Getting excited.....

I am getting so excited.....so excited that we are closer to spring & summer. With that said...that means swimming is around the corner!! Last year we found rips in our pool liner. It really needed to be replaced, but when I called the pool company they said by the time that got it ordered and scheduled a date to get it put in, that it would be the end of the summer (since they are soooo booked up & stay so busy). Our preacher, Tommy and his dad were actually so sweet to come over and patch it up for us. They have had a liner pool for years and years. It was so wonderful because that made it where we could still use it. The rips were on the top of the liner above the water.....THANK GOD. Normally this is caused from years of our wonderful HOT Texas sun...!! We decided that we would not mess with it and let it sit thru the winter (and not run the pump which is expensive on our electric bill or clean the leaves out of it as you can tell by the beautiful green swamp looking water) and get a new liner after the first of the year. Then we would be one of the first ones on the schedule for the spring.....Well....that time is here...YEAAAAA!! We picked out which liner we want (you will see pictures of some people's pool that live here in Vernon that I went and looked at)and decided to go ahead and order it. The pool company actually just left a few minutes ago from getting the "exact" measurements to order it. They said it should take about 1-2 weeks to get in, then they will schedule a time to come put it in..........so we will be up & ready to swim as soon as the weather gets nice. One of the reasons we chose a darker color of liner is because we will be able to swim earlier in the spring and later in the fall because the dark color traps the heat! All I know is that what it cost to replace it.....YIKES.....that we want to make sure we get our money's worth....However, I know we will...after the kids jump in for the first time of the year and we see the smiles on their faces...it will be so well worth it! :) As you can see in one of the pictures it has only half of the water out. Because it holds 30,000 gallons of water, it took 3 FULL days to drain it. You should have seen all the water in our neighborhood on the street....people were driving by really slow just to see where the water was coming from. (Makes me wonder how long it is going to take to fill it...and what it will cost?!?!?!) p.s. I will post pictures at soon as the new liner gets installed.