You’d think I would have learned last year about Santa, and Christmas miracles, and backyard rinks. But three days ago I wrote: …skating on Christmas is all but out of the question… And yet there I was around noon today,…
Backyard rink video
Just figured out how to put videos into this blog, so here’s one I’ve had on youtube for a while. This is just me skating on the rink for the first time ever, December 2008:
A SUPER day of skating
Super Bowl Sunday involved more pucks than pigskin at the rink, as we had our best skating day of the year. The ice was near-perfect, as RJ and I were joined by my dad, my cousin Matt, his son Brady,…
A great family skate
I knew going into this rinkbuilding endeavor that the hard work would be plenty. And as of right now, the maintenance is beating the skating by a very lopsided score. But I also knew that there would be moments spent…
Kicking off 2009 with a great day on the ice!
We had a great day yesterday, spending about three hours on the ice on a beautiful, blue-sky, 35-degree-ish Sunday. RJ and I made the first skate marks shortly after breakfast, spending about 45 minutes wheeling around. He pushed a chair…