Iowa Vinyl Pool
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Quick! Run some water and such out there to show them some love!
This was all terribly over grown with weeds. Progress
Hey now weeds are just plants growing where you don't want them................I am just glad if they are green 
LOL
LOL
My phone takes horrible night time pics. So I don't even know why I'm posting it. The 
kids actually made it till dark and we had a glow stick dive party. It was awesome.
kids actually made it till dark and we had a glow stick dive party. It was awesome.
Now for my ynab line... does buying new glow sticks fall under the category of "just for fun" or "pool supplies"? Decisions have to be made. 
or under child care as they had a blast doing it OR under self care as I am willing to bet the kids fell into bed as soon as they were changed!!!
Nope. It's an educational expense as they study how hydrogen peroxide reacts with (too smart for me chemical) and dyes.
Anywho they check many boxes for $1 each. Good times.
Anywho they check many boxes for $1 each. Good times.
So I was inspired by @Casey and how she worked so hard on her pool that I got off my butt and started working on our front landscaping. The before pic does not do justice to how bad and overgrown our landscaping is. We are going to work our way around the house but here's what we did to today... there were random rocks and tons of landscaping fabric. I pulled up that plastic edging that people use to use...
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You can see we have so much to do still... it took me 2.5 hours to clean up the front and I feel like we haven't even scratched the surface.
I did find a mouse and an old nest but thankfully no snakes!
I did find a mouse and an old nest but thankfully no snakes!
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You go girl! That is a great start!!! I love your deck and house! Those windows have to let so much light in which I love when it is not so hot out.
Do it one spot at a time. Keep taking pics so you can see your progress as the days go by.
Are you going to leave it open or are you going to plant something? We left the front of the house open with no plants. We put down white marble chips instead of plants. Just have to blow the rocks out every once in a while then spray bleach on them to clean them up.
Do it one spot at a time. Keep taking pics so you can see your progress as the days go by.
Are you going to leave it open or are you going to plant something? We left the front of the house open with no plants. We put down white marble chips instead of plants. Just have to blow the rocks out every once in a while then spray bleach on them to clean them up.
We haven't decided what we're doing yet... just cutting everything back...
It's all a lot of work. I highly recommend a lot of breaks and a cooler full of ice, bottled water and Gatorade. Save the beer for your last drink of the night. If you can work after 7pm, do so. I now have the monumental task of re-landscaping my pool yard. I had just started to get the grass to grow too. And the back side of my deep end was looking so nice. It's now covered by a heap of mud.
I'd like to cut that lilac bush back more but the branches are too thick... 
Here's what's left...
Here's what's left...