Wind Anyone?

So up here round these parts there seems to be alot of wind.  Alot.  I mean....ALOT.  Which would be great if you were say...a wind farmer. Or invested in wind technology.  But I'm not a wind farmer.  And as far as I know, we haven't invested in wind...yet.

But we did get the boys a trampoline for Christmas.  It's their third one to date and when our kids ask us for fun things like four wheelers and trampolines and BB Guns...we say YES!!  YES!!!  Cuz that's the kind of parents we are!  Fun lovin', dare devlin', breathe-through-the-pain kind of parents. Well, not me.  I'm the nail biter, freakazoid mom in the back ground yelling "Be careful!!" and "Wear your helmet!" and "Don't shoot your eye out!!!  as well as the dreaded, "The last thing I want to do on a Friday night is spend the evening in the ER" phrase as they jump, speed, wrestle, and shoot!

 So the wind...she blows.  She blows hard. So hard in fact, that when we shared our Christmas buy with locals, we were warned about securing the trampoline and heard various stories.  Stories like, "We bent re-bar around those bars and our trampoline still ended up upside down in a tree". 

 So instead of re-bar, my husband decided to use dog stakes.  They actually screw into the ground.

 They screw deep.  He then attached a chain to the top bar.

One on each side of the trampoline.  Seems to be doing the trick.  Not once have we walked out and found our beloved trampoline in  the tree.

 Chains are strong and steady. Wind proof so it seems.  25 to 40 mile per hour winds.

 Roof shingles apparently are not. We've had some winds with almost 45 to 50 mph gusts.  Roof shingles do not like winds that high.

 Neither do clothes lines. After a hard winter with cold winds they got a little saggy.  Saggy lines just won't do.  Saggy clothes lines have no room here.  Saggy clothes lines remind me too much...oh never mind!

 So after much nagging encouragement from me, my husband and boys came up with a brilliant idea to keep all most types of sagging lines from sneaking up on us. Saggy lines just can't handle the load...hahahahaaa. 

 He used a clamp thingy and attached it to the line so now when she starts to get a little...saggy, alls I have to do is start cranking.  Sigh...don't we wish it were just that easy? 

 Ta-da!!  Tight, straight lines once again!

And yes...I do wish it were that easy!!!  Ahem!!!