Our week has been consumed by the nightmare that is our pool ... Let me be clear that the whole thing is our fault. During the winter, our pool cover kept blowing off. Eventually we gave up and that left parts of the pool exposed. So it should come as no surprise that when spring hit and we officially pulled the cover off, the water was puke green! Gross! We tried everything to bring it back. But there was NO coming back. We figured that out after a couple hundred dollars in chemicals. No matter what we tried, there was too much crud at the bottom. And it was impossible to vacuum it because the water was too dark to see through. So .... we emptied it and are starting over. I hate you pool. … [Read more...] about Weekend Wind Down 6/23/2012