May. 30, 2006 - Tuesday Co-Op ~~ Our NEW POOL!!!

This weekend, I happened upon a 15 ft aboveground hard sided pool for sale in the area.  It included NEW accessories, all the pumps, filter, steps, hoses, skimmer, etc were only used for one summer ~ and they are like new!  The pool is older, but all we'll need is a liner... and that isn't bad at all for a $300 pool!

Anyway, Dh prepared the ground a bit yesterday, although it then started raining before we could do the leveling or anything.  We need to level the ground, then put up the sides, put in the sand... and then install the new liner.  We should have a "new" BIG (for us) pool within the next two weeks!

Co-op today was nice  although totally unstructured for the most part.  I did some painting with the girls, Kerra pretty much finished her painting.  The boys all started paintings... they all chose animals ~ go figure:)  Kainan is doing a painting for Grandma Barb, so I wont' describe his picture here:)  Jaedin is doing a horned lizard, and Sprite is doing a beach scene.  Oils are different ~ really different ~ but I LOVE them.  I dstarted a painting last week while the girls were doing theirs.  I still need to finish it though.

Laura and Paris made clothespin dolls today, and Abyni and Mattie made a "floorplan" type house for the dolls.  They were all working diligently (and quietly!!) for over an HOUR on their new project!  It was nice.

I have garage sale stuff everywhere in the living room.  I have almost every article of clothing in our house sorted in the living room at the moment (except Sprite's clothes and the current things Dh and I have in our room) and I just have a TON of clothes for the garage sale.  I have a big tub for each child for winter/to grow into clothes ~ and the rest are GONE soon!  I am so happy to be having the sale!  It will help defer the costs of the swimming pool too.

So, I'm fairly exhausted, so I'm going to go veg out and read or something.... whew!