"Pool"ish People

After many discussions, Matt and I decided that it would be best to get rid of the pool.  We loved the idea of the pool, but with it being in such a shaded area, we were unable to ever get it warm.  Plus, we dumped hundreds of dollars of chemicals into it each summer and only enjoyed swimming in it a handful of times.  With another little Wiegman running around, we thought it would be nice to increase the size of our yard and make it as safe as possible for the kids to play without the danger of a pool. So, we placed an ad on Craigslist and waited for some bites!

We actually thought that we should offer it for free, heck we even contemplated paying someone to take the darn thing.  We knew it would be extremely labor intensive.  We made sure our ad included that the buyer MUST take down and haul away.  Soon, we had several takers.  We came to an agreement from just south of Kankakee.  She would pay us $500, bring a "crew", 2 trucks, take down, and haul away!  SWEET!!! 

Our buyer showed up today to take away our pool.  Her crew consisted of her middle-aged sister, 3 teenage daughters, 1 teenage son, and husband.  Apparently he planned on having a leisurely afternoon of taking down the pool because he arrived with his 3 cans of Busch Light beer.  Guess he didn't realize he would be here working his butt off for 6 hours in 33 degree weather!  After scanning the job, the sister commented under her breath "THIS is going to be a big job."  I encouraged Matt to get the money upfront.... as these people didn't exactly seem to be the most "trustworthy."  They quickly changed their tune saying they would pay $200 instead of the orginal $500 because they would have to scrap the liner (interesting... didn't know liners cost $300?).  Matt responded with $350.  They met int he middle at $300.  I don't think these people knew what they were getting into! It was a HUGE job!  All Matt and I kept thinking was that these people have to go home and PUT THE POOL BACK TOGETHER!!!



The "CREW"  Did I mention they didn't wear coats?





Coming Down!  One big problem was that the water inside was frozen!





Dismanteling the deck.... You'd think they want to take it, right?




The Aftermath!  It looks like a meteor hit our backyard! We have a big hole and a liner attached to huge cubes of ice!  Oh, and they didn't take the deck!?!?! 
We quickly put an ad on Craigslist for a free metal deck!  We had 5 hits in 30 minutes!  We already have a taker to pick it up at 9 am tomorrow morning! Gotta love Craigslist!



Stay tuned for our new and improved backyard!  At least we can invest our $300 dollars into filling the hole and laying some sod!