Last night we got our first real snow of the season, which also means that this morning was the first time that Jason and I were responsible for snow removal, i.e., shoveling. I had no idea what to expect this morning when I woke up. Although it had definitely snowed, due to some rain earlier this morning, not as much had accumulated as I had expected. On the other hand, the warmer temperatures and the rain compacted the snow and made it REALLY heavy. I was the first one outside to shovel and was not happy when I took my first shovelful. Thankfully, Jason had the time to move stuff around in the garage yesterday so that we could fit both of our cars in it - the first time we've parked a car in our garage. The job would have been much worse had we also had to shovel out and clean off our cars. I had made a little bit of progress by the time Jason came outside and the work went much faster with his help (stronger = bigger shovelfuls). We decided not to shovel the whole driveway this morning to save some time.Despite being a pain, the snow was still gorgeous! I included a few pictures taken with my "Crackberry." I took a few more with my camera, but I didn't get the chance to download them before leaving for work. The first picture is of our neighbors' tree on the edge of their property. The second picture is of the power lines in the backyard that I noticed when I came in from shoveling. Weird how its only our power lines that are covered with snow. Nick said it's because we don't use enough electricity implying that they wouldn't be snow covered if we turned our thermostat higher than 62 degrees - very funny. :)
It will be interesting to see how long it is before Jason and I get a snowblower.
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If I Remeber right, I think Jeremy and I only lasted one season without a snowblower... we also had a TON of sidewalk to shovel... which was definitly the drawback of living on a corner lot!
That is so funny that you think having cars in the driveway makes it easier. I was thinking the opposite, that we have less to shovel because cars take up space. Since the garage here doesn't work I'm planning on shoveling behind a car, pulling the car into the street, then taking the snow of the car... we'll see how that goes...
Yesterday I had to shovel with Iris in her carseat in the car for 30 minutes... it worked pretty well actually! She was such a good girl. Okay, I'm sure that is way more info than you wanted me to comment about:)
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