Ha! So. I beat the odds and managed to keep a surprise from Nikki. I had tickets for Blue Rodeo and she didn’t know until I gave her the tickets at dinner on Valentine’s Day. Well, well. Look who’s Mr Vallentyne now, eh?<\/p>\n
Anyway, all cockiness aside we had a nice evening and it turned out great. That’s a good thing.<\/p>\n
As for us, well what is there to say? We are still skating, the rink is better than ever. I hope I don’t look back on all of this rink making and regret it terribly in the spring when the basement is flooded… I don’t know exactly but I would bet that the sheet of ice in the backyard is approaching 6-7 inches thick, 65 feet long, 27 feet wide. What’s that, almost 900 cubic feet? That’s a lot of water. You don’t suppose that will melt all at once, do you?<\/p>\n
Nah.<\/p>\n
Stay tuned for the Welcome in the Spring Sandbagging party, probably around the end of March. It will be a blast, I promise.<\/p>\n
Later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ha! So. I beat the odds and managed to keep a surprise from Nikki. I had tickets for Blue Rodeo and she didn’t know until I gave her the tickets at dinner on Valentine’s Day. Well, well. Look who’s Mr … Continue reading