I build a fire pit...for my husband to cook in...or something!

I have no clue where I got the idea but it just came to me....so I looked it up online...of course....and found really easy directions to make/build a fire pit.

BLW birthday is 7/7 and he had to work so that when I put my plan into action....

First I made a list of stuff...

then i went to Lowe's....i guessed on the number of stones to get for the wall so I got 11 brown ones and 11 tan ones, 5 small topper rocks and 5 big topper rocks...oh and some river rocks and some sand....

next i scrapped all the grass from my circle that I drew with a string and stick....and dug a hole in the middle(for a drain, duh)....

after that I put the first layer of stones around the circle, dumped the river rocks out and made them flat, kinda....

followed by the sand, did the bag say it was red? NO. well it is.........

finally, i put the 2nd level of stones on top of the first and drove back to Lowe's to get more....

upon my return i finished the 2nd level and put the topper stones on too....

it is lovely

oh and i got a table and two chairs to sit beside it.

We cooked in it tonight...Chance fried some calf fries and we roasted marsh mellows.

Pictures from Brazos River trip...

Julie (my sister), her boyfriend Justin, Chance (my brother), Brandon and Me all canoed down the Brazos River, early June.

Personal blog...

So I will be keeping this for my personal blog and my other blogs will be for horsey stuff only.

New blog...

I have started a new blog.

Here is the link.

http://kbarbarrelhorses.blogspot.com/

RUBY'S BABY

POSSUM

LOYCE'S LAST
MAY 24, 2009 PALOMlNO COLT
BY PURRlNG JET (TB)
OUT OF DARLlNG TAFFY GlRL

RANDOM PlCTURES

GATOR FROM OUR TRlP TO LA


ME & BLW


DOS, MY MlNl DONKEY. HE lS THE CUTEST!!!!!!


QUATRO (MY MOTHER-N-LAW'S DONKEY) & DOS


RACCOON VlSTORS
THEY EAT ALL THE DOG & CAT FOOD ON THE BACK PORCH.

Wild Fires in North Texas

Yesterday was a horrible day for most of north Texas...There where more than 15 fires in Jack, Archer, Wise, Montague and Earth counties and the wind blew 40 mph or more. This was one of the worse fire days in recent history. And, when I say fire, I mean something burning 100s or 1000s of acres.

As some of you know my husband is a fire captain at a metroplex city, but he is also a wild land firefighter. This time a year he goes on wildfires. He does contracting for the federal and state governments, but mostly he goes for free, for the betterment of a whole.

At any given time we can be found "fire poaching." This is when we hear that a fire is going on somewhere close and we got to it. BLW takes over sometimes but mostly we are in and out before anyone knows. Well, they know but we for BLW fires are not a political opportunity.

April, 9...along with 2 of Decatur's paid fire fighters who work for BLW when needed. We started on a fire in Balsora, Texas...BLW and his guys started by saving the Balsora church and catching the head of the fire for local volunteers.

Then on to Jack Co., We have a tenancy to end up on bad fire days in Jack Co. Jack County fire fighters are awesome and work their butts off. This fire is still burning 4 days after it started. It is made up of several fires that have burned together.

Water is not very helpful when putting out wildfires...To stop most wildfires you must burn what is in front of them(giving them nothing to burn.) Enjoy the pictures!!!!!!