Hey all!
Been super busy here, including an i phone that was so full it wouldn't take any more pics. Lots has happened, and I finally had time to organize my pics! This will be a long post.
So the vermiculite was added and smoothed down.
Thursday they dropped off a mini excavator for digging a trench for the pipes the next day. Paul told me that we would have water on Friday. I almost fell over, I was looking at the yard, and thinking "No way!"
Friday morning, they were digging the trench for the pipes.
Dump trucks of fill started arriving and they buried the pipes and filled in around the pool.
The dump truck dumped the fill in the lower yard, the excavator loaded the bobcat, the bobcat scooted around the pool and another guy smoothed it all out. It was something to watch.
Later in the morning a few other guys arrived, and started adhearing the foam to the sidewalls.
By 11:30 am, they were adding the liner!
Of course, timing is EVERYRHING. Friday was also the last day of school, and I had volunteered to make the fruit snack for the my sons 3rd grade end of year class party. I couldn't believe I was going to miss the liner going in. To add to the stress, just as I was loading all the pieces into the car the propane guy, who promised to show up first thing in the am, showed up. First he told me that he couldn't do what he had told me he could do, and we started to try to figure out what we were going to do. But, it was going to be a long conversation and I told him I had to go to go and set up for the party. He kept on yapping, and I was getting more stressed by the minute, I had to get to the school! Finally, I dumped the whole thing on Paul, and said "can we do this?" Paul said anything was possible, it meant a ton of extra work for him, and I knew it wasn't fair, but I said great and rushed off to the school. In all of the mayhem, I ended up forgetting the blueberries at home, and had to substitute green grapes for the beading, which made me even more grumpy. In the end, it came out cute enough and the kids were thrilled with the "cake".
By the time I arrived back home, sigh, I had missed all the good stuff! But it looked amazing! I ran over to look at the liner.
The fence company came, right on time. I had called them in a panic the night before about the water arriving the next day, and they promised to get a temp fence up. Then, I just waited for the water to arrive. I really wasn't sure how I felt about the liner. The first load of water arrived, and I was so excited. WEE!
While it was filling, I asked the guy if I could go in. He told me the spring water was cold, only 52 degrees. I said, it would probably be a quick trip. He told me it gets slippery. I told him I had good balance. He said it was my pool and I could go in if I wanted to. Off I went to get my bathing suit. Getting in wasn't bad at all, but it was cold, and getting OUT was where the slippery came in. I was freezing cold and trying to scoot up the slope backwards on my backside for what felt like forever, but in fact was probably not that long. With five points of contact, you wouldn't think it would be that hard, but it was like trying hold onto a greased pig. Anyway, the water guy was chuckling pretty good by the time I actually got out and ran for my fleece bathrobe.
The kids arrived home while the second load was filling, and they wanted to go in. There was enough water that I wouldn't have to rescue them, so in they went. At this point, I was loving the color of the water in my pool, and so so SO happy!
Anyway, that was last friday. What a DAY! I have to go make breakfast for my little one, but will try to get more pics up later today.
BUT you got the start and the finish so it is all good!
