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Greetings! So on our property we have a fish pond, and that's a project we had planned to put off until Spring. (House tour here) Well, while the guys were unloading the truck they spotted a new friend.   Here is a good picture of what the poor thing's living conditions. I keep fish as a hobby and something I have always had an interest in is outdoor ponds so I know how this thing is supposed to work. Typically there's a pump at the bottom of the pond that sends water to a filter at the top. The filter has a large pad to trap any small debris that made it through the hose. There are also small balls with cutouts (to give more surface area) where bacteria grows to detoxify fish waste. Well there was no water running, there were plants growing in it, leaf litter, paint chips, you name it. We fished him out and the internet named him Puddles (from whence he/she came).   To get him out I had to pull a bunch of stuff out of it. We were trying to catch t...

Hello friends! Welcome back to the blog and to our new home for the first time. Last time we spoke I told you we were moving and selling our house. We needed the house to sell before we could pay for closing costs on another one (although closing costs will be reimbursed). We moved into my parents' house for the time being. Then we were tasked with finding a new house. We flew out to Knoxville, Tennessee and spent a weekend house hunting.     We looked at 15 houses on our first day and by the time we got back to the hotel room we were feeling extremely discouraged. It definitely didn't help that we spent the whole day listening to Henry scream because he wasn't being held, and Calvin making a bunch of noises to keep himself entertained. We liked one house we saw that day, and while we were there our realtor (who is a saint by the way) found out that they were already getting an offer on it. So that night we really did some digging on Redfin. We really didn...