The Building of Greuel Manor: I'm Back!!!

After spending a week away at an underground nickel mine in the Arctic Circle (it really is quite nice this time of year), I was pleased to be able to come home to some warm weather, see some progress, and take a swim. While I was gone, the concrete work was finished and it turned out perfectly. It is sealed and cut already and is bigger than I expected. All that is left for the pool is electrical, light, heater, and salt hookups, cover installation, and cleaning the water. That should all happen this week. They also believe everything else will be completed as well but I have a hard time believing all of the irrigation repairs, yard grading, drainage system installation, landscaping, firepit installation, retaining wall building, fence installation, and sod laying will be done in 4 days but hopefully I'm wrong because the opening party is Saturday! My mom, dad, and Aunt Liz spent the weekend here helping me with placing furniture, put together a deck box, and some outside decorating and it's going to look amazing. We even had some time to take a swim. It should be a busy week!