Pinterest Fail

Today was a gorgeous day and I thought the perfect time to try out the giant water pillow for the kids. Big mistake. I found this idea on Pinterest of duct taping two plastic drop sheets together and filling it with water for the kids to jump on. This was a fail project for me. First of all it was not fun trying to duct tape them together with my 6 month belly and what felt like 90 degrees in the sun. After 30 minutes of taping I stuck the hose inside. Immediately there were quite a few leaks. Once the plastic is wet I could not try to retape, plus my second roll was scotch duct tape which is no where near as strong as real duct tape. 

The kids preferred to get wet anyway in the warm sun, so I just took the hose out and put it on top of the plastic for awhile and let them slide around. 

So another Pinterest fail. The warm weather did get my husband in the mood to put the pool up though. Last year we didn’t buy it until July and it never really got warm enough to swim in, so this year we are putting it up extra early, hoping it will get warm enough. Living in Upper Michigan is not a great location for unheated pools. It was also very unlevel last year, so we found a new location and tried to level it better with just a 16’ board and a small level. Being married to a carpenter is supposed to have its perks like always having the right tools. We do own a 20’ level but the trailer with the tools is always at a job site when we need it. This has also been a problem when it comes to drills, hammers, saws, pretty much any tool that I am looking for.