It’s always something…

We finally got some real snow here, nothing major but a few inches, enough to cover the grass and leaves. We’ve had a few UPS deliveries in the last few days and their trucks are having trouble on the icy driveway. Yesterday was a close call but today they got stuck so bad a tow truck had to be called to pull it out. It’s obvious I’m going to have to do something with the snow before we drive over and ice it up. Shovelling is not really an option, we’ve got about 300 feet of driveway; I guess maybe it’s an option but not one that I like very much.

At the beginning of this summer one of my neighbors bought a nice zero-radius riding mower and I bought his old lawn tractor. Prior to this we had been mowing with push mowers, needless to say the riding mower was a very nice step up. Included in the purchase were weights for the tires and a snow plow. Currently the riding mower is in the outside garage with flat tires and a dead battery, getting it up and running has become a pretty high priority now.  I’ve got to admit I have my doubts, but I hope if I get out before the snow is packed I can get enough traction to push it off the driveway.

Anyway, we’ve got people coming out to install a new gas furnace tomorrow (YAY!), I really hope they don’t have any trouble getting in and out on the ice.  I’ll save the details of the furnace purchase for another post.