This Week in Review.

Well, it’s been a quiet week in FT Walton, my hometown out there in the panhandle.  It rained every day this week except today.  Some days I was able to get some outside stuff done, some days only inside.

We went to Target last weekend and I got a 16 ‘ x 36” swimming pool which was, of course, was marked down enough for me to be comfortable buying it.  It ended up giving me exercise this week in between rain storms.

First it was clearing and leveling a patch of the back yard.

Then laying out the pool, filling it and building a support structure for a still-to-be-made cover.  The pool was supposed to smoothly pull the wall of the pool up as it filled.  One area of the sidewall, however, ended up filling in with creases being held in by the weight of the water.  I think I can work those creases out once I get in the pool but so far that hasn’t happened since it’s rained so much.  I also had to either make or buy a pool ladder.  Price and availability pushed me to make the ladder.  Here’s what it looks like with the saggy end. 

Now I need to make a cover and get a screen to scoop debris out of the pool.  It’s actually sunny today so I may actually use the pool and try to straighten out the saggy side.

We celebrated our 39th anniversary early at Rodizio Grill (Brazilian Steakhouse) in Pensacola. http://www.rodiziogrill.com/.

Well, we spent the day in Pensacola celebrating.  That was the meal.  We started with a walk through Target.  Then we went to A&E fabrics where Penny got lots of nice material for her quilts and had a huge grin on her face the whole time.  After lunch we went to Harbor Freight for my turn to grin.

Since we were off our diets for the day we stopped at Dairy Queen on the way home.

Finally today we started out the day with kayaking.  The bayous are full of fish now and the Osprey are having a field day swooping in and catching them.

And that’s the news from FT Walton, where all the Gugs are retired, all their kids and kids-in-law are good looking, and their grandkids and grandanimals  above average.