20 Jun 05 Count The Cost

It all started Memorial day weekend. I blame it all on the children!

We were walking through Sports Authority taking advantage of some good prices on sneakers when we saw a rather large inflatable pool. The people on the box were having so much fun, it was instant family happiness in a box! We wanted to be that family and have that much fun.

On top of it all, the pool was part of a super spectacular sale! It’s an inflatable pool with a built in filter and the box claims you can set it up in three easy steps. I’m still on step 1 - find level ground.

The pool footprint is a nice 14 feet. I’ve made a box of 16 feet and am waiting (even at this moment) for the county to deliver my free fill dirt. I will not go in to how much money and time has been spent making this 16 foot square box.

All I will say is this: If Jesus had been walking through my neighborhood today, if he had stopped to see what was happening in my backyard he would have smiled and said:

“If you want to buy and setup a pool, you first sit down and decide how much it will cost, to see if you have enough money, time and energy to finish the job.”

Anybody else out there start a “small project” that turns out to be the Eiffel Tower?