I'm excited to be off to my first women's retreat with the ladies from my church, I'm so happy Jessica is coming too, yay! It should be a great weekend! I spent yesterday tearing down the new pool. I noticed how crazy dirty it was getting so I went about attempting to clean it. Um, how?? There is no drain and after bailing a million buckets of water out and trying over and over to siphon the nasty water, I finally gave up & had John help me flip it over, leaving a slimy mess. In the middle of looking up ways to clean the pool and siphon the water I came across all kind of articles about the bacteria breeding ground that I was fostering. YUCK. The whole time all I could think was WE ARE NOT KEEPING THIS POOL. I explained to the kids that it just wasn't working out. I promised them we'd get a smaller pool, that was easier to clean. They were surprisingly understanding about this disappointing turn of events. ...