Trying to get this damn pool open!!! Grrrrr

Cindy and I have been trying to get the pool open since May 24th!!! We have shocked the sucker, added all the chemicals it needed and have had the filter running every day for at least 12 hours! This is what it looked like as of yesterday. Technically it is swimmable because it has a chlorine reading, but I am just bothered that I can't see the bottom of the deep end. All of the levels in the pool are perfectly fine and where they should be, so I am completely baffled at why it is still cloudy. We are having Father's Day here on Sunday so I am determined to get that water as clear as can be! After all...I need to be able to sail on my pirate ship on Sunday! The pirate ship has a trap door, a water gun attached to the side of the ship and it's 4 feet wide and 6 feet long. Ahoy Matey!!!

Robin's eggs

If you look very closely in the first picture below, you can see a Robin in the center of the picture on a tree branch. She must have known that I have a sister named Robin that comes to visit because she made a nest in a tree in front of our house. She layed four eggs in the nest and she was a frequent visitor for about 4 weeks. Funny thing is that I never would have noticed if it wasn't for Cindy. Every time we opened the front door a Robin would fly out of the tree. I just thought she was getting berries or something out of the tree. After about a week of the same thing happening every time we opened the door, Cindy checked out the tree and discovered the nest.

The bottom three pictures are: (1) when the eggs first hatched (you can see their little beaks in the bottom of the picture) (2) as the four baby Robins started to grow and (4) this picture was taken the day before they left us. The pour babies were getting so big and fat that they were all stuffed in this little nest. We miss checking on them every day, but we are happy that they are finally out of that cramped nest :)

Gettin' ready for the Celts and Lakers

Here we go everyone...tomorrow is the beginning of the series that proves if the Celtics season was really worth it. The best team in the NBA is starting the series that can bring a championship back to Boston! Here are some pictures to bring the Celtics some luck. The first one is of me and my friend Cherissa (I've known her since the 6th grade...18 long years!!!) enjoying some drinks while watching the Celtics play the Pistons. The next picture is of Larry Bird (that sexy beast) and Magic Johnson. And the last picture is a symbol of what is to come...9 o'clock tomorrow night, Paul Pierce and the Boston Celtics vs. Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. Go Celtics!!!