Thank you ladies! We have been in our house 33 years and put the pool in 30 years ago. It was in really bad shape. The bottom was so rough on your feet, to the point of actually cutting the skin. We haven't used the pool in years! My Mom used to really enjoy it when she would come to visit and my nieces and nephews always had a ball in the pool when they were young. We might begin to swim again now that it's like new! Over the years my husband has talked about draining the water out and just filling it with dirt - he said I could have a nice gardening area ... Yeah, right! I told him the cats would just think it was a giant litter box for them to use! I thought about taking the screen room down and getting rid of the pool and just having that all be lawn area again, but our cats are declawed, indoor kitties and that pool enclosure is the only outside they've ever known! I would hate to take it away from them. And, I sure don't want more lawn to mow! That's what I've been doing today ... I just finished mowing, edging and sweeping the front and now I'm taking an air conditioning break before doing the back! We have a humongous driveway that goes from the street to the garage and all the way around the back of the house to another garage! I would love, love, love to get rid of all the cement, as well as lawn and have an entire natural setting! My DH is the one who loves the green lawn! I keep telling him it is bad for the environment, what with all the water it takes as well as fertilizer and chemicals to keep it looking green. He is the one who fertilizes twice a year ... but I am the one stuck with the mowing, edging, trimming trees and shrubs, sweeping etc. He does help a lot if he isn't busy with other projects. Today he is replacing the motor on our pool pump which went kaput a couple of days ago! If it isn't one thing it's another when you are a homeowner I guess! This is the first summer in years that we haven't taken a few days vacation and it's been the most expensive summer we've had in a long, long time! But, the new roof on the house was a Must! and it sure is nice having the pool and deck and all like new. Hopefully everything will hold up for another 6 or 7 years until he retires and we can downsize. I look forward to the day where I don't have to mow a lawn anymore! Especially down here in Florida. We mow 9 months out of the year and during the rainy season we sometimes have to mow twice a week because with all the rain the grass grows so fast!
Well ... I guess I will get back to work. Chat with y'all later.
