Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Progress!

Well, this little (haha) pool project is moving right along. We are in full disaster-area mode in the backyard, I mean, I knew it would be messy, but WOWSA, this is crazy. I keep telling myself it'll be gorgeous when it's done, but it's kind of hard to look out there right now. The good news for Derek is that he has a LOT less grass to mow. :) Here's how it's all shaping up.

These trenches are huge! I never imagined there would be this much pipe under there.
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The drains
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The "stuff" that runs the whole operation (try not to be intimidated by my technical lingo, LOL)
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The steel
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Hopefully, by the weekend the gunite will be sprayed and it will really start to look like a pool.

Like the new bloggy look? I was in the mood for something simple and light. I realized in looking through pics today that it's been a while since I took any shots of the 4 J's together, so I'll try to do that soon and get a new pic up there. Only half a day of school left, can I get a HALLELUJAH!?!?! :)

11 comments:

Isabella's Mommy and Daddy said...

Love the new look and the pool is looking great..
can't wait to see it finished.
have a great week..

Keisha said...

This too shall pass....

& you'll be sipping on a NICE cold Lemonade by your "sweet" new Pool!! lol!

Gail said...

Wow! pretty soon you'll be in that pool playing and having fun.

Love your new blog look, it's so summery.

Sherri said...

Looking good! Won't be long and all the kids and their friends will be hanging around your backyard. That will be fun!

The blog looks good too!

mommy24treasures said...

I love your new look to so fresh and airy for summer:)
Ahhh our backyard was a disaster for several months! Our contractor had several pools going at once and it did not go as fast as I wanted!

jiangxigirls said...

Love the new look and the pool! Congrats on the last day of school. Ours was yesterday....

Speaking of new blog looks I think mine needs an overhaul! :-)

Marla said...

Hallelujah!!!! we are out too!!!!

The pool looks great, my that is a lot of "stuff". Our daugther just got a pool and Doug has been busy putting up a deck. I'll have to post pictures. Love this summer stuff for sure.

redmaryjanes said...

Wow! That looks like it's going to be really cool!

Half Gaelic, Half Garlic! said...

WOWSA is right!! They are really coming along.....I bet you can't wait to be floating around in one of those fancy lounge chairs with a fruity cocktail in your hand..... A Mom can dream right?? I think majority of the time you will be playing lifeguard, but either way, it looks like heaven!!

Hope you have a great night!

Lisa

Parents, Kids & Schnoodles - oh my! said...

Love the new look - and WOWZA! We had a pool in Florida - who knew what it took to get it there! I can't wait to see the finished project!

Special K said...

Love that pic of all your J's.

The backyard... yikes! Just try to focus on the finished project. It'll all be worth it. LOL!