It's not easy cleaning green....

 Yes, my pool is very green, and very scary. I have spent a small fortune trying to get it clear using algaecide, shock, calcium, alkalinity, and stabalizer. All on the professional recommendation of my local pool store. So, frustrated I go in today and when I take the water to be tested he asks how the pool looks. I say, "CRAPPY!" He nervously laughs and I explain I use REVACIL not CHLORINE and he looks at me with this "awww man" look. He gets the local expert who in turn asks me what I've put into it. I rattle off my list and he stops me. "You put in stabalizer?"...."Yes, they told me to."...."Are you sure you put that in?"...."Yes, right there, those bottles."....he has this look of oh crap on his face. He then explains to me that whoever told me to do that was WRONG. He said it was for chlorinated pools and points it out on the lable. I tell him I realized that, and reminded the guy twice that I was NOT using chlorine, and he still told me to use it. Not once, but TWICE. So, he comps me a bunch of chemicals, and tells me what to do. I walk away with $50 of chemicals and am now in the process of trying to fix the pool again. Sheesh! He promised that by tomorrow, it should be a cloudy blue, then with a few days of filtering, I should be back to crystal clear. What did I tell you? Just in time for the girls to go back to school. Oh, the joys of pool ownership....

Apart from that, nothing much is going on today. I'm waiting for dh to come inside so we can decide if we are going anywhere. The cold front from Canada has swept through, and we are at a chilly 87 right now, so we might as well take advantage of it. Perhaps we will head out to St. Augustine....although with the weather, everyone and his brother probably have the same idea.

Okay, the bell is dinging, and it's time to add 2 gallons of shock....here's hoping....