Mr. and Mrs. Kraus Blog

The happiest day I had as a pool owner was the day I fired my pool care guy. He would constantly do a poor job, and I had reports from my neighbors that he would pull up to my house, get out of his truck, walk around the back, and leave after about 20 seconds without doing a thing.

This really started to tick me off after awhile so I decided I could do a better job, and I canned him. Little did I know just how terrible I would be at keeping my pool swimable. So today, after about 1 year of going it alone, I hired a new pool care guy– officially the new happiest day I have had as a pool owner.

I mean, I have guests coming to visit next month. Don’t they deserve the best, cleanest pool? I think so. I’ll cross my fingers and hope for the best with the new pool guy. His name is Bo, and he’s been doing pools for 19 years. I made it 1. He should be crazy good.

The last straw I had the other day, when I realized how much more green my pool was than clear or blue. Also, I found a lizard swimming in it, which just means there is no way there is enough chlorine in there. The day one realizes he hasn’t swam in his pool for 6 months, and there are small tropical climate creatures inhabiting it is kind of a wake up call. This is the first time I can remember literally throwing in the towel over something. I usually just keep trying harder until I have mastered the task at hand. Perhaps, with all the guests coming to visit in March I simply ran out of time. And so the lizard’s time has come.

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Comments from old site:

Written by Chad Kraus
Posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 6:47 AM

Bo knows Pools! It looks great!

Written by Aaron
Posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 6:46 AM

Chad, glad to hear the pool is all cleaned up. I can’t wait to get down to FL and spend all day by your pool.

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