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We had Thanksgiving at my nephew's newish apartment. Nice place in a really old building above a restaurant. A friend of my sister is giving him a good deal on it. He made one dish, and my sister and mom made the rest, like they always do.
Saturday we were supposed to go to a surprise birthday party, but it was kind of a long way away, and there was supposed to be a snowstorm. We were to get more than eight inches of snow. Early in the day there were reports of accidents, so we decided to stay home. It turns out the total snow forecast was for a full 24 hours of snow, and by the time we would have been coming home, there would have been less than three inches on the ground. But even by the time I went to bed after midnight, there were probably only four inches. So I was surprised to see around ten inches in the morning. It was heavy snow and all the trees and plants were weighed down. A tree had knocked out our power sometime overnight. Fortunately I wasn't relying on an alarm to wake up me.
So I had to shovel the driveway. It took me five session at 20 to 30 minutes each. I had forgotten that I never got a good shovel after last winter, but I used the snow scoop for most of it. They widened our road this summer, which shortened our driveway. I'm not happy to have the road closer to the house, but at least that's eight less feet of driveway to clear. The unfortunate part is that the last section is now steeper. I had to back up the hill pulling the heavy snow scoop, trying to keep my feet. Not sure what I'm going to do about that. I might have to figure out how to get a snowblower in the garage.
I did wear my new winter coat, and it is very warm. I had to unzip it some of the times that I was shoveling, since I was starting to sweat.
There was no wind, so the snow fell straight down and piled up on everything. Notice the mourning doves are about eight inches above the actual back of the bench.
Saturday we were supposed to go to a surprise birthday party, but it was kind of a long way away, and there was supposed to be a snowstorm. We were to get more than eight inches of snow. Early in the day there were reports of accidents, so we decided to stay home. It turns out the total snow forecast was for a full 24 hours of snow, and by the time we would have been coming home, there would have been less than three inches on the ground. But even by the time I went to bed after midnight, there were probably only four inches. So I was surprised to see around ten inches in the morning. It was heavy snow and all the trees and plants were weighed down. A tree had knocked out our power sometime overnight. Fortunately I wasn't relying on an alarm to wake up me.
So I had to shovel the driveway. It took me five session at 20 to 30 minutes each. I had forgotten that I never got a good shovel after last winter, but I used the snow scoop for most of it. They widened our road this summer, which shortened our driveway. I'm not happy to have the road closer to the house, but at least that's eight less feet of driveway to clear. The unfortunate part is that the last section is now steeper. I had to back up the hill pulling the heavy snow scoop, trying to keep my feet. Not sure what I'm going to do about that. I might have to figure out how to get a snowblower in the garage.
I did wear my new winter coat, and it is very warm. I had to unzip it some of the times that I was shoveling, since I was starting to sweat.
There was no wind, so the snow fell straight down and piled up on everything. Notice the mourning doves are about eight inches above the actual back of the bench.
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