thanks guys! Barry, yes I admit, I have become obsessed with ponds! This makes 2 or 3 depending on how you look at it. I have 2 preforms, but they are joined together..so is that considered 1 or 2? I don't know, lol. But they just werent enuf for me. Workout? LMFAO!!! Thats a good one! I'm too lazy. I just love to dig :) But, thank you :) I'm leavin the butt kickin comment alone, lol! SJN, I WISH I had some frogs and toads! I havent been able to get my butt down to the creek to get some. DH said the spot he knew of was too grown over now. Argh. Hey, the less clothing the better. Normally I am just in a bathing suit top and shorts. Last year that's how I dug all my beds. Got a good tan! Outdoor showers are cool things..If you do it I hope you don't get stung by any bees or wasps..ouch! lol. Thank you very much EL, I am proud I did it all by myself, I can't wait till it's done. If it doesnt look good at the end..I'll tell everyone DH did it not me, LMAO!!!! Shawn, the fish love it! I can't wait to see it finished either! Been searching craigslist every day to try and get some free stone..no luck so far. I wanna know why stone is so dang expensive? Collielover, the digging took me aprox 9 hours..maybe 10. I took breaks to jump in the pool and have drinks. DH did the cooking & watched the kids for me, but of course they couldn't NOT bug me, lol. I told DH I coulda set up a carnival out front for them, and they'd still bug me every 5 mins,lol. I didnt do anything in the house I was so busy outside..of course noone else did either. Wed night I came in, and said "This place is a disaster, it's terrible" DH said "Yeah but the pond looks good" lol Theresa, I was gonna email you today..was a lil worried you hadnt been on in a couple days & you didnt answer my email I sent the other day. Glad your here! Hope all is well! Yes, I am going to keep the ponds seperate. DH wanted me to connect them and everyone wanted a long winding stream connecting them..what do they think I AM???? LMAO! I dont know if you can tell, but this one is in front of the other ones..really just in front of the larger preform the fish were in before. I really wanna put the lotus into that larger preform, I just cant lift the damn thing. I never shoulda sunk it into the ground. Wanted to put the whole tub into the pond, I dont want to transplant it right now, I am scared it wont bloom if I do. And I def dont want to kill it! I need to give you back a bunch of it! Eventually I will just fill in that pond with compost & manure I guess about 8" deep or so? And put the lotus in there. LOL, I'd have room for more if DH would get his crap outta the yard, lol..that's not selfish is it? AT least my stuff is pretty :) Thanks again everyone :) So glad I have you all to share this with.

Although I'm not much of a hot tub person, I love the deck! We are considering decking our entire backyard because 2 of our dogs are allergic to grass. We would then have a small area, grass-free, for a potty area. I really hate to do that because our backyard changes every few years. 3 years ago we took down the pool to put up a greenhouse. Now, I'm missing the pool. Really need to spend a few thousand bucks for tree removal... then I can have both. LOL Flower pics of beautiful!

Thanks guys! Kristy, that's a good idea. I had tried to use my kids' laptops to get on, but the ports are missing. 3 laptops, and not one of them could get on either. ugh. Gonna have to get somekinda back-up..my comp has crashed on me several times already today. Completely shuts down and restarts on it's own. Lotsa error reports. I wonder if the main problem is Windows XP? Gonna have to maybe uninstall and re-install it. But I don't have the WinXP software to manually download it, and I am scared that if I uninstall it I won't be able to get online to reinstall it. Maybe the comp guy can do it for me. I'll have to give him a call..I just feel bad about bothering him cuz he spent so much time on my comp already, and did alot more than he had to, and he didn't charge us since he's my son's friend's dad. I don't want him to feel like I am taking advantage. what to do, what to do.

It's so tough to pick a favorite out of all those beauties! If I could choose three to purchase right now, I'd take T.Tigress, (need more oranges) Larry Grace, (need more yellows) Clockwork, (a unique yellow-gold on my monitor) You are so lucky to get re-bloom in the South. I rarely see it in my zone. Thanks for sharing your beauties, Julie