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winkiebear
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« on: August 10, 2001, 11:06:13 am » |
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A week ago, hubby called me at lunch on my cell to tell me of his 'find' of the day. He discovered an inflatable pool for the kids ... a HUGE inflatable pool, with a built in fountain (inflatable), a slide (inflatable) and a little wading pool for smaller children (also inflatable). He also bought a portable air compressor.
So my sister (who lives with us) and I were inflating the pool last weekend, for about 2-3 hours before hubby came home and told us we were using the compressor wrong. (oops)
Get the pool inflated, throw it in the backyard, kids play, love the pool, yadda yadda yadda. It stays in the yard for the week, everyone loves the pool.
Last night, 'bout 8 or so, my sis and I were watching tv in our jammies .... during the thunderstorm. We'd been making comments on the weather all night long ... "Darn, that wind's picking up!" ... "That lightning was close!" ... "The rain sounds like it's getting louder!" At one point, I realized the sound of the rain was so loud because it was raining sideways!
I get up to look out the back door and watch the rain .... and over my shoulder I yell, "Ter, the pool's gone!"
She cracks up, and we dash outside, me in my robe & nightshirt, she in her t-shirt and jammie pants, in the sheets of rain laughing our butts off looking for this darn pool!
She goes one way, I go the other, I find it ... we run over to it and put it over our heads (finally, we're using our brains - use the pool to keep us dry!) ... well, the pool is sooooo big that we can't tell what the other is doing ... I go one way, she kinda tries to follow.
We run to the front of the house to put it in the garage ... we're both laughing so hard we can barely stand! Traffic on our street slowed Waaaaaaaaaaay down to watch.
Ahh, the joys of parenthood.
winkie
saver of flighty pools
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chris68
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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2001, 12:53:02 am » |
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Winkie....when is the movie due out?  ? I love the story. I can just picture the two of ya out in the thunderstorm searching and rescuing that darn pool. I definetly needed the laugh Chris68 |
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winkiebear
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« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2001, 01:13:24 pm » |
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Chris, I'm still cracking up over it .... my sis sent me an email first thing this morning. The subject: HELP! The body: Ter, the pool's missing!
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whitesatin
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« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2001, 05:06:15 pm » |
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Winkie,
That's priceless! Just goes to show that we get some of our funniest stories from real life experiences.
WS
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winkiebear
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« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2001, 08:40:02 pm » |
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WhiteSatin .... you didn't, by chance, have a liquid in your mouth then, did you???
I swear my revenge, dah-link ... heh heh heh ...
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countrigal
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« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2001, 10:24:06 am » |
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Winkie, are you sure you don't live in my neighborhood? One of my neighbors has a pool that sounds just like that, including the running off in the rain. Thankfully we're on a culdesac and all have fenced in backyards on our end... it blows down the street and stops to visit at our houses long enough for them to get it back. I'm sure you learned from this great expierence. What gets me is that even knowing in advance we're having bad winds and thunderstorms coming through, these folks never put the pool away until AFTER it runs away. Kind of loses it's humor the 6 or 7th time in a month.
Wonder if the manufacturer of this pool remembers to put a warning on it: Is known to wander uncontrollably during storms.
(and I'm waiting for the movie too Wink!)
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whitesatin
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« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2001, 01:19:58 pm » |
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No, I did not have liquid in my mouth this time .......BUTTTTTTTTT!!!! I have a confession to make. A few weeks ago, you said something, I don't remember now what it was, but I had a mouthful of spaghetti when I read it, and we almost had a terrible mess to clean up.
I feel better now that I've revealed that little secret to you. Don't gloat too much, cause I'm gonna getcha! How are your nasal passages doing now that they've had 2+ weeks to recuperate from my antics?
WS
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radaro
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« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2001, 02:45:17 pm » |
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CG- Next time the meteorologist predicts bad weather you should call your neighbour and remind them to take the pool in
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countrigal
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« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2001, 03:16:56 pm » |
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Radar! I hadn't thought of that. How about signs on the pool "Help Me! Bad Weather coming and I DON'T want to wander away again!" Food for thought....
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winkiebear
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« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2001, 03:42:23 pm » |
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Now, if I find a note taped to the pool the next time Tom Skilling forecasts rain, I'll probably laugh so hard I'd cry (if I'm not drinking anything!!!)
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ssc1208
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« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2001, 04:18:27 pm » |
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Oh, winkie, there's another new tag line for WGN to use to promo the weather...
Plastic outdoor pool filling?
Better check Skilling!
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radaro
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« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2001, 09:41:31 am » |
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Or, alternatively, you can go down the street and drive stakes through the pool so that it won't blow away.
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countrigal
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« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2001, 09:45:30 am » |
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Radar, I know who to contact if I need help "getting" someone. You're devious! I like your ideas, though, so what does that make me?
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winkiebear
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« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2001, 10:20:40 am » |
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Oh, great, now I gotta watch for stakes in the pool?
Mebbe I'm better off getting rid of the thing ... it seems to have deflated itself in the garage ... hubby & kids will be devastated ... but I don't think we have enough of the patchy-type stuff.
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countrigal
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« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2001, 10:49:17 am » |
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Muwahahahahaha... I'm so diabolical I can get it in the garage!
THis has caused a smile on a day I've really needed one! Thanks all. Oh, and Winkie, I promise to leave a note first, then stake it out.
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