Almost Swimming Time!

Wow, it is almost really done! It is hard to believe, it took much longer than thought! We are hoping by this weekend to be able to swim it. Amazingly Millie has not gotten it. I am afraid once she discovers it we won't be able to keep her out. There are men here removing the dirt. They thought that they would just be able to spread the dirt over the yard, but they finally figured out there was just too much! So for the past 4 days they have had this truck and about 5 guys shoveling. So much for using earth moving equipment. Emily, Logan, Millie and Harry (the neighbor boy) managed to find there way up in the truck while the workers were loading the truck. Both the maid and I are ready for grass as we are tired of dealing with sand which manages to find its way into the house... !! The pool will just have grass right up to the edge, don't ask why, I guess it is just something they do in India. We need to get the grass planted, work on landscaping and put up a privacy fence. But at least we can still swim this weekend (hopefully).

Things are progressing

Well, the pool is coming along. It was supposed to be done by now but remember this is India and they say 1 month and you say 2 months. But that is okay, it is not warm enough to swim...at least that is what the natives say. For those of us from colder climates it is plenty hot enough to swim! The pool construction was amazing. We were not here for the digging but a friend told us that there were at least 15 Indians digging by hand. Yep we are here with a major construction equipment company but they dug the pool with shovels and bowls. This is incredible but we when think of having a piece of equipment do the work versus giving people jobs in the poverty stricken nation it just makes sense. I was really amazed on the day the pools walls were poured. There were about 8 ladies who would carry concrete (or is it cement...never can remember) in a bowl on top of there head and then hand it to a man in the pool who would then pour it into the formed walls. I was really taken aback by this one girl who was just absolutely beautiful. She had the most beautiful smile and carried the bowl of concrete with such grace ( I never realized that that was possible but again this is India!).