From Pool to Skating Rink

It's been a while since I've updated anything here. Not much has gone on with the land. Since they broke ground for the first time, they were unable to continue digging due to the frost still being in the ground. So we've had to sit and wait until that melted. Well, when the snow finally melted because of all of that nice weather we had, the ground was too soft for them to do anything, because if they tried going on the with machines, they would sink...and nobody wants that! If that wasn't bad enough, all of the water from the melting snow went directly into the hole, creating our very first pool. Mother Nature then decided that instead of having a pool on our land, she would make it so that we had a skating rink. That's right. All of the water in our "pool" froze, and we now have a skating rink.



When we were told that the machines couldn't go onto the land without having something solid to drive on, we knew that we were going to have to put the driveway in a bit earlier than we had planned. Last night Ryan and I went out to the land to mark out where we wanted to put the driveway. I couldn't believe how cold it was! We were both wearing our toques and mittens, and we both had our longjohns on. I even had a scarf around my face because the wind was so cold. We put our stakes in the ground where we wanted the driveway, and then before leaving, we took a sledgehammer to our "rink" and broke up some of the ice. The guy doing the driveway was supposed to have started the work today. SIXTEEN semi-loads of whatever should be on the land tonight. Whatever they don't finish today they are to finish on Saturday. At least we will be able to drive onto the land now. I'll be sure to post any pictures that we take tonight.