I'm pleased to say that I have the pool up... wow that was huge work, from everyone concerned.
We have a "wally world back yard" pool, and it's 12 feet diameter. But every year it's un-level, it seems as if it's rolling down hill (we live in a place that's the opposite of flat) or it has a "deep end".
Which is funny till you think about the fact that 2 inches is the difference between someone's chin being out of the water, and not! So, this year we built a giant sandbox out of 16 foot 2x8 boards... filled it with 5 tonnes of sand which we had to move basically twice, the truck couldn't get to the pool, so the guy dumped it as close as he could; we whell-barrowed it to the box, then had to move and spread it once there.
Then finally we leveled the sand, spread the tarp, and put up the pool! I'm slowly filling it, letting the wieght of the water completely pack the sand... but it's now knee-deep and of course, I'm in it, every day!
We also finally got the garden ready for the plants, which are sprouting in the living room at the south window and on the back porch. That's been an adventure, let me tell you... SOMEONE, not mentioning any person's names or anything... managed to mix all the pea seeds and bean seeds. It'll be an adventure eating later when they are ready to pick!
