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Todd and I got away for a few days over the weekend and headed to Fripp!  We really did have a purpose other than wanting to get out of the cold and leave the Christmas snow behind us...which by the way was all gone when we got home! Todd won a small trailer, on e-bay, to tote behind our Enclave when we travel.  Anyway, we went to Union SC on the way to Fripp to pick it up. While we were at Fripp we picked up the yard, cleaned the garage storage area because we were given a free ping pong table...sweet!, and went shopping for porch furniture...even sweeter!

We went to several places but ended up getting the Better Homes and Gardens set at Wal-Mart.  It is powder coated aluminum frames with all weather wicker backs.

I love the color and the covered ottoman.  We have several projects ahead of us.  I would like to hang a swing on the porch but it needs to be painted and we are going to use our old kitchen table out there but we have to put a galvanized steel over the top of the table and make some benches and paint.  I will post "before and afters" when all projects are finished.

One other thing that I did was plant some DEER RESISTANT (we'll see!) dwarf buford holly bushes and lay some pine needles, which people use for "mulch".  My parents are headed there in the morning and we are going back in two weeks for Spring Break...Woooo Hoooo!