after we picked up Jeremy's gear, my Yukon would not start (bad battery). So there was 90 dollars on a new battery. We start heading up to Moraine, hit a lot of traffic, but we made it. We met my buddy Jim from work and I still had this bad feeling. We drop my boat into the water.... I turn the key... engine does not start. At this moment... I am so mad. We can't fix the motor so we decide to fish at a pond because I just want to catch one stinkin fish.... well.... this video kinda sums up my frustration and how unsuccessful the day was...

http://vimeo.com/4301866

I can look back and laugh at it now but man.... what a horrible day.

Home!!!

front


side


back


driveway / private road


garage / boat


living room


dining room


guitar / office?


1st floor bathroom


stairway


We are still working on the upstairs bedrooms, kitchen, and basement.
I will post them as soon as we are finished!

1stPost - the crew

yo! this is matt! (the handsome fella about to destroy that cake)
i will be posting random things to this blog.

This first post is to introduce the smochkos.
1.) Matt (a.k.a. Smoch)
2.) Kelly (a.k.a. KelsBels)
3.) Niko (a.k.a. MegaMan)
4.) George and Charlie (a.k.a. ?)