If you know me, you know that I have a really low tolerance of chaos.  I don't have to have everything designed to a tee or elegant or even chic, I just need some kind of order.  When everything is turned upside down and is a mess with chaos running ramped in every direction, I get fidgety.  Now don't get me wrong, I am so excited about the pool and can't wait to have it all done, it is just the daily looking out the window to this that is kind of not so cool.

Now I am well aware there is no way these guys building the pool can do it without dirt piles, forms, hoses, shovels and everything else all over the place.  That is simply what it takes.

Then there is this corner of chaos that is really hard to deal with.  Yes, there are some gorgeous plants there that will look amazing around the pool and in the yard.
There is also all this other stuff that is not going to look pretty in the yard.  My husband is a Master Gardener and he has won all kinds of trophies for some of his plants.  He grows and shows a lot of Cactus and Succulents.  Behind all of this are two black tables full of pots of his plants.  Now these are pretty if you look at each one individually, but as a whole they are not my thing.  Then there is all this other stuff needed to keep a yard up and tons of pots that he uses to propagate even more plants.  Thank goodness that one side of the house has an area 11ft x 18ft that will be his designated s...