Wednesday, February 2, 2011

What a Winter!

I can't believe it has been sooooo long since I have checked in here. Where does the time go? The holidays have come and gone. January has disappeared and left snow behind and February has started with a bang as well.
Shoveling has never been a fond task but today was not a great day. Lenny started off by plowing the driveway - the first swipe landed him in trouble and he discovered that reverse went in the truck. So hooking up the other truck, he pulled the truck so it was aimed down our hill. (we have quite a hill) Now the plow truck is at the bottom - we have to get it fixed. Now how are we going to get our driveway plowed? We have a tractor and blower but they are in the shed behind the garage - no path has been made because we haven't needed it. Josh, Lenny and myself shoveled out the entrance to the shed. This left Lenny to put the chains on the tractor and hook up the snowblower. The next step is getting the tractor out of the shed and to the driveway. Hmm - the snow is way too deep for the tractor and we can't go the shortest way because the snow is piled too high. So we have to shovel the latest snow and create a path across the yard and to the driveway. The place that goes down the hill we had to give the tractor an extra push. the snow was up to our knees! We haven't had a winter like this for a while and I hope it's a long time before we have another! Hope you enjoy our snow story.

Super Bowl Weekend is this weekend. We have a special savings on Sunday. At the register you will choose a "chip" from our football chip dish and it will give you the % you will save - from 10%  to 40%.
 Last Saturday we had a visit from our grandchildren. They are growing so quickly and refuse to stop growing! We had a good day and at the end of the day grandpa and Quinn were clearly tired out!




2 comments:

  1. The groundhog is predicting an early spring. Perhaps by the time of the quilt retreat, in a few short weeks, we will begin to feel the approach of a whole new season here in New England.......mud season! Can the daffodils be far behind?!?!

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  2. Your Grand Children are sooo cute!! Love the nite nite picture:)

    Next snow storm you need to call a "shoveling bee" instead of a "quilting bee" when it rains to pours doesn't it?
    Looking forward to getting together on Thursday, 2/17/11 to continue quilting lessons!

    Donna Cote

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