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New East Texas Pool Build- Part 2
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I spoke to the electrical guys today and we agreed that we would install just normal switches to begin with and then after the electricity was connected and the switches were live and working we would switch three of them to the WiFi light switches. They thought that was the smart thing to do to prevent accidentally frying the switches during the set up.
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Ken, I am surprised you have not changed your expected completion date to early February.
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Lucky! The electric, setup and plaster is scheduled for late next week, forecast is rain late next week. I'm thinking February might be more like it for me too!
we are putting water in our pool today. hang in there guys water will eventually flow in your pools 
Come-on guys, cheer up. At least you don't have this to deal with.KenGood said:
But, the good news is, we are having a warmup today. Noon and it is already 30*
I'm thinking I'd be sticking pretty close to the house or you could go for a polar plunge without intending to! Yikes!
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I woke up this morning at 4 am and it was 60 degrees outside. I thought I was imagining things so I looked online to confirm it and sure enough it was. Three hours later at 7 am it was 40 degrees. During Church it continued to drop and currently it is 37 degrees. Tonight we are supposed to have a hard freeze. Will be very cold for the next couple of days. Have I mentioned how much I dislike the cold weather?
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Yesterday, my wife and I went to see "Saving Mr. Banks." Before going to see the movie, I could not figure out for the life of me why it was entitled such. I seemed to remember Mr. Banks having a small role in Mary Poppins. He was the Dad who was always working. After watching the movie, I will never forget "Mr. Banks." I now view Mary Poppins in a completely different light. I would like to see it again with this new perspective in mind. Mary Poppins is set in early 1900 because that is when the author was a little girl. She idolized her father who seems to be the perfect father. We realize soon that something is not quite right in the family. The wife seems distant. Eventually we learn that the father is an alcoholic, I mean a bad alcoholic. There was one scene where he gave a speech at a fair and was drunk. It was too difficult for me to watch. I was like a little kid; I had to look away and cover my ears because I just could not watch him do what I knew he was going to do.
The film hits on so many different levels. As a father you never want to let yourself or your family down. As a child, I think we can all remember some experience when we figure out that one or more of our parents are not perfect and do not know everything. This movie takes the experience and puts it on steroids. The little girl tells her father that she wants to be just like him and we are left to watch her father tell her that she should not try to be like him.
Mrs. Trevors has so much guilt from that time. In some ways she has become a prim and proper version of a bad Mary Poppins and I think it is because she associated fun and frivolity with her father. When he died a part of her died too. She never really forgave herself for not "saving" her father.
When Mrs. Trevors finally sees the premier of the movie, you will cry with her as we see that Mary Poppins was able to save Mr. Banks and you realize that the ending of Mary Poppins was the ending that the little girl who became Mrs. Trevors had hoped for so long in real life. When the movie was over, the audience in our theater had a distinct reaction that was very similar to the one that I witnessed at the end of Forrest Gump- reverence, silence and then appreciation and clapping. The story is a little intense for children and is not appropriate for the little ones. There were parts that were too difficult for me to watch too (but I am a kid at heart). I came out of the theatre with a deep appreciation for the film and a new appreciation for Mary Poppins. I strongly recommend it. Collin Ferrell was excellent as the real "Mr. Banks."
The film hits on so many different levels. As a father you never want to let yourself or your family down. As a child, I think we can all remember some experience when we figure out that one or more of our parents are not perfect and do not know everything. This movie takes the experience and puts it on steroids. The little girl tells her father that she wants to be just like him and we are left to watch her father tell her that she should not try to be like him.
Mrs. Trevors has so much guilt from that time. In some ways she has become a prim and proper version of a bad Mary Poppins and I think it is because she associated fun and frivolity with her father. When he died a part of her died too. She never really forgave herself for not "saving" her father.
When Mrs. Trevors finally sees the premier of the movie, you will cry with her as we see that Mary Poppins was able to save Mr. Banks and you realize that the ending of Mary Poppins was the ending that the little girl who became Mrs. Trevors had hoped for so long in real life. When the movie was over, the audience in our theater had a distinct reaction that was very similar to the one that I witnessed at the end of Forrest Gump- reverence, silence and then appreciation and clapping. The story is a little intense for children and is not appropriate for the little ones. There were parts that were too difficult for me to watch too (but I am a kid at heart). I came out of the theatre with a deep appreciation for the film and a new appreciation for Mary Poppins. I strongly recommend it. Collin Ferrell was excellent as the real "Mr. Banks."
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19 degrees this morning. Brrrrrrrrr! I thought this was Texas for goodness sake! Reminds me that when I was in high school scientists were predicting a mini ice age soon (that was before the global warming predictions). Just glad there was no rain. In our area that would probably cause mass power failures.
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Right?! What's going on?! I actually had to go switch off my sprinklers and open the bleed valves to stop it freezing the pressure vacuum breaker.KenGood said:
Praying the Pygmy palm survives too - I've done what I can...
By Thursday it'll be back in the 70's though apparently...!!!
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