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Wondering where I've been? Still working hard and watching the summer pass me by (sniff). While I've been super sad that I didn't get to partake in summer activities as much as I would have liked, I was also keeping busy on the home front with quite a large undertaking. Remember all of my dreams last summer of pool parties and my earlier inspiration on how I wanted our pool to look ? Well, I have some small updates. Last time you saw our pool, it looked kinda like this: And the lovely brick-like pavers that surrounded it: Well, it looks slightly different now.  We got a new liner on the pool and once we saw how great it was looking, we decided we also had to get rid of the old pavers and redo the entire patio around the pool. The  crazy  thing about the whole project?  The quotes to redo the patio were coming in WAY TOO HIGH. We weren't sure what we were going to do. So, the  world'...

My dad is a pretty amazing guy.  I've always had a really great relationship with my father.  He is an ever present constant in my life that I know I can always rely upon. When I was in junior high, my dad would often come home from work and have to go over all of my math assignments with me because my math teacher (who had a glass eye) was so intimidating and scary that I had a hard time absorbing anything I was taught.  For the first 10 years I lived in New York City, I lived in at least 10 different apartments (not counting the ones that I moved into just for summer breaks from college).  Every time, my dad was there loading up the car, lugging those boxes from apartment to apartment.  No wonder his poor back is always achy now.  ;) The handyman, builder, plumber and electrician that he is has come in handy on occasions too frequent to count.  I've also learned so much from him in this area (and many others of cou...