So it’s not a secret-we’ve been doing A LOT of renovations lately. Besides the kitchen renovation, the most recent has been “The Pool”. I use quotation marks because that is what it has become, literally “The Pool”. It’s been quit the project. Initially when we decided to purchase the house-our plans were to fill it in. It was this massive piece of crap in the back yard that hadn’t been taken care of for YEARS-over grown, the liner was torn into a MILLION pieces and you name it-it was at the bottom of filled with murky/muddy/mosquito infested water. I’m sure the neighbors were just thrilled that they had to look over and see “The Pool” for many years in the condition it was in. So after much debate and a little push from my uncle-who use to install inground pools-we decided, what the heck, let’s go for it and try to get this puppy up and running. I have to say, I regret even THINKING about filling it in because it has become our little Get-a-Way for the summer.
During the pool remodel, we found out some very interesting facts about the pool. While making a visit to Weaver’s Pool and Spa in Indiana, they pulled the records and found that they had infact installed the pool back in 1973-yes that’s right, the pool is 33 years old! Also, back then, it only cost $3,233.00 for a 20 ft x 40 ft pool……today it would be 10 times that! We chatted for a while about it and it turns out that it was one of the first pools they (his father and he) had installed when starting up the family business-kinda cool!
So anyway, we’re enjoying the fruits of someone else’s labor from 33 years ago….and loving every minute of it. Sure, we still have a few minor things to do to spruce the last bit of life back into it-like painting the rest of the pool house, power washing the concrete….but for the most part-she’s a beaut! Besides, I love that the building doesn’t look brand spankin new-it has many stories to tell-if only walls could talk!
………… a bit cluttered…but it’s “Home”!
…..yeah my child is weird!
……….. so give me a buzz and you can stop on by for a margarita-or two-or three…….. 
