[Bob Carriere]

First semi nice day today and the boys are playing in the barn.......

......while I pump water out of the basement...... I have one of those house built by previous owner who believed that because we are on top of the hill and the ground is sandy that he did not need a sump pump.

Well we had torrential rain for two days and the ground is still frozen solid except for 5 inches of mud on top....... so run off has flowed between the foundtation walls and the frozen earth...... mean Winter means frost down to 5 feet......

Not enough water to use a real pump but my HD shop vac is doing hard work keeping up with the slow seepage.

Hope it dries up so I can play in the barn.

Bob