Pool

Normally, at this time of the year we would be in Sapanca.. running away from the istanbul heat, into the cool beauty of the trees, leisuring ourselves at the balcony, chatting, with the Sapanca big lake giving a breathtaking view if we ever decide to look down there on the lower ground, splashing ourselves in the pool.. the kids running n playing in the garden..and baba just watching them, reading the newspaper..taking his time..enjoying his time surrounded by his love ones..

This year.. only today..can u imagine? only today, halil, hatice, baddin, mısıtk (baba's helper) and i went to Sapanca..Us for a day trip in Sapanca and for mıstık..to do all the hard job..to clean the house, trim the grass,..to make the house ready for us (zaimlar) to stay in..and most importantly.. To CLEAN THe SwimminG POOL!! hehe
Just look at the pool..(my girl is always cute heheh ) dont u think it needs to be cleaned? Totally slimy, greenish in color with all sorts of insects living in it..Well.. this is the fate of outdoor swimming pool of the summer houses in 4 season countries i think (my opinion only). Summer house. The name suggests the function of the house itself. We normally go there during summer n perhaps occasionally during spring when the weather is not too cold. Hence, the pool is only used during the summer season. U may want to ask.." why dont u just empty the water in the pool before u stop coming to sapanca before the next summer season?". We cant. If we do that, the bitter cold of winter may crack the pool. Hence, the reason for the water to be as it is till the next summer.

Anyway, by 3.30pm all the water was out. The pool was empty except for the slimy greenish things, insects...and toys!! heheheh Mıstıkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk... Yup!! our guy.. As in every year, armed with various detergants n what not, he started to tackle that yucky greenish thing.. Our mıstık at work tackling that yucky thing..

Still with that yucky green thing

Can u imagine? he does this every year...Hatice n baddin was totally fascinated by this since this was n is their first time ever seeing the pool being cleaned.
Then he sprayed the green thing with water n started cleaning the pool using detergants
See how the pool is almost clean?
Of course, the kids were itching to join mıstık there so we let them for 5 minutes
The mom of the kids too couldnt help the temptation hehehe
(Just 5 minutes while mıstık was having his coffee break)
And...

Yup!! a 97% clean pool!!
And of course these people has to get their picture snapped as well.. hehe

My 3 favourite people in the clean pool

The job does not end there, as in this moment, mıstık is trying to fill the pool with water. InsyaAllah by friday morning, it will be full. After that, he will need to treat the pool with chemicals.. anti algie, ph neutralizer, clorine etc..

The chemicals for the pool

Like i said, he will also get the house cleaned etc etc..n i suppose by saturday or sunday, only then he will come back to istanbul. What will be do without u mıstık!! Allah Razı Olsun..Çok Çok teşekkur Ederiz! That's our mıstık.. MasyaAllah he is forever helpful n with such a pure heart..

And yup.. as u may have guessed.. summer is here... the pool is slowly ready.. and slowly, ur friend simah will be slowly retreating herself to the pool in Sapanca..i am not sure of the date..maybe middle next week..?? it all depends on halil's leave permission..But for now..i am still here.. mumbling to my heart's content.. i am sooo tired now... better get some sleep.. Good nite world!! I am so glad i found friends like u all who r so sweet to me.. thank you for being my friends... :0)

Tem.. i had a wonderful time today.. THANK YOU for EVERYTHING! :0)