So there’s this blogger, this FAMOUS blogger, who hangs out in Hollywood and writes ugly gossip about celebrities. About a year ago I read that the ad revenue from his site is over $100,000 dollars a MONTH. A few weeks ago, there was a rumor that he’d been offered $10 million dollars for his blog. $10 million dollars for writing snarky gossip about celebrities. He can get that much because of all the “hits” on his website. Sometimes he gets over a million in one day! I guess a lot of people want to hear about celebrities.

Every now and then I’ll get the urge to look over MY stats, to find out how people find there way to this blog. I can see what “keywords” they searched to find this site. Without fail, the number one post that brings people here is a lame one I did about Fergie and the NFL. It might have something to do with the fact Fergie is posing in her underwear.

I apologize for that. I’ve learned my lesson. No amount of money is worth me writing UGLY things about celebrities, or posting photos of them in their lingerie.

I will only post NICE things about fully-CLOTHED celebrities.

This is going to be awesome. I’m pretty sure we can almost live on $100,000 per month.

If you have read Part ONE of my “How To” on installing a pool liner, and STILL want to continue, seriously, you should look into counseling. Or at least medication. But if you insist – here’s what’s next.

After you’ve hung the liner, the next step is to vacuum out the air that resides BEHIND the liner. This is supposed to help the liner fit better against the wall and reduce wrinkles. In fact, the instructions say that you shouldn’t begin to fill with water UNTIL all of the wrinkles are gone.

Here’s JD preparing to insert the shop vac hose behind the liner. We have several bags of sand because once you begin filling the pool, the water pulls the liner down and can cause sagging. The sand bags would be put into the shallow end to help hold it in place.

Okay, shop vac is in place with tape around it to create a seal. I’m going to be honest here. Even after DAYS of suction, our liner had wrinkles, DEEP and numerous wrinkles. In fact, if our liner had a face, it would look like this:

It’s true. It’s almost as if we measured wrong or something, like we mistakenly wrote down that our pool is 4 ft deep in the shallow end instead of 3. What’s strange is that LAST time we replaced the liner, it was almost too SMALL. Measuring may have a more important role than first thought.

Whatever. It’s 97 degrees out, so on we went.

Begin filling the pool until it’s about 2 feet deep. This is the point where you put on the bottom drain gasket. I really have no idea what I just said, but it’s what my husband said he did, so there you go. Then put the circulatory gaskets in place. Again, just typing gibberish.

The last step – fill the pool. It took us about four days but we didn’t run the hose 24/7. We did TRY to smooth out the wrinkles a bit, and the weight of the water helped some, but there are wrinkles you could trip over if you aren’t careful. The good news is we didn’t need to use the sand after all. More for the sandbox!

It’s not perfect but it HOLDS WATER! Whoo Hoo. The final test was having a couple of pool professionals check our work, make sure we’re up to code, etc. and so on.

Thus far, we’ve had no complaints.