Okay, this is my first time using the MRH blog.  I decided to give it a try; maybe it'll satisfy my needs sufficiently.  I don't usually post much because I usually don't have much to post.  With two small kids, I really don't have much time or money.

I am a relative newbie when it comes to modeling.  Everything I've learned I've learned through researching on the internet, with special emphasis on this forum/magazine.  I've read questions and their responses and looked at countless photos and videos.

The Corps of Engineers has been hard at work restoring the old stream out back of Elwood's place. Folks started fishin' (the DNR re-stocked the stream) and swimmin' right away. There's some environmental work to be done with land contouring and trees being planted, but it's a start. Even the new 'facilities' out back got approval from the county.

Things sure move fast now that FEMA is reeling from the criticism it got over the N'awlins Relief Disaster. Not everything is done, but the County Extension Agent has been busy. The well and pump have been certified; and they hired that Pearl woman who runs "The Good Earth" landscaping company to come in and plant trees, ground cover (Elwood doesn't own a mower and sees no sense in buying one) and survey the river bank for some shoring up work later on.