Blog Entries - May 2008

Too Hot to Swim

cammie — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

If you read my blog entry from May 11th, "Our Pool is Cool" you already know where I'm heading with this:

It's 105 degrees in Sacramento and it's too hot to swim. Our pool temp, which I've been obsessed with for the past 4 months, has now hit an all-time high of 90 degrees.

Jeff and I were going to take a dip this afternoon to "refresh ourselves". But there is nothing refreshing about 90 degree water on a 105 degree day.

Wha [...]

Our Pool is Cool

cammie — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Last October my husband Jeff and I decided to bite the bullet and put in the pool we've always wanted. Living in the Sacramento, California region means that a pool is almost mandatory for survivial. This is one blazin' HOT area. A comfortable day in July is 95 degrees. We don't even consider it hot until it reaches 105.

The hole was dug in November and it was an interesting process to watch. By mid-January our dream pool, with a flagstone wall and neato water featu [...]