Updates and Pool Pictures

Ok - FIRST -

DYNAMITE IS THE U8 Divisional Champions!!! Prissy - pitched a no hitter! Prissy - had 2 RBIs off of an amazing double. The score 2-0. (meaning Prissy's double was the only score in the game!!!) I freaking CRIED! I'm such a damn freak. (I cried because the girls were SO HAPPY!! I was so proud of all of them!!! And MY BABY ROCKS! (really, I swear I'm not a "sports mom!"))

Ok - our pool - super incredible. As promised - here are the final construction pictures:

Before:

Trees Cut:

Trees Removed:

Digging #1

Digging #2

Plumbing

Electrical

Rebar

Gunite

Tile #1

Tile #2 and Coping #1

Tile #3 and coping #2

Concrete around the Pool

Dried concrete around the pool

Plastered - starting to fill

Still Filling up

Gorgeous Finished Pool

We still have to landscape. First, we need to figure out the sprinklers and then bring in the plants. Hopefully it will go just fine. We should be able to swim sometime next week. And it's actually going to start getting hot next week - so that will rock. Also? We'll be done with both softball and baseball and have a little extra time. Yay!

100 Things I want to do before I die

02. Earn a Black Belt
03. Run (or walk) a marathon
04. See Great Wall of China
05. Volunteer in a Women's Shelter
06. Go to Australia
07. Start my own business.
08. Have a total net worth of $1M
10. Be my own boss.
100. Go on a cruise.
11. Parasail
12. Write a book.
13. Plant a Garden
14. Plant an orange tree.
15. Learn basic Italian,
16. Be able to do 30 "real" pushups
17. See the egyptian pyramids.
18. Go Kayaking.
19. Scuba Dive
20. Ride a bike a significant distance
21. Hike Half-dome
22. Try to surf.
23. Witness a salmon spawning
24. Visit Every State in the US.
25. Ride in a hot air balloon.
26. Ride a Camel.
27. Have a girls-only weekend at a spa.
28. Join a bunco group.
29. Take tap dancing lessons.
30. Have at least one blog site ask me to be a contributing author.
31. Grow my hair long at least one more time.
32. Learn how to really use Photo Shop
33. Learn how to really use Pinnacle.
34. Host a fundraising event for the foundation for fighting blindness.
35. Make people more aware of food allergies.
37. Declutter, organize and redecorate my house.
38. Have my children grow up to be non-dependant adults
39. Learn to take better pictures.
40. Get my public notary certification
41. Become PMP certified.
42. Learn how to use a serger.
43. Sew something useful on a serger.
44. See the Grand Canyon.
45. Find 1000 geocaches.
46. See a TV comedyshow being taped live.
47. Host a dinner party
48. Create a picture scrapbook of both kids from birth to their current age.
49. Successfully grow bonsai trees.
51. See the aurora borealis.
54. Develop a production website for a business.
56. Ride a motorcycle.
57. Exercise Regularly
58. Swim with the dolphins
59. Speak in front of 100 people or more
61. Learn to use Microsoft Expression
62. Change my own oil.
63. Learn how to tile (and tile bathroom)
64. Zipline
65. Ride in the St. Louis Arch with my kids.
66. Learn PHP and MySQL
67. Post on my blog for 365 days
68. Attend a professional baseball game with my family
69. Go wine tasting in Napa Valley
70. Visit every continent in the world.
71. Ride on a sailboat.
72. Catch a fish with my kids and eat it.
73. Volunteer at my kids school - and actually make a difference.
74. Go to Alaska
75. Dye a part of my hair pink or red or blue or orange
76. Paint a picture
78. Email 10 friends from high school that I have lost touch with
79. Do cartwheels in the rain
81. Teach my kids how to cook.
82. Ride an elephant
83. Swim with dolphins
85. Go to Yosemite.
86. Find a Geocache in every state in the US.
88. "Touch" every ocean in the world - Pacific and Atlantic done.
89. Go Grape Stomping
90. See the Grand Canyon.
92. Make Paper.
93. Crochet or Knit an entire blanket.
94. Visit every continent in the world.
95. Ride in a Limo
96. Visit the Statue of Liberty
97. See Niagara Falls in person.
98. Donate Blood.
99. Sleep on an overnight train.
DONE 01. Get a Masters Degree - DONE
DONE 09. Own a house with an in-ground pool. DONE
DONE 36. Learn joomla. DONE
DONE 50. Go to Italy - DONE
DONE 52. Play in the rain with my kids. ON THE BEACH EVEN!!
DONE 53. Go camping with the family and tell stories around the camp fire. DONE
DONE 55. Complete my list of 100 things to do before I die. DONE
DONE 60. Make smores with my kids. DONE
DONE 77. Tell a manager to take this job and shove it. DONE
DONE 80. Roast Marshmellows with my kids. DONE
DONE 84. Boogie Board. DONE
DONE 87. Run an entire 5K Race (extra points - do it with Prissy.) DONE with extra points
DONE 91. Ride in a Gondola in Venice.

11 comments:

Katie said...: I'm so excited for you and your newly finished pool! What a great way to cool off after all those games :); May 30, 2008 at 8:57 PM
momofonefornow said...: here from nclm.

not gonna lie, a bit jealous of the pool! It's 85 degrees inside my house right now and I could climb through this computer in order to swim in that pool.; May 30, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Anonymous said...: Oh wow! That's a fantastic pool. It's no where near warm enough for a pool here yet but I'm still jealous! (NCLM); May 31, 2008 at 5:37 AM
Nadine said...: nacomleavmo
wow what a nice pool, totally jealous, it looks so calm and relaxing.; May 31, 2008 at 8:06 AM
Sam said...: woo hoo! It looks marvelous.; May 31, 2008 at 11:04 AM
shawna said...: I am so jealous. Your pool is gorgeous!; May 31, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Jendeis said...: Here from NaComLeavMo. The pool looks gorgeous - I loved your play-by-play pictures!; May 31, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Rebecca (Ramblings by Reba) said...: Ah, it's beautiful! Enjoy your new pool!; May 31, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Caba said...: Here from NCLM.

Gorgeous pool! Um, can I come over and swim in it?? hehe.; May 31, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Jill said...: beautiful! Love the shape, the stone edge and simply the fact that you have a pool in your back yard! Wooo hooo!

(here from nclm); May 31, 2008 at 7:30 PM
momofonefornow said...: hey, thanks for the comment. I am crossing my fingers about the cycle.; May 31, 2008 at 8:57 PM

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Friday, May 30, 2008