The Things I Find...

For the past two months we've been trying to get the pool up and running. We finally have it to where it isn't so cloudy but that is for another post. The pool is surrounded but a fence and it's located on a hill.

And it's shaped like Mickey Mouse's head!!

Recently I've noticed weird holes showing up on the hill. They are about the size of a half dollar but I haven't seen anything go in or out of them.

We decided to go ahead and treat the entire hill with bug killer, just in case. (We have an ant problem up there any way so I figured it couldn't hurt.)

As I'm crouching over, I see something in the dirt. Not completely sure what it is, I decided to dig it up.

Oh yeah, that's not scary AT ALL

What is this?? I know that it looks like a hook, but a hook to what? It's around 3 inches long and sharp.

It just reaffirms my decision to buy a metal detector. That post is coming soon :)

What is This??

Early, early this morning I made a discovery.

You see, I had a terrible nights rest. I kept hearing banging from somewhere in the house. It started around 3 am. Each time it happened I would get up to investigate but every time I opened the bedroom door, the noise seemed to stop. One by one I went to various rooms searching for the noise each time it happened. This went on until 4:30 am (and now I see why having a larger home is not always a great idea.) Finally, around 4:45 am I discovered the cause!! My 16 lb kitten was trapped in a cabinet in the bathroom and the banging was her hitting the door, trying to escape (and quickly giving up because, hey, she's 16 freaking pounds.) After freeing the semi-lazy beast I finally settled back into bed around 5 am only to be serenaded by the loudest, most off key bird in existence. It had decided that the tree right beside my window was the perfect place for an early morning love song. Some where around 5:30 I dozed off to be awoken, for good, by my alarm at 7 AM. As I'm laying in bed wondering if there is a way to trap the bird and send it far away (or feed it to the already plump cat) I looked at the head of the bed and saw this.

What I discovered is...I'm horribly unobservant.

 I've never seen this before. I've never seen one period so I have no idea what it is but I doubt it installed itself over night so I'm pretty sure I just assumed it was a telephone jack and didn't pay it much mind. Of course at 7 am, I'd rather look at this thing then get out of bed so here it is! Finally getting the attention it so craves.

7 AM photo quality

So I don't know, maybe my house is playing some kind of Morse code game with me. It's probably saying something like "get a head board!" or "clean the floors darn it!"

Really, who knows.

The House that Keeps on Giving

Recently it became very clear that I needed a metal detector. I was walking around outside on a nice sunlight day when I kept seeing gilts of something on the ground. After leaning down and poking around I came to one conclusion.

Mother of God I need a metal detector STAT!

Please ignore the leaves and sad, neglected picnic table. So far we have!

Above is what I have pulled out of the ground by hand, sans about 20 rusty nails and a heap of broken glass.

I have no idea what this is but it's about 11 inches long and white in some places.

I'm not sure what it was but I shall name it tetanus!

This...long metal stabby thing...is around 2 feet long and angled on one side.

Here it is again, intimidating the other yard relics.

Above is a sampling of the other items I've found. Random tiles, nails and socket type thing?

So yes, a metal detector is in order, if for no other reason than I really don't want one of the kids to accidentally fall on a nail or other random shape, pointy thing. I honestly don't know why no one else that ever live here never noticed giant metal objects poking out the ground, but hey, maybe I just look down a lot.

Summer relic hunting, here I come!

House Artifact #6 Steampunk Goggles

Let me just say, if there is one thing I love, it's steampunk artifacts. For those of you not familiar with the term, steampunk is pseudo-Victorian mechanical madness. Make sense? Didn't think so but that's ok, google is your friend!

So again I was digging around in the basement and from behind a board I found these.

Behold the power of instagram!!

These goggles are amazing. 

Shall we now consult Mr. Google as to what a pair of steampunk goggles look like?

By George! With just a few minor modifications, I too can own a pair of genuine pseudo-Victorian ingenuity!  

Do you know what makes this even more interesting?

Not instagram, just having fun with filters....

These glasses are Harley-Davidson! Not sure of the age, I'll have to look into it more but you just never know what you'll find in this house.