All’s well
The electrician came this evening to check out the house. The plug was fried, which is what caused the little “fire”. The rest of the plugs in the upstairs were fine, I had the guy check them all. So, hopefully that will be our only problem.
The owner got to see the pond and she actually was suprised…that is was small. She had thought that I was going to dig up her back yard. I will have to have a proper outlet run for the pond but for now I have it run through a circuit dedicated to the garage, and the pond is in the driveway.
I thought that taking the pond out of the garden would be difficult, but it was actually pretty easy. Once I got the water into the 55 gallon plastic tote, I was able to catch the big fish (the Mama’s), they were put into the tote, and the papa’s were given to my neighbor. Then I had to look for the little ones. They tend to be difficult to see, as they are almost all black. There was one little one that waited till the very end to get caught.
Getting ready for the ride to the house was kind of interesting. A smaller 22 gallon tote that I used for the lily pad, and for things like the pump, seemed fine. But when we lifted the tote into the van, Eldest noticed that there was a crack in one of the bottom corners. I had to get the water out of the van…and quickly. After all that excitement, we finally got to the house, put the pond in the driveway, filled with water, and fish back in. I was even able to get a frog…a little frog, but a frog just the same.
Tomorrow, I will shuttle more boxes over, same on Thursday. Friday, I move some Eldests bed Saturday I bring the cats over in the morning, and set them up in Eldests room. About noon, we will be moving furnature…I dont know if I will have a whole lot of time between now and then, but I will try to post if I have a minute or two.
