There is also a free-standing hammock. That way I wouldn't be tied down. I think the wooden chairs and table might not be weather-proof. I like stuff that can stay out all the time. Of course, squirrels like to eat hammocks. I would like to be able to host an imaginary barbecue and actually have seating for everyone, though. But when I was out the other night, with the love bugs and the flies- it didn't seem like such a great idea. Our house is just so small inside. Ok for two, but we don't even have a dining room table- I eat in my TV chair, and BF sits on the floor in front of the couch. Well, we _do_ have a table, but it is more like the mail/purse/cell phone charger/ keys/stuff from bike rides/flyers/magazines holder.

This all stems from a catalog with $400 approved credit...

If I had $400 at Lowe's or Home Depot, I'd be building a luxury tortoise pen instead!

I'm such a bad mother I made my daughter sleep on the couch rather than disturb Dill on his bed in the guest bedroom...He's just too fragile and set in his ways and inflexible.

She brought wild rice from Up North. Can't find it down here.

I love weekends when I don't have to be up at the crack of dawn either day.

Except I like to get up really early and drink several cups of Santa's White Christmas and read e-mail.

Time to take the torts out to graze.

I wonder what the neighbors think- there I am, sitting in the middle of five acres, drinking a glass of wine. The torts are too small to see. I do this every night.

Who cares.

I'm glad I live in the country.

I think I will go on a nice long ride from my house tomorrow while it is still cool.