Thanks you guys, we really try to remain positive. If I didn't, I don't think I could make it, and it would be so much worse for the kids. Through it all we have to keep things as normal as we can for them.
Desert Ponder, stock tanks sound great, but I think they would freeze over here in Michigan. They would be above ground.
Indy Karen, my friend's Husband knows how to run a digger! He's volunteered to come help me run it! Yeah! And Esther, he is still giggling!!!
The problem may be the city, they have lots more ordinances, which I don't mind so much, it's just that it's going to slow things down for us. They don't understand that ice and fish don't mix, you get fish sticks! We've placed 2 calls to the inspector with no return calls. They want you to submit plans, then inspect the site, then inspect after the hole is dug....blah blah blah, I just need to dig the hole and I can finish the actual pond in the spring because all I need for winter is the liner and aerator.