Grumble Grumble Home Ownership Grumble

So, my brilliant makeshift plan of digging around the corner of my house didn't work so well. Due to the Storm that dumped freezing rain/hail/sleet/snow on the ground, and it's eventual quick melting the next day, the water flowed back into my house.

WHat's worse is that the path I dug for the dog was unusable due to ... high water. There was a river in my backyard, coming from one side where a divot is in my land, and where the culvert/burm just isn't high enough and the water was flowing over it like a waterfall.

To make this more fun, it's supposed to rain the rest of the week. Yay.
Got a call into the School district to see what can be done about the Culvert, and I'm going to try to call a Civil Engineering company about what to do with my backyard.

My main grumble point on this is that we were saving money this year. Doing a good job at it to.. now all that appears it will go to fixing the lawn. It's necessary I know, and I'll do it, I'm just going to grumble about it.