Thanks, Tony.
Actually, up to this point I have had a thought in the back of my mind saying to me - what kind of a make work project have you gotten yourself into
this time?..
Not until I saw the sand in it today have I really become excited about it!
Now I want to stay home from work and just keep working on it.

Not an option, I'm afraid!
I see they now have come out with 1-1/2" seaswirls. I might upgrade to a couple of those in the future. We'll see how these do.