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  1. lauriec62

    Smoked Boston Butt

    We had all the kids over this weekend for a swim and dinner and I smoked an 8 lb. Boston Butt on my Great Outdoors Smokey Mountain Smoker. It made for some very tasty pulled pork, and had an awesome bark. The Raspberry Lemonade and Malibu Rum was pretty yummy too. :cheers:
  2. lauriec62

    Heritage Waterfall Fountain for AG Pools

    Hey Pool Peeps: :wave: Living in Texas can often mean high water temps, especially after several weeks of triple digit temps. We've been working on getting the water temp down to a more refreshing degree, so we purchased a Heritage Waterfall Fountain from Walmart.com. We've had it for about 2...
  3. lauriec62

    New AG install in Texas today!

    Hey Pool Peeps! :wave: It's an exciting day at our house today. The installers arrived at 8am as scheduled and have been digging all morning long. We are doing a 3' buried install. It's been fun to watch, but man is our yard a mess. :shock: They're working on leveling with the laser...
  4. lauriec62

    Permit approved! Pool installation begins on Monday 8/12!

    OK Pool Peeps, great news... We heard from the City of Rowlett yesterday and picked up our pool permit. :whoot: The plumbers are here now installing our P-Trap and the electrician is due here any minute to run the electrical to the back of the house for our filter/pump. I spoke with Horacio...
  5. lauriec62

    Anyone have a Pentair GW8000 Kreepy Krauly Lil Shark?

    We are looking at automatic pool cleaners for our new pool and this one intrigues me. I don't want to spend more than $200. Anyone have any experience with this one?
  6. lauriec62

    Bought our new pool today!

    OK Folks, this is finally starting to feel like a reality and not just an idea anymore. :-D This morning we went to Crown Pools and purchased our new pool. We got an Autumn Breeze 16' X 24' with a Pentair Clean & Clear 150 Cartridge Filter and Pentair OptiFlo 1.5 hp pump. Now if the City of...
  7. lauriec62

    Howdy from Texas

    Hey Y'all! :wave: I've been lurking for a few weeks while we've been jumping through hoops working on getting our approval from Oncor. Now we're playing the waiting game with the City of Rowlett, but hope to have our permit to begin installation by the middle of this week. I've wanted a...