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Still transitioning
Jan. 8th, 2026 11:03 amOn top of having his Mini-me, wife and dog move in, we are in the middle of putting in a pool. Husband is a nervous wreck with work, travel, Christmas decorations and all of that. The pool is in the ground, surrounded by gravel and wires. It is plumbed and working and has proper chemicals, but they haven't connected the heater yet. Therefore, we have not gotten in it. They will be pouring the concrete in a week or two, and the back yard is a full-on disaster. We opted for a fiberglass pool, because I am lazy and didn't want to walk the dogs ten times a day for a minimum of three months. It has taken neighbors as long as nine months to put in a gunnite pool, and I would have been out of my mind. We had the pool delivered on a Monday, where they raised it on a crane from the street and carried it over the top of the house into the hole. It was amazing. I wish I had access to my photos, because it was really something to see! But I am working from my work computer and don't have access to my photos. It took them 8 days to get it to the point it is now.(Sidenote- I use Google photos so I'm sure there is a way to access them and add them to posts but I have forgotten how to do it and am too tired to figure it out right now.)
The part of the transition of having our kids move back in that bothers me is their dog. Ours are small- 12 and 14 pounds-and theirs is a 1 year old pitbull mix. She is really sweet but she wants to play with them. Ella (chihuahua), the mom, doesn't really know how to play, although she is friendly. Georgie (Shitzu mix), her daughter, freaks out. She is totally unsocialized- she was born in our home and has only been exposed to her small pack. We walk her, but we don't visit with other dogs because she is unpredictable and unfriendly. When their dog, Blueberry, is downstairs, she immediately goes for Georgie to play, and Georgie shrieks and/or growls at her. My DIL has taken to telling Georgie to chill out and quit acting like a baby. Well, you know what? It's Georgie's house. I try to intervene before the fun starts, but it gets on my nerves. On the otherhand, I want them and their pets to feel welcome and not like visitors. This will definitely be a struggle, hopefully short-term. They are only supposed to stay through April, but it will be warm by then, and I suspect they won't be in any hurry to move out with the pool at their disposal. So we will see.
The part of the transition of having our kids move back in that bothers me is their dog. Ours are small- 12 and 14 pounds-and theirs is a 1 year old pitbull mix. She is really sweet but she wants to play with them. Ella (chihuahua), the mom, doesn't really know how to play, although she is friendly. Georgie (Shitzu mix), her daughter, freaks out. She is totally unsocialized- she was born in our home and has only been exposed to her small pack. We walk her, but we don't visit with other dogs because she is unpredictable and unfriendly. When their dog, Blueberry, is downstairs, she immediately goes for Georgie to play, and Georgie shrieks and/or growls at her. My DIL has taken to telling Georgie to chill out and quit acting like a baby. Well, you know what? It's Georgie's house. I try to intervene before the fun starts, but it gets on my nerves. On the otherhand, I want them and their pets to feel welcome and not like visitors. This will definitely be a struggle, hopefully short-term. They are only supposed to stay through April, but it will be warm by then, and I suspect they won't be in any hurry to move out with the pool at their disposal. So we will see.
