It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

One of the things that sold us on this house was the backyard. It is gorgeous and it has a pool! Right after we moved in, we dumped hundreds of dollars into the pool trying to get it ready to swim in, only to find out that it needed to be completely drained! So we drained it, cleaned it, and refilled it, then dumped a few hundred more dollars worth of chemicals in. We swam for a few months before it was too cold and then it sat all winter. Unfortunately, when we tested the water in the spring, it was like tap water with no trace of the chemicals we had put in last fall! We discovered that it had a leak in the fill valve, fixed that and started the chemical process all over again.

We were so frustrated and began to be very concerned about the money pit we apparently bought! Seriously, that kind of money was not in the budget! What were we going to do? Clearly, we had made a terrible mistake!

Luckily the problem turned out to be realtively cheap to fix and we have been enjoying the pool for several weeks now. In fact, the kids come home from school, put on their swimming suits and hardly come in the house (except for homework). They even have their snack and their dinner out there. It's divine! Definitely worth all the money and stress:)