We love winter. If we didn't why would we live in Colorado? Winter brings snowboarding, snowshoeing and..... snow shoveling. The last week of December brought us a bunch of the white stuff. We shovel daily - sometimes two or three times a day - but that doesn't always cut it. Sometimes you have to spend your day off playing catch up on the clean up, otherwise it only gets worse as winter goes on.
Stown and I spent New Year's Day shoveling and detailing all the little things, like the path to the shed, the edges of the driveway and librating the trash can from the ice crusted plow truck created snow bank.
Next came the roof. UGH!! Icicles are pretty - until they crash on you, the dogs or bust out a window. (Three winters ago, Jim and I came home to a broken kitchen window because the ice curls towards the house and when it finally broke loose it came crashing through the glass.) So, prompt removal of these "Death-cicles" was definitely on our to do list. (These are quite small compared to other winters, but then again it's only just begun.)
Some people rake leaves - here we rake roofs!!To help reduce the snow load Stown and I took turns raking the roof - front and back. We managed to remove about 2/3 of the total snow. Then it was inside to warm up. Remember this was the New Years Day and our high was about 10 degrees!!
While we worked through out the day, we knew this would all pay off in the end because our next day off could be spent worry free on the ski slopes.
I hope you're staying warm this winter!!
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