251/365 Slime
We made slime today. The wind has been blowing fiercely and it called for some indoor creativity. Much to my better judgement, I bought some glitter to put inside. It looked amazing and our slime was perfect with a lot of elasticity, but I know I will be wiping glitter off everything for the next two years!
248/365 Card Holders
We played a lot of cards last week and although we have one cardholder, it is not a great one and we could have used two of them. So I bought these and they are perfect! Cards display so well and are easily moved around. Soft felt on the bottom and they actually look very nice and stack well for storage. I may very well use one myself because I seem to be always putting my hand down to go fetch something (usually food) or to help out one of the grands. Looking forward to using these.
240/365 UV Filter
Allow me a moment to brag.
First let me say we LOVE our pool and watching so many kids having a blast in it. However being pool owners has been a learning curve and we are very thankful to Sansom Pools for all their teaching and advice. I am sure they are very thankful for our credit card too! 😜
We are slowly mastering the chemistry of the water and how to balance it and keep it healthy. But it also involved a whole new understanding of intakes and output valves, water pumps (and priming those pumps which is an art in itself) sump pumps to empty the overflow, filters and cleaning filters, UV treatment, heater settings (and rather large hydro bills), bypass valves, winterizing, pool liner care and the list goes on.....
Today the UV Filter sprung a leak and we had to shut down the system. Chat GPT walked me thru the particular UV filter we have and possibilities to fix but alas - not worth it as it is 7 years old. Sansom pools confirmed everything chat GPT said and offered a temporary fix but they could not have anyone out to replace it until next week. They did have one in stock. $$
Since we have 6 children and 8 adults coming for lunch and an afternoon of swimming tomorrow and the pumps and filters are off d/t the leak, I wanted a fix today so we do not have cloudy water tomorrow.
So I went to the pool store where they got the UV filter prepped for installation and I brought it home and installed it! By myself! AND got the system running again (priming that pump)...which can be tricky once air gets into the pipes.
Ta da!
We have a working pool.
Now to food prep for tomorrow!
234/365 Ohio Buckeye
This large and very beautiful tree is growing in our front yard. Unfortunately I have learned that the tree leaves and nuts are toxic to humans and animals. As lovely as the tree is and as interesting looking as the fruit is, it is not one I would have chosen to plant in my yard.
