I'm sure there must be a book with this title.  If there is, I need it.  First thing this morning we started reading through all the instructions on how to start your filter and all the things to make your pool swimmable.  We even watched the 'instructional, interactive DVD".  I did not have enough coffee in my system to make it through that one!  I ended up having to go to the pool store and admit how dumb I am to the guy who sold us the pool.  He asks the obvious, "Did you read the instructions?"  Duh, of course we did!  I made him show me on the floor model how to put the filter in the water-purifying unit.  Easy, just unscrew the lid, drop in the filter and screw it back on.  No problem, we can handle that.  Have you ever tried to screw a lid on when 20,000 gallons of water is trying to escape from the little cap you just took off?  Not as easy as you'd think.  Now Phil and I are standing in a very large mud puddle, trying to decide what to do next.  Next is shoveling all the dirt back in the 4 foot trench around the pool.

I am on my lunch break, and we told the girls they could swim when the movie they just put in is over.  So, it's back to shoveling for me!

Did I mention that this huge pile of dirt is mostly large clumps of clay?  Oh well, looking at the sunny side, I will have a great tan and some nicely toned muscles!