Hello Pooligans,
Yes unbelievable but true the day to fill the pool has come and started. At 9:30 a.m. PDT this morning water began to flow into the big hole in the back yard.
Yesterday another Sheen got plastered (No not Charlie Sheen); pebble sheen. There were so many men in the pool at one time I thought I was mistakenly at a Tea Dance in PTown. They did a great job though plastering the pool. And they had fun doing it–there was spanish music blasting and they were singing at the top of their lungs while they themselves turned blue from plaster. It looked and sounded like the Blue Man Group in Espana Idol.
Then this morning two men arrived at the crack of dawn (can you say 6:45 a.m.) to finish the job and get the water flowing. The only gotcha was when a power sander was put into action at 7:30 a.m. and I had to kindly ask that they cease and desist until 8 a.m. because today is my neighbor’s day off. They were not thrilled with the idea of their power tool time being delayed but a Pepsi Bribe goes a long way.
So at 9:30 they finished and the water was flowing. I estimate that the filling process will take well into the evening. I’m just hopeful to have the pool and spa filled before bed time so I don’t need to keep checking throughout the night.
Monday a.m. the pool equipment gets turned on officially and the water purification process begins.
The landscapers have been put on hold until Tuesday so the plaster can begin to cure in the pool (can’t risk any debris getting in; or dogs for that matter). But things on the landscape front go into high gear next week with irrigation finishing, sod going in and plants starting to be put in place.
Actually the cool part is that plants have been arriving every day (Green bananas, Red bananas, Black bamboo, an Angel Trumpet and a big Philodendron). It’s very fun to see and most definitely Korey’s favorite part.
This weekend we hope to go buy some more planters and continue the back yard fix up and clean up.
I’ll post the completely filled pool and spa pictures tomorrow!
Thanks for all the love and support!
Mahalo!
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