Another Work Weekend

The plan was to spend all weekend (again) working on the pool deck, while Jen stained the house deck.

Unfortunately the stain she wanted is not currently distributed. The company was bought by another company and working out new distributions.

Then I ran into this. Flat tire.

Dropped it off at the tire shop, and move on.

Can’t say I got a lot done. It was hot as hell, so that slowed things down. Also had to trim around and shore up a receptacle, and add more support along the edge of the concrete.

Still looks pretty good.

Getting close to the end, but the end is going to need work. Not sure if it was always this way or settled since June when we started, but the framework needs some leveling and strengthening. Also looks like we’ll need to order a few more boards.

I also managed to to finish up the pellet stocking.

Nice to know I’m completely set for the winter. Not to mention the 500 ga tank of propane we also have.

And the girls…

The girls swam their butts off this weekend.

They spent nearly both days in or around the pool all day.

So much so, I had to devise a barrier to ensure they stayed in the shallow end where I knew I could jump in and rescue either if they needed it without myself also drowning.

Yeah. It’s pretty redneck, but the float rope won’t be here until Tuesday, and honestly we didn’t expect them to be swimming this much independently yet.  Not entirely independently. I was there the whole time working on the deck, and made them get out if I had to leave, but they were in the water by themselves.

So that was it for this weekend. Now it’s late and I should have been in bed an hour ago.

– b