Pool fun continues

The pool finally got empty sometime Sunday afternoon. We bought a shop vac to get the last few inches of green water out. The bottom of the pool was well-scrubbed and the filling of the pool began Sunday afternoon. It's looking good. Alli and Boy Wonder really spent the whole weekend working on the pool and patio. They rented a pressure washer today and cleaned the patio. BW even dug a little trench in an area beside the fence where water tends to back up and sit on the patio. Now, the water drains away from it!

So, now we wait - for the pool to fill and the water bill to rise, as we put 33,000 gallons of water back into the huge money pit. We are all committed to keeping the pool sparkling clean this summer. I hope we succeed. It will be very disappointing if we let it get gross again.

BW is very excited about the pool. He had his mom and brother stop by this afternoon to see it. They are excited, too. It looks like we will have frequent company this summer, but I don't mind. The more, the merrier! And, honestly, we are much more likely to keep the darn thing clean if people are coming over.

Now, we just have to get through the last weeks of school. As of today, there are only 3 more Mondays before we get out! (An odd way of telling time, but it works for us!) Allergy season is in full-force and we are all snotty and sneezy. What fun! Not!