As a turf and landscape manager, golf superintendent or grounds manager, you should be thrilled with the onset of the new year. The cool temperatures and a spattering of rain help you score points as the higher-ups comment on how good the turf looks.

But alas, perhaps Santa did not bring you that new irrigation system that you wished for. Scrooge comes in the form of whomever it is that controls the purse strings that insist your irrigation system is just fine and you can manage it for another irrigation season.