I have been fighting the urge all week to go throw some bleach in my pool which is green. I have a real problem looking at it green, but it just doesn't make sense to spend the money on bleach when the pool is coming down. We are in the process of draining it by siphoning it with a hose. I thought the new one might be installed this weekend, but the weather hasn't been real cooperative and I'm not sure if the pool and liner came in yet. I called the pool store this afternoon, and they are still on their winter hours and closed on Friday, so I'll try again tomorrow.

The deck was torn down last weekend and off course the area under the deck had no grass growing. Now with all the rain, we have a nice muddy area in the yard. Of course this also means that I have muddy pups. Yuck! I have three golden retrievers, all female, a 7-yr. old and two 11-month old pups. The older one has more sense and doesn't see the mud as a playground. The puppies have NO sense and have no intentions of avoiding the mud.

When the installer was out here last weekend looking around, his initial plan was to get the ground prepped and then come back the next day and do the pool walls and liner and then the third day, cut out the skimmer and return. I told him that plan wasn't gonna work. The ground prep and the wall installation have to happen on the same day. There is no way I'll be able to keep the dogs out of the sand, etc. So, he's gonna have to work a long day and not leave a freshly prepped area just sitting there unless he wants to redo it. I know that is kind of a pain for him, but that's why I'm paying him!