THINGS I MAY HAVE NEVER TOLD YOU:

1. Things are NEVER dull around the Cotton Branch "Compound"!!  We get strange calls asking for strange things and we usually do them (if they're legal!).  Today we're the proud owners of another [our fifth] peacock that was found wandering around the county.  We had a male peacock that wandered off a couple of years ago so it could be ours anyway!!  :) 

When Ed took him out of  the cage, he jumped right up into the dump truck with the other peacocks.  He's right at home. 

2.  My husband has been practicing for "Dirty Jobs"!  We knew we had a water problem under the house but today everything came to a head.  I discovered that it was very bad; called a plumber; sent Exal after two pumps and got serious.  Ed ended up under the house pumping water out (seemed like 100 gallons), replacing light bulbs, hooking up a fan to blow from one side of the house to the other and hopefully getting the place dry.  We're going to replace all the insulation on the vents and move the elevator motor to the attic.  And--that's just the beginning.  After three hours, he crawled out and smiled at me.  What a sweet man!!              

3.  And did I mention that things are NEVER dull at Cotton Branch??