Everyday I'm Shovelin'....

This was the view from my bed this morning.

The result of the second blizzard in 3 weeks, the timing of which could not be better.  The snow started late Saturday night so there was plenty of time to get out of work, find boots for Oldest, and get things done around the house.  Fast forward to today when the snow finally stopped around 2 pm, which left plenty of daylight to clean up the additional 12+ inches and put it... um, where exactly?

We are fast approaching the snowiest winter on record, the bulk of which has fallen in the last 3 weeks.  And with morning temperatures like this....

...it's not going anywhere fast.  And while we've had a few days above freezing, the sunshine is causing lots of icing, and some of the best icicles I've ever seen.

The big one there is about 4 feet long and 4 inches thick.  But alas, they needed to come down before I shoveled the basement door out, because according to Myth Busters, they can actually kill you if they fall. So I'm out there hitting them with the shovel, completely unsupervised, and got hit on the head by a stray 6 incher.  Looking for sympathy, I mentioned it to Youngest who simply looked up from his book and said, "Well that's unfortunate." and went right back to his reading. Oldest didn't even know since he hasn't left his computer since, forever. *sigh*

At least the turkeys seem to be having fun.

The wildlife is struggling around here.  Squirrels can only smell their acorn stash 1 foot down, so they will likely starve, along with the cardinals, turkeys, rabbits, etc. if they don't scavenge for food.  Our neighbors at the end of the street have taken to throwing cracked corn down, which is nice, but I wish they'd stop throwing it in the middle of the street. That's taken through the windshield of my car by the way, they had no interest in moving for me and what you can't see is the additional 15 turkeys off to the right.

So, yeah... this is what a 3 day snow event looks like around here.  Shovel, de-ice, stock up on storm supplies, and shovel again.  Luckily this marks the beginning of Winter break and Youngest ensured he hit the library before the flakes were a'flyin'....

Thankfully tomorrow is a holiday so I have an additional day to stock up, as I'm out of Cadbury eggs. I do still have power (thankfully) so I was able to put this together for prospective....

It's a before and after picture taken in August and October, and then today.   The bottom of the windows in the sun room are about 8 feet off the ground, and the slate patio goes down into stairs for the basement door.  The pile of snow from the basement door to the top is nearly 12 feet up now, so I have no idea how I'll get that snow out tomorrow, but I'll figure it out somehow. I also have to do the paths for the propane guys, which should be F-U-N.

OH, and remember the fence we put up?  The far end just shy of 8 feet high. I don't think we'll see it until May.

So... that's what I'm up to these days.  Fingers crossed we don't lose the power as the winds are expected to kick up tonight and the wind chill will be -25. Brrrr.... Sunshine's on tap for tomorrow, and then 6 more inches Tuesday night.

What can I say?

Every day I'm Shovelin'....