Many, many thanks to all of you. I am so grateful, I can't express how much. I am going to take my little girl to a movie tonight and follow your advice tomorrow. I feel so awful because the pool was just gorgeous when we got it (albeit full of CYA) and now it's a mess, thanks to my bumbling and ignorance. But I keep trying and I have learned a lot...I just have a lot left to learn.

You're right, it *is* just a pool and it can be fixed and I will just give it a rest.

K