Busy two weeks

It has been difficult to get motivated to get on here in the evening to do any updates. We have been running hard lately and I'm not just referring to the marathon training. The training has actually suffered.

What I'm referring to is keeping up with a teenager which is a constant in our lives now. But also all the stuff we add to our lives in addition. There is rodeo committees for both of us, marathon training, and then school for the hubby (getting his MBA -- I'm not that motivated to rule the world).

Lately we have added one more headache that will hopefully soon be a good thing. I have always wanted my own pool but really couldn't afford it. The hubby found out about this wish and wants to make it happen for me. I probably would have been fine for the rest of my life if I never had one because I'm cheap and pools aren't. The thing I worry about most, other than the truly exhorbitant cost of what we are about to build, is choosing the right company to do this.

I am having constant stress over this decision! I envision a big muddy hole in my once lovely back lawn and me not being able to find the person who started the project. I have heard enough horror stories to last a lifetime. So I have interviewed countless pool guys hoping that I can find the right one who won't abandon my dream and make it the nightmare that came true.

So everything else in my life has been abandoned to make way for this dream and the future serious debt that it brings. On the upside, I will have a lovely place to go enjoy at my own home because I am not so sure we will be able to afford anything outside the home!

I think we have finally decided who will build the pool, patio cover and outdoor fireplace and on a design for the most part. I think that this has been the second most stressful decision right behind building my first house. I am looking forward to getting the financing in place and let them get done with this so that I can relax. Until then, I'm probably going to make some sports massage therapist really rich (so that he/she can someday own a pool too!)