A wise man once said, " Life has a way of  getting in the way". As I look at the last three years of my life, that one statement becomes very apparent. Since I seem to always say I am going to start back on the dome, and then I do not, let me just say I am trying to reclaim my place from nature, because nature has truly taken over, and it seems it just took about a minute for that to happen. As I try to decide where to start working or what to work on, I become very overwhelmed, so I just get up each day and tell myself that whatever I manage to get done today, is one step closer to getting my life, and property back in order. And, as a wise woman once said, " Little by little, day by day"! As you will be able to see from the pictures, the place is overgrown, trees have died or been blown down by storms, (you won't see that since I forgot to take pictures, duh), and believe it or not, I had already been clearing and mowing before I took these pictures, but, as mentioned in the quotes, I forgot to take pictures. If the Almighty is willing though, I will get my little micro farm cleaned back up, tend my garden as instructed, and hopefully I will learn to quit letting distractions get in the way. Until next time. God bless. Ozarkmoma

This is not as bad as other areas.

What a shambles, huh?

Need to level this for the kiddy pool!

You can barely see the little storage shed for the brush grown around.

Wow! It has been over a year since my last post, I hope you haven't given up on me! As I mentioned in my last post, I spend almost all of my time working on my school work. I keep hoping that somehow I will be able to squeeze in a little work on the dome here and there, but too many things require my attention, which doesn't leave any time for the dome! However, I am going to try really hard to make a goal of creating a schedule that has a small portion of my time set aside for the dome. Even if it is only a few hours a week, it is better than nothing. There is a small problem now though. On top of having a shortage of time and money, now I am disabled because of spinal problems. No need to worry though, remember I am too stupid to give up! I will figure out a way around it, and of course it is going to take even longer because of it, but it will get done. Until the next time I check in, may God bless you and keep you. Ozarkmoma.

 Hi, happiness and peace to all! As I suspected, I am totally spending 90% of my free time on trying to get my school work done. That leaves me 0% time for working on the house. In fact, were it not for my beloved Sister, I would really be in a lot worse shape time wise.

 She came for a very short visit 9-1-13, and saw how unorganized and stressed I was. She convinced me to take time out to get some storage space for my books and stuff. Thank you Sis!!!

 It was part of my birthday present, she bought me some stuff I could not afford to buy, and helped me set it up and gave me useful ideas. 

So, at least I am a little more organized and it saves me some time while I am studying for sure!!! Love ya Sis! God bless, Ozarkmoma

 I did manage to work on the mini loft. I have a skylight for it, but first I have to make up my mind as to how I want to finish building this mini loft and what type of roof I want on it. I am really drawn to the light weight cement concept in the 'Latex Concrete Habitat' book by Albert Knott and George Nez. But, I need to do something quickly, so I wish I would make my mind up! DUH.

My tarps are worn out and I hate to take pictures right now because they look so tacky. I will be replacing them soon, I think, since I am not going to get the house in the dry any time soon. The cedar logs still need to be trimmed down, but the big red wasps do not like to be disturbed and they are under the tarps. Any banging or vibrations and they attack. So, my real dilemma though, is having one day a week right now to get yard, house cleaning, and everything else done as well as homework from school. If I were 20 years younger this would not be a problem! Good thing I do not give up easy huh? Until next week. God bless. Ozarkmoma

Hi everyone! Not much going on with the dome right now, I did manage to work a little on the mini loft last Sunday, however, I did not take any pictures. Today, I will try to work on it a bit more, no promises. IF I do, then I will try to take a picture of any small bit of progress I might make. Again, no promises. The purpose of this post is to thank Cordelia, a friend of my sister, for sending word to me as to what type of flower that is in the post from a month or so ago. Thank you Cordelia. And to anyone that is curious, the name of the flower is, Butterfly Pea. She said she used to plant them when she lived in Texarkana, Arkansas. So, that small mystery is solved for me! Until next time. God bless!!! Ozarkmoma

  Finally, someone came and moved dirt for me. This is as high as I will go with the tires. 

 This is where I hope to make a greenhouse that will have the fish tanks, I sure hope I can get all of that done soon!

  And, the operator brought up some of the big rocks that I have been wanting, they had gotten pushed off into the 'wash', or what a lot of people call the 'creek'. I will incorporate them into the area in front of the tire wall, and someday the tire wall will be plastered and it will look a lot different. I go back to school Monday, I am taking 15 hours this semester, I would like to think I could squeeze in some work on the house here and there, but I am pretty sure that is wishful thinking. But, you never know. I still have Sunday to work out there, maybe I will get something done, I also have to put up the swimming pool that I got for the grands, but Lord willing it won't take me too long to get that done!! Until next time. God bless! Ozarkmoma