01 Aug 05 The Infamous Pool

Today’s post is dedicated to Rhonda who while in Mexico described my blog as a great collection of religious themes and wacky stories about things like the infamous pool (infamous, as we all know, means more than famous). Rhonda, guess what? The pool is back in operation!

The box from Elbonia arrived while we were in Mexico. The previous area was not exactly level so we used the opportunity to make it so. Another 5 tons of dirt were deposited on our driveway the day we got back from Mexico. John and I, along with Madison and Reese, moved the dirt from the drop-off point to the pool area with a wheelbarrow, a wagon and five gallon buckets. From here to there was only about 20 feet. It was good work, kind of a cool down from our Mexico projects.

Saturday we set the pool up and baby we got it right this time - wrinkle free on the bottom and closer to level than I thought. We started filling the pool around 7PM and at around 9PM Reese and I decided it was time for a swim. I’m thinking “this is as clean as the water is ever going to be so let’s go, I’m diving in.”

So, here’s what I thought we would do. Cast your vote as to how long this new pool will last without bursting a seam. You can guess in hours, days, weeks, months or years. I couldn’t get the text messaging feature setup by which you could send your vote to 1-800-OUR-POOL so you’ll just have to leave your guess in the comments section.