I'm "Knot" Kidding...

So, the good news is the knot I've had in the center of my back for over a week now no longer bothers me...as much!  Unfortunately, that pain has been replaced with a total body, head to toe ache, after spending a couple of hours yesterday shoveling the incredibly heavy wet snow!

The majority of snow fell over night Saturday, then turned to rain for most of the day on Sunday.  Most of yesterday stayed just above freezing but the temperatures dropped overnight back into the twenties, which has frozen everything into solid blocks and sheets of ice, see pic below taken this AM!

The lazy folks, several of my neighbors fall into this category, who neglected to get out to clear the snow from driveways, walkways, stairs and their vehicles are gonna be sorry, as the temperatures are predicted to stay below freezing for most of this week.

My neighbor plows my driveway whenever it snows, which I appreciate immensely!  However, I still need to get out there to clear the edges that the plow doesn't get, clear the walkway, back deck and stairs.  I also shovel a path to my pool house and make sure to clear the door of snow, just in case I need to get in there for some reason.  I also shovel out the fire hydrant that is just across the street.

It's times like these that I'm SO thankful for my whirlpool tub, to help ease the aches and pains!

#Blessed

A White Christmas Maybe?!

It snowed yesterday, light snow in the afternoon that turned to rain, then back to snow and picked up heading into the evening. Guessing we got about 4-5" here in Franklin.  Enough that the plows were out, as was I shoveling, proof below -

Last night it went into the single digits temperature wise, with the weekend day temps staying in the mid-20s, brrr!  We very well just might have a white Christmas this year!

I'm right in the 3-5" sweet spot -

Knowing the temps were going to drop, I wanted to get the driveway, walkways and deck cleared off as best I could last night before everything froze solid - mission accomplished.

Even though today Saturday, December 21 is the official start of Winter, I've had enough!  We've already had single digit cold temps, freezing rain, snow AND I've had to breakout the shovels and actually shovel snow.  All the boxes have been checked, I'm done!

Hi Ho, Hi Ho Outside To Shovel I Go!

First snow storm of 2024

All in all not too bad.  We didn't get as much snow as predicted, which is perfectly fine with me.

Here are a couple 7AM pic -

Here I am several hours later shoveling the front walkway -

and using the roof rake to clean snow from the edges of the roof -

Also, shoveled a path to and around the fire hydrant that is across the street.

The temps are expected to fall into the 20s tonight and I thought it best to remove some of the roof snow to avoid any ice dams from forming.  Better safe than sorry.

Now for a piping hot bowl of fresh made chili!

Will Wonders Never Cease?!

Good thing I was prepared for this otherwise I'm fairly certain I would have had the BIG one!

Emilie actually shoveled our back deck today!  And all on her own too, without being asked or told.

Thank you Emilie!!

First Snow Storm of the Season!

First snow storm of the season yesterday dropped about 5" in Franklin.

Nice it was occurred on a weekend, so no worries about commuting in it.

Was enough to breakout the snowblower and put it through it's paces.

Hopefully It Will NEVER Be Needed...

But just in case it's cleared!

The town relocated all of the fire hydrants along our stretch of Lincoln Street this past Summer.  This proved challenging after blizzard Juno, as I was unable to locate the hydrant following the storm.  

I went back out Friday afternoon, located it and dug the dude out!

Pool Shoveling

Now one would think that since it's winter time here in New England pool care and maintenance would be almost nil. Typically, this is true, however, with all the snow that we've had this winter the weight on the pool cover concerns me. So, that being said and my love for shoveling snow I spent well over an hour on Saturday shoveling the heavy, wet snow off of the cover.

When I was done, I was almost as wet from sweating as I would have been if actually swimming.

It was a lot of work moving that heavy, wet snow all the while being careful not to scratch or cut the cover but it was well worth the effort. I can relax a little now and not worry as much. Also, with help from Mother Nature and the predicted warmer weather later this week, the melting should help too.

Calgon take me away...