The Whole Nine Yards

We bought this home in December 2021 in part because of the above-ground swimming pool. As it turned out, we bought a pig in a poke. The pool had holes in it and was not laid in correctly. We took it down and dug a new foundation. We started about ten weeks ago and it is a work in progress.

We thought that we could to the work ourselves, a little at time each night.

At first, I was reminded of Alice's Retaurant
with its shovels and rakes and implements of destruction.

Soon enough, however, I was thinking more of
The Bridge on the River Kwai.

We got help, hiring two neighborhood guys,
one in high school, the other in college.

Then we had the sand delivered for the new foundation.
The sand was a lot easier to transfer than the work
to bust the sod.

 I had the guys come back for about
90 minutes each and did the last eight hours myself.

The new pool has been delivered. We still have to set the foundation. I figure that setting up the pool will be easy until the last section needs to be tensioned and secured. We have tiles for the footings and barriers for the edging. Mostly, we have a will to succeed and helpful neighbors looking for work.

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