Keeping the Goal Alive

Work continued tonight on the basement. Susan got the rest of the Christmas Decorations stowed and I finished up cataloging and organizing tools. I will not be buying anything from the Home Depot anytime soon. Reason?! I've already bought it (regardless of what "it" is) and then hidden it in the basement. It has taken this basement cleaning process to rediscover all the stuff I've purchased and not used.

It has been a chilly but snow free winter. The ground is so frozen, that when it warms up a bit and rains, the water just pools and sits. When the inevitable freeze returns, we have little skating rinks all around. There are a couple of good sized ones out in the park. The picture below shows one of the larger ones.

I am considering pulling the hose out and flooding the side yard with some water in order to see what sort of private skating rink I can develop. I have to be careful though. I don't want to have to purchase a Zamboni.