We have cement! Also, kitten update
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stoney321First, the love that should not be named will be impossible by noon: the kittens are at the vet getting their love torn asunder. No Doppleganger Dolls in my house! (And they're not even blond.) I pick them up at 4, where they will come home, be snuggled and loved and fed delicious wet foods. <3 I was a sad cat mom dropping them off with their terrified mreows. :( SOON, MY DARLINGS!! Wah. A necessary evil.
Second, the under-layer of cement is in, dried, and is now being "watered" repeatedly by me. Well, not NOW, now I am typing.
DAY 7
When we last left off yesterday, there were dump trucks a-go-go in the street. Cement mixers, a bobcat, and some big old hoses. Let's get to mixing!
Laying out hoses and setting up fans. It was another scorcher yesterday, heat index here was 110.
The hot tub is about to get a wall!
Meet Phil. Phil is about to give me a dream realized. One of the good dreams, not the one where I have duck feet and trip up the stairs and can't throw punches while my teeth fall apart. (Just me?)
Guys? I can't see the magic when you use safety screens. Heaven forbid we get cement on my soil of health and wonder. (That's sarcasm.)
Ahh, that's better. Also, why so sad, Mr. Deep End? Or do you just have awesome shoes?
Spraying the first wall!
Closer!
You can see that they're starting to form the edges - the nice, sharp rectangles.
How about we get started on that pool?
Big tanning ledge is formed, let's get cracking on the deep end, huzzah!
Shaping up the walls, shaping up the walls, gosh oh golly mighty, we're shaping up the walls! (Um, sing that to "bringing in the sheaves," because that's how my mind works.)
It's getting there!
Now you can see the "waterfall" overspill area from the hot tub to the pool. If we want to heat the pool up in winter, this is how it works. WINTER SWIMMING = AWESOME.
Blowing #2! [That's what she said.]
Almost there... [Stay on target! Stay on target! "I can't see it!" LUKE. USE THE- guys, I'm sorry. I'm a little punchy this morning.]
Hot tub is DONE.
Wrapped up for the day! Now I have to soak this with a sprinkler for a few hours. (Apparently this helps the cement cure more strongly? IDK.)
I now believe this is going to happen. It's all been iffy up until this point. Ha.
Those steps are looking mighty fine! And doesn't the drop off seem crazy severe? It's not, but it seems that way.
Hot tub is all done and yes, those pipes will be cut to fit. Otherwise, ouch.
And from the deep end... That little bench at the deep end looks great. :)
DAY EIGHT!
I ran the sprinklers on the pool for 5 hours last night, and this is how it looked this morning.
Guys, it is CRAZY HUMID this morning, as evidenced by this shot.
I get to stand out there five or six times today and water the cement, yay? I think the boy needs a chore today. :)
Yesterday I finished up all of the school supply shopping, then bought the girls school clothes. Last to accomplish is getting the boy to wear something that doesn't look like he traded a half-smoked cigarette to a bum for their clothes and shoes for #2 because her feet WON'T STOP GROWING. She's wearing an adult's 9. *cry* One day she'll level out, but it can't come soon enough for me. Or my wallet. One full week and a weekend and they're all in school!! AND I GET THE POOL TO MYSELF, HAHAHAHAHA!
I'm so boring now, sorry. It'll all be over soon, honest! (Oh, and tonight is Jersey Shore! I've needed more material to work with, so after last week, I'm guessing there will be loads to talk about in the morning. And there won't be new pool stuff happening of interest to distract me from what's important: making fun of ridiculous people.)
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dovil and I are planning our epic road trip across the western part of the US, culminating in a drunken 3-days in Las Vegas. YAY SPRING OF 2011! She's pretty much the only person aside from my husband that I can see doing this with. Hikes! Booze! Killing drifters! Drug muling! Oh, the memories we'll share. (And we're taking a convertible, too. IN STYLE, Y'ALL. We're going in style.)
Second, the under-layer of cement is in, dried, and is now being "watered" repeatedly by me. Well, not NOW, now I am typing.
DAY 7
When we last left off yesterday, there were dump trucks a-go-go in the street. Cement mixers, a bobcat, and some big old hoses. Let's get to mixing!
Laying out hoses and setting up fans. It was another scorcher yesterday, heat index here was 110.
The hot tub is about to get a wall!
Meet Phil. Phil is about to give me a dream realized. One of the good dreams, not the one where I have duck feet and trip up the stairs and can't throw punches while my teeth fall apart. (Just me?)
Guys? I can't see the magic when you use safety screens. Heaven forbid we get cement on my soil of health and wonder. (That's sarcasm.)
Ahh, that's better. Also, why so sad, Mr. Deep End? Or do you just have awesome shoes?
Spraying the first wall!
Closer!
You can see that they're starting to form the edges - the nice, sharp rectangles.
How about we get started on that pool?
Big tanning ledge is formed, let's get cracking on the deep end, huzzah!
Shaping up the walls, shaping up the walls, gosh oh golly mighty, we're shaping up the walls! (Um, sing that to "bringing in the sheaves," because that's how my mind works.)
It's getting there!
Now you can see the "waterfall" overspill area from the hot tub to the pool. If we want to heat the pool up in winter, this is how it works. WINTER SWIMMING = AWESOME.
Blowing #2! [That's what she said.]
Almost there... [Stay on target! Stay on target! "I can't see it!" LUKE. USE THE- guys, I'm sorry. I'm a little punchy this morning.]
Hot tub is DONE.
Wrapped up for the day! Now I have to soak this with a sprinkler for a few hours. (Apparently this helps the cement cure more strongly? IDK.)
I now believe this is going to happen. It's all been iffy up until this point. Ha.
Those steps are looking mighty fine! And doesn't the drop off seem crazy severe? It's not, but it seems that way.
Hot tub is all done and yes, those pipes will be cut to fit. Otherwise, ouch.
And from the deep end... That little bench at the deep end looks great. :)
DAY EIGHT!
I ran the sprinklers on the pool for 5 hours last night, and this is how it looked this morning.
Guys, it is CRAZY HUMID this morning, as evidenced by this shot.
I get to stand out there five or six times today and water the cement, yay? I think the boy needs a chore today. :)
Yesterday I finished up all of the school supply shopping, then bought the girls school clothes. Last to accomplish is getting the boy to wear something that doesn't look like he traded a half-smoked cigarette to a bum for their clothes and shoes for #2 because her feet WON'T STOP GROWING. She's wearing an adult's 9. *cry* One day she'll level out, but it can't come soon enough for me. Or my wallet. One full week and a weekend and they're all in school!! AND I GET THE POOL TO MYSELF, HAHAHAHAHA!
I'm so boring now, sorry. It'll all be over soon, honest! (Oh, and tonight is Jersey Shore! I've needed more material to work with, so after last week, I'm guessing there will be loads to talk about in the morning. And there won't be new pool stuff happening of interest to distract me from what's important: making fun of ridiculous people.)
In other news,
dovil and I are planning our epic road trip across the western part of the US, culminating in a drunken 3-days in Las Vegas. YAY SPRING OF 2011! She's pretty much the only person aside from my husband that I can see doing this with. Hikes! Booze! Killing drifters! Drug muling! Oh, the memories we'll share. (And we're taking a convertible, too. IN STYLE, Y'ALL. We're going in style.)
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Date: 2010-08-12 03:22 pm (UTC)I have a weird fascination with wet cement. I want to dig my fingers into it. I know I shouldn't, but...I still wanna!
I read "culminating in a drunken 3-days in Las Vegas" as "culminating in a drunken 3-way in Las Vegas" and I immediately began wondering who the third was. Wayne Newton was too obvious but then I thought Siegfried? Roy? One of the tigers? Criss Angel? Celine Dion? A Rat Pack tribute troupe? The possibilities were obviously endless.
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Date: 2010-08-12 03:29 pm (UTC)It dried too fast for you to do that! But man, I should have thought about that when they poured the platform for the pool equipment, DANG.)
Ahahahahaha, you know, I don't think D works that way, unless there are sheep involved. (You know how Aussies and Kiwis are about their lamb.)
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Date: 2010-08-12 03:57 pm (UTC)Well you know D will rout out any sheep to be had NV. I mean, take that as a given...and if so, please bring me back some lovely woolens. *g*
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Date: 2010-08-12 04:28 pm (UTC)Woolens! Check. They'll be soaked in booze and her love, if that's a problem. You know, for allergies or whatnot.
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Date: 2010-08-12 03:29 pm (UTC)Let's hope the hot weather holds for the Inaugural Dip and Dive!
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Date: 2010-08-12 03:34 pm (UTC)And HAHAHAHAHAHA!! Did you just hope for us to maintain our hot temperatures?? That is ADORABLE. Here in Texas, we don't even BEGIN to cool down until late September, so I think we'll have it! :D (It's about 40 - 41 C here right now, if that tells you anything.)
<3
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Date: 2010-08-12 03:41 pm (UTC)Also, I love cement,... I used to sculpt in it, both subtractive and additive. Cement actually hardens by way of a chemical reaction, not by drying out; but keeping it damp does slow the curing process and reduces the chance for cracks and brittleness.
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Date: 2010-08-12 04:14 pm (UTC)And I should glue some dollar bills to the deep end and watch the fun. :D
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Date: 2010-08-12 03:43 pm (UTC)I know it was hot and humid, but don't you just feel like the guys spraying cement could use, I don't know, goggles or a mask or something? Cement particles in one's lungs = not a great idea.
Also also? You are making me want to rip out our still quite functional decades-old gunite pool and put in a new one. Stop that. ;) I need contractors around here like I need a hole in
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Date: 2010-08-12 04:16 pm (UTC)And you know, they did have masks on at one point, maybe they got too hot and took them off? Oh, I just went through the pics I didn't post (for redundancy) and saw that one guy had his mask on in the deep end. But yeah - lungs are precious!
HAHAHAHA, remodel! Then again, remodeling a pool is almost as expensive as a new one, think of the college fund! :D
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Date: 2010-08-12 03:47 pm (UTC)Wow, it looks fantastic! How do you not get up every morning and dance around your kitchen in glee? I mean, that's what I would be doing, I'd be so excited for the pool to be done.
Ah, I love road trips. It's an American rite of passage. I know it's not until next year, but I will be looking forward to your stories from the road - the ones you remember anyway. ;-)
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Date: 2010-08-12 04:17 pm (UTC)ROAD TRIPS ARE MY FAVE. And that's a trip I've taken countless times, it'll be fun to go with someone who's never seen any of it before. It is going to be so much fun, I can't hardly wait!
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Date: 2010-08-12 04:02 pm (UTC)The ceramic artist in me wants to mosaic the bottom. But that sounds hot work work where you are. So I will stay in the AC and look at the pictures provided!
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Date: 2010-08-12 04:18 pm (UTC)No mosaic on the bottom for me - clean, clean solid blue is what I'm after!
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Date: 2010-08-12 04:18 pm (UTC)look at pool
stand near pool
sit on tanning ledge
put feet in pool
try out hot tub
rescue Sallyderg from deep end
dive in to do so
have family stationed to take photos of rescue
explore drinking mojitos while in pool
try out new recipes for pool finger food
buy 45 swimming outfits
wash hair 3 times a day
and so on....
What about zombies? Hmmmm? Do they float in chlorinated water?
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Date: 2010-08-12 04:27 pm (UTC)CLEAN POOL?? WHAT IS THIS MADNESS?! I have a POOL BOY. Um, WILL have a pool boy. I'm taking shirtless applications all week. Hee.
ZOMBIES SINK. I did a copious amount of tests.
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Date: 2010-08-12 04:46 pm (UTC)Also, hot enough for ya? X_X
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Date: 2010-08-12 05:41 pm (UTC)I have dreams where my teeth fall apart, too. I hate those.
Poor kitties! I hope they come home happy and healthy, and you get to spoil them rotten.
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Date: 2010-08-12 05:43 pm (UTC)I have the labyrinthine race dreams more often than any other. Before those came on board, it was the punch but barely make a dent dreams. WHAT UP, HEAD?!
KITTIES! I get them in three hours. SNUGGLE TIME. <3 <3 <3
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Date: 2010-08-12 05:52 pm (UTC)Does your tanning shelf slide aside to reveal your James Bond villain secret hideout?
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Date: 2010-08-12 06:33 pm (UTC)DON'T REVEAL MY SECRET, OMG!!
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Date: 2010-08-12 09:31 pm (UTC)We had to do the same thing with our cattens when they were wee siblings in love. I kept asking the vet when I should be bringing them in since they were y'know, siblings and all, and he kept saying oh, six months, six months. Five to the day, tiny little 3 pound girl cat went into heat.
She was so confused, but not nearly so confused as her brother who spent two days (I couldn't get in to have them fixed until the end of that week!) running and hiding from her every time she presented in front of him. Opinions were divided on if he was going "OMG EW YOU'RE MY SISTER" or "OMG EW YOU'RE A GIRL!" On day three, he couldn't handle the peer pressure any more and made a half-hearted mounting attempt, but he was clearly thinking of some big tom cat.
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Date: 2010-08-12 09:41 pm (UTC)Also dangling off the diving board and avoiding the skimmers as there were *always* gross dead crickets in them. Ew.
We also had a cool 'vacuum' - you hooked the hose into a skimmer and then sucked up anything from the bottom of the pool that shouldn't be there - such fun! :)
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Date: 2010-08-12 09:50 pm (UTC)I haven't had a dream like that in maybe 3 years. I suppose this means I am a grown up now?
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Date: 2010-08-13 12:06 am (UTC)Also, lol at you checking for your teeth. Those dreams where you just CANNOT believe it's not real? Ugh.
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