russ, it's good to be posting again. now that my little girl (turns 1 aug 29...hard to believe, huh?!!) is walking around, she can meander over to her toys and stay occupied for a few minutes, allowing me to sneak onto the computer for a few minutes now and then!!

i don't have any aerials of my new place, but if you go to www.lakenorfork.com you will get an idea. there is only one spot on the lake that houses can be built right on the water with docks etc. i think there are 50 lots. we were fortunate and got one with a house and dock. i kept my "pond house" as well, because it is my "baby"!! i'm going out there this weekend to work on a floating dock. much better fishing in my "tank" than in any public lake, of course. when my little girl gets older, i want to be able to take her out to the pond and actually catch fish!

thanks for all of the irrigation advice. that's one of my other projects i'm working on.

thanks all.