Fencity Goodness!

This morning, Kevin built a fence for the dogs! Yay!!! We have been looking at fencing materials and have been shocked and horrified at the prices. We knew the dogs really needed a fenced-in yard to run in, as those 5 walks a day aren't nearly enough to curb their energy, but we kept putting it off due to the astronomical cost. Kevin realized that we had a big roll of chicken wire in the garage, plus tons of free logs in the forest, so he drove a few posts into the ground, used some of the surrounding trees for support as well, and weighted down the bottom of the chicken wire with logs. Instead of paying thousands of dollars (a 2 meter long piece of premade wooden fencing cost 480 NOK, or about $80) for a fenced in yard, we paid nothing! The fence probably is not very strong, but I think as long as one of us is out there supervising the dogs, it should contain them just fine! Plus, the chicken wire is almost invisible, so we didn't lose our pretty forest view. I know it sounds like we're about one split rail away from "Little House on the Prairie" right now, but the high prices here cause some serious "do it yourself" madness! It has been a great day--the dogs spent a blissful afternoon romping around and relaxing in the sun. I'm completely giddy about not spending a penny on our fence. Although, I am a bit worried that there is some random Norwegian "homemade fence tax" bill that will suddenly arrive in our mailbox! (Really, I'm not paranoid, we recently received a TV tax bill--$300 a year for the privilege of watching the expensive TV that we already paid for!)