For the past four weeks, we had been waiting on our city to get back to the pool company, Sunrise, with the permit for our pool. Last Thursday, Eric went down to the city's offices to see if there was anything they were waiting on from us (a nice way for us to say, "What the heck is taking you people so long?!?") - and depsite the fact that their answer was that it was "in Engineering", magically, that afternoon, Sunrise called to tell us that the permits had been approved!
Now I wish we'd gone by to check up on the permit earlier.
We're certainly in no rush to get the pool constructed because, in case you haven't noticed, it's no longer summer. (Damn.) But this was pretty much the worst timing possible. Why? Because we were heading off to New York for a weeklong vacation up in the Adirondack mountains!
Thankfully we have good friends who live close by and one of them has been kind enough to swing by our house daily to take photos of the pool construction (thanks, Jim!) and so now, I present you with...
OUR BACKYARD
Minus grass! Plus tractor!
We're sad not to be there in person to see this mayhem, but our trip couldn't be postponed...And so in the meanwhile, we're relaxing - reading, napping, kayaking, playing cards and Scrabble, cooking (so far Eric made Boeuf Bourguignon - inspired after I made him watch Julie and Julia - and I made a pasta bake; tonight we're grilling filet mignon with roasted red potatoes with rosemary and garlicky spinach), and hiking to see views like this:
Just don't expect 5 hour walks every day, Tater.
3 comments:
This looks so fun Nicole, the mountains are gorgeous. Also, that pool is coming along quite quickly. What a fantastic new addition.
Awesome progress being made on the pool!! And glad you're having a relaxing time in NY.
Wow! That pool will be up in no time at all! I am jealous that you were in the Adirondacks. Hope you have a fun time!
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